Las Vegas, NV (KXNT) - Las Vegas Metro Police have charged a man with murder after they say he beat his girlfriend to death earlier this week.
On Monday night, officers responded to the Home2 Suites by Hilton hotel on Dean Martin Drive just south of Tropicana on reports of an injured woman.
Upon arriving, officers discovered a woman suffering from blunt force trauma to the head. A man, later identified as 31-year-old Justin Medof, was giving first aid and was detained.
Medical personnel responded and pronounced the woman dead at the scene.
LVMPD Homicide detectives responded and learned that Medof and the victim were dating, had been involved in an argument earlier that night, and returned to the motel.
Evidence at the scene indicated a struggle had occurred in the room where the victim sustained a head injury. Police say that it appeared that the female victim had been dead for a few hours prior to the officers arriving.
Medof was arrested, taken to the Clark County Detention Center, and booked for Open Murder.
The identification of the victim, as well as the cause and manner of death, will be released by the Clark County Coroner’s Office.