LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — Witnesses say two daughters found the body of their father in the southwest Las Vegas valley on Friday morning.
Las Vegas Metropolitan Police say the 77-year-old man was killed in a likely hit-and-run crash.
Kathy Jeffers says she doesn't see many pedestrians walking on Brent Thurman Way. She works in the nearby business plaza and says cars travel at least 45 miles per hour as they merge onto the 215 beltway.
But Jeffers never expected to see a man's lifeless body along the roadway.
"It was pretty devastating. I have never seen anything like that in my life," Jeffers told KTNV.
She and a co-worker saw two young girls hysterical and crying at the intersection of Hacienda and Brent Thurman Way. They went to provide help and discovered the tragedy.
They say the girls were calling 911 and explained the lifeless man was their father who had been on a morning walk. The daughters had been searching for him after he didn't come home.
"I can't imagine those two young girls finding their father deceased on the side of the road. That's traumatic," Jeffers said, her voice heavy with emotion.
"We didn't know what to do. I just wanted to hug them and make sure they were OK. One of the ladies was crying; it was bad. The other one was on the phone; she was distracted. The other one — she was lost," said Gladys Rojas, a bystander.
INVESTIGATION: 'Suspicious' death of pedestrian near 215, Hacienda under investigation, Las Vegas police say
Metro investigators say the man's body was found between 6:50 a.m. and 9:14 a.m. Friday morning with serious injuries. They provided life-saving measures, but the man died.
Police say the circumstances surrounding his death are suspicious. They are asking for the public's help to identify the suspect or suspects in this case. If you have any information, you're asked to contact the LVMPD Collision Investigation Section at 702-828-3060.
The death remains under investigation as of this report.
