Murder Suspect Tells Police 'I am Guilty'
BOULDER CITY, Nev. -- 8 News Now has confirmed that Metro police arrested a man in connection with a woman's body found in the desert over the weekend.
The woman is identified as 43-year-old Edis Hernandez-Quintanilla of Las Vegas and the Clark County Coroner has listed her cause of death as murder by asphyxia. Police have arrested Harold Marin-Valesquez.
A Boulder City police officer spotted an SUV and Marin-Valesquez in the desert near a quarry at U.S. 95 and mile marker 52 on Saturday, May 1st. According to the Arrest Report, the officer said Marin-Valesquez left the area at a high rate of speed so he followed him and pulled him over. The officer say Marin-Valesquez had alcohol on his breath and there was a woman's driver's license in the car. When police checked the area where Marin-Valesquez had been, they discovered the woman's body.