VIRGINIA CITY, Nev. (AP) - A suspect in a Virginia City homicide is being held in the Storey County Jail after he was arrested over the weekend at Lake Tahoe.
The sheriff’s office says 47-year-old William Collier faces a charge of open murder in Sunday’s death of 54-year-old Janice McElhaney.
Deputies say she suffered head injuries when she was attacked in her home in the Virginia City Highlands at about noon on Sunday. She was taken to an area hospital but later died.
Washoe County sheriff’s deputies arrested Collier Sunday afternoon in Incline Village. It’s not clear if he has a lawyer or will be appointed one at a pending court appearance.
Storey County Sheriff Gerald Antinoro says no other details are being released at this time because the incident remains under investigation.
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