LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — A girl’s ex-roommate accused of killing her after which storing her physique in a freezer won’t face the dying penalty ought to a jury convict her.
Earlier this yr, a Clark County grand jury indicted Daniel Roush, 38, on homicide and different fees within the dying of Monique Gilbertson, the 8 Information Now Investigators first reported. Las Vegas Metro police arrested Roush, who identifies as Jazzlynn Roush, on Nov. 6. A girl police recognized as Roush’s spouse, Gina Lopez, faces drug fees in reference to the occasion.
Each defendants pleaded not responsible throughout a listening to Thursday. Roush invoked his proper to a speedy trial.
Earlier than the listening to, a dying evaluation committee decided Roush mustn’t face the dying penalty, prosecutors mentioned.
Earlier this yr, a Clark County grand jury indicted Daniel Roush, 38, on homicide and different fees within the dying of Monique Gilbertson, the 8 Information Now Investigators first reported. (KLAS)
Police suspect Gilbertson met Roush at a retailer in September and invited him to stay together with her. Round Oct. 22, Gilbertson kicked Roush out of the home and altered the locks.
On the day of Roush’s arrest, police discovered Gilbertson “folded up” within the freezer. Officers mentioned she appeared to have been “frozen for some time,” prosecutors mentioned earlier this yr.
Gilbertson had 400 nanograms of fentanyl per millimeter in her system on the time of her dying — 200 instances the quantity that would kill an individual, prosecutors mentioned. Investigators suspect she died round Oct. 22.
Clark County District Courtroom Choose Tierra Jones set a trial for Might.
Whereas Nevada has the dying penalty, the state has not put an individual to dying since 2006.
