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Police probe suspicious death in northwest Las Vegas

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By Blake Apgar / Las Vegas Review-Journal

March 19, 2018 - 2:48 pm

Las Vegas police are investigating a suspicious death Monday in the northwest valley.

A woman called police just after 9 a.m. to say a person was dead on the 8200 block of Ocean Gate Way, near Rampart and Lake Mead boulevards. Officers determined the death appeared suspicious and notified homicide investigators.

No other details were available Monday.

Contact Blake Apgar at bapgar@reviewjournal.com or 702-387-5298. Follow @blakeapgar on Twitter.

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