One day after Robert Telles was arrested and charged with murdering Las Vegas Review-Journal reporter Jeff German, police in Las Vegas said they had found his genetic material at the crime scene.
Las Vegas police Captain Dori Koren spoke at a news conference. In this photo provided by John Locher, a person is posing.
Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Captain Dori Koren said at a news conference that authorities recovered shoes from Telles' home and found a straw hat that was similar to the description of the suspect's hat.
The police did not say where Telles' genetic material was located.
Telles is expected to appear in court at 1:30 p.m. The time is in the middle of the Pacific.
The killing of a journalist is particularly troublesome according to the sheriff.
Police said German was stabbed to death in an altercation the day before his body was found outside. According to the Los Angeles Times, Telles was taken out of his house on a stretcher and placed into an ambulance due to an apparent self-injury, after he was arrested and charged with murder. He didn't speak to reporters at his home who saw him in a hazmat suit. There was a breakthrough in the investigation when an SUV was seen in Telles' driveway. German was a reporter for 40 years before he died. Several scandals in Telles' office were documented in a story published in May. After the story broke, Telles' top deputy defeated him in the Democratic primary.
A report says that the home of a Nevada official was raided after a reporter who exposed scandals was killed.
The Embattled county official is still combative.
The Las Vegas Review-Journal reported on the turmoil within the county office.
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