A Las Vegas prostitute was killed during a $2,000 hotel sex match with an Army veteran after he “went berserk” and choked her, police said.
Larissa Garcia, a 30-year-old mother, was killed at the Palms Resort on June 12, while suspect Jason Kendall, 35, turned himself in to police on June 28.
A police report viewed by 8NewsNow went into detail about Kendall’s alleged motive for the horrific attack.
“Jason said Larissa asked for extra payment and that he ‘snapped,’” the documents state. “He punched her in the face and ‘choked’ her for ‘ten minutes’ and then ‘had sex with her.’ After having sex with Larissa, Jason said he ‘pushed her away from the door and left.’ After leaving the hotel, he called police to report an overdose.”
A man has turned himself in and allegedly confessed to fatally strangling a Las Vegas prostitute during a session for which he paid $2,000
Jason Kendall (pictured), 35, surrendered to police on June 28 and confessed to the murder of Larissa Garcia, 30, according to the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police
Kendall reportedly confessed to strangling Garcia on June 12. He is now being held without bail and is facing charges of murder, sexual assault and battery.
An anonymous caller, who has not been identified as Kendall, called 911 and reported he had overdosed in a hotel room.
Security responded to the call and found Garcia on the ground with a cut to her jaw.
Emergency responders believed Garcia had overdosed, so Metro police were not initially called to the scene.
On June 12, Kendall called 911 to report he had overdosed in a hotel room at the Palms Casino Resort (pictured), according to police documents.
Paramedics took Garcia to Spring Valley Hospital. Doctors found no alcohol or drugs in her blood, immediately ruling out overdose as a possible cause of death.
Instead, doctors suspected Garcia was the victim of abuse, based on her injuries.
“Upon further inspection … it appears she was assaulted,” the nurse told the dispatcher about 15 minutes after Garcia arrived at the hospital. “We thought it was an overdose, but she’s not responding to Narcan or any of those medications.”
“Do we have any suspicious information at all?” the operator asked the nurse.
“No, there was no one there and like I said, it was an unknown caller, an anonymous caller,” the nurse said.
Garcia was declared brain dead and died a week after the incident at Palms Hospital.
Garcia’s mother, Kristie Pike (left), posted a photo of her and Garcia (right) when she was just a baby, and another photo of Garcia as a toddler. The comments were flooded with words of love and support, calling Garcia an angel.
Police discovered that the room reservation had been made by Kendall. They then met the suspect at another hotel, where he refused to provide information without a lawyer present.
Six days after the first incident at the Palms, a nurse who specializes in sexual abuse trauma reported that Garcia had been strangled and “possibly asphyxiated.”
Security footage from the Palms shows Kendall meeting Garcia in the lobby around 4 p.m. An hour later, Kendall is seen leaving the hotel alone.
The documents show that investigators later found messages between Kendall and Garcia, as well as a web history showing that Kendall viewed Garcia’s escort ad.
Garcia was a single mother of two, her friends told 8News. In a GoFundMe It is organised by her friends and is described as ‘a bright spot in everyone’s life, full of love and laughter.’
“We want to make sure Larissa gets the beautiful and dignified farewell she deserves. A farewell that reflects the love and joy she brought to the world,” the description read.
Surveillance footage from the Palms shows Kendall meeting Garcia in the lobby around 4 p.m. An hour later, Kendall is seen leaving the hotel alone.
Six days after the first incident at the Palms, a nurse specializing in sexual abuse trauma reported that Garcia had been strangled and “possibly suffocated”
Garcia is being remembered by family and friends and says she was a warm, caring woman
The death of the murdered sex worker has shocked Sin City, long known as a lucrative destination for prostitutes to ply their trade
Garcia is pictured with a friend. Social media is filled with tributes to the slain mother of two
Kendall is a war veteran, a source close to 8NewsNow said.
The suspect appeared in court for the first time on Saturday afternoon.
He was ordered held without bail until his next court appearance, scheduled for Tuesday.
Garcia’s mother, Kristie Pike, posted a photo of her and Garcia when she was just a baby, and another photo of Garcia as a toddler. The comments were flooded with words of love and support, calling Garcia an angel.