A man serving a life sentence for three murders that occurred in the Las Vegas area in 2005 is now charged with a 2004 murder there, authorities said Thursday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Investigators determined that Norman Flowers, 48, is a suspect in the 2004 death of Keysha Brown after they requested more forensic evidence during a cold case review of the July 2022 murder, Las Vegas police said this Thursday. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Police Department’s forensic laboratory provided detectives with a report in December that “confirms … that Flowers is the suspect” in Brown’s death, police said in a news release.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Details about what the forensic tests entailed or why such tests did not help identify a suspect years ago were not immediately available. CNN has sought comment from Las Vegas police.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Flowers was charged with murder and sexual assault in the 2004 case, according to court and police records.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The suspect is already serving three life sentences in Nevada’s High Desert State Prison on premeditated murder convictions in the 2005 Las Vegas-area murders of three women: Sheila Quarles, Marilee Coote and Rena Gonzalez, authorities said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Brown was found dead a few blocks east of the famed hotel and casino strip south of downtown Las Vegas on Oct. 19, 2004, police said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Brown was stabbed, beaten, strangled and sexually assaulted, police said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
At the time, detectives were unable to identify a suspect, police said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Authorities have not said if they know the reason for Brown’s death.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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