Kristen Avelar, 46, was found dead inside the luggage bag, which had been left near an apartment complex Las Vegas Metropolitan police received a call about a “possible deceased person” in Paradise, Nev.

Las Vegas police are investigating the suspicious death of a woman whose body was found stuffed in a bag near the city’s Harry Reid International Airport. Officials responded to a report of a possible deceased person in a residential neighborhood near Spencer Street and East Reno Avenue close to Downtown Las Vegas around 4am on October 3.

A woman’s body found stuffed in a luggage bag has opened an investigation into her death, Las Vegas police reported. The body of Kristen Avelar, 46, was found near an apartment complex near Spencer Street and East Reno Avenue at about 4 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 3, police said in a news release.