LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — Authorities have someone in custody in connection to a body found in a vacant lot last month.
The report initially came through as a "suspicious" death after a man was found deceased in a vacant lot near the north end of the Las Vegas Strip.
Las Vegas Metro Homicide detectives are investigating a "suspicious" death after a man was found deceased in a vacant lot near the north end of the Las Vegas Strip.
Metro said they received the call on Saturday around 8:11 a.m. to the 2100 block of Paradise Road.
Responding patrol officers arrived and found the man unresponsive. When medical responders arrived they pronounced him dead, according to Metro.
Crime Scene Investigators determined the death "suspicious in nature" after their documentation of the scene, prompting homicide detectives to take over the investigation. Later on, the Clark County coroner's office discovered the male was suffering from possible blunt force injuries.
Through the course of the investigation, detectives were able to identify 36-year-old Tuiofu Sooga as the suspect in this case.
On April 1, 2025, Sooga was located and taken into custody. He was booked into the Clark County Detention Center for open murder.
This is an ongoing investigation.
Anyone with any information about this incident is urged to contact the LVMPD Homicide Section by phone at (702) 828-3521, or by email at homicide@lvmpd.com. To remain anonymous, contact Crime Stoppers by phone at (702) 385-5555, or on the internet at www.crimestoppersofnv.com.
