Escort Dead After Being Strangled at Palms in Vegas

Posted on: June 29, 2024, 10:33h. 

Last updated on: June 29, 2024, 10:20h.

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Expertise: Commercial Gaming, Entertainment, Expert Insight, Las Vegas.

A female escort is dead after police say she was strangled during a sexual assault in a hotel room at the Palms Casino resort in Las Vegas, according to a press release. The woman, 30, died at Spring Valley Hospital on June 21, more than a week after the June 12 incident, which police are now investigating as a homicide.

The Palms Casino Resort is owned by the Manuel Band of Mission Indians, which purchased it from Red Rock Resorts, the parent company of Station Casinos, in 2021. It was opened by the Maloof family in 2001. (Image: Trip Advisor)
Jason Kendall, 35, is charged with open murder, sexual assault, and battery by strangulation to commit sexual assault. (Image: LVMPD)

A suspect, Jason Kendall, 35, turned himself into Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Headquarters on Friday. He was booked on charges of open murder, sexual assault, and battery by strangulation to commit sexual assault.

The victim appeared on multiple escort websites and worked for a Vegas-based escort company, according to KLAS-TV/Las Vegas.

Kendall was ordered held without bail during his first court appearance on Saturday. His next court appearance is Tuesday.

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