Nevada sheriff: Suspect confesses to death of bride-to-be
Source: Associated Press
Nevada sheriff: Suspect confesses to death of bride-to-be
Updated 5:19 pm, Tuesday, June 21, 2016
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — A sheriff in Nevada says a North Carolina man has confessed to killing a bride-to-be who was pulled from her burning apartment in Charlotte last weekend.
A statement from Nye County, Nevada, Sheriff Sharon Wehrly said that Matthew Thomas Benner, 28, confessed when he was arrested Monday near Las Vegas.
Benner is charged with murder in the death Saturday of Amanda Strous, 27, who lived in the same apartment complex as Benner. She was to be married next month.
Benner was arrested without incident after authorities traced a signal from his cellphone and found him asleep in his vehicle, the sheriff said. He confessed while being questioned by deputies, the statement said.
Read more: http://www.chron.com/news/crime/article/Arrest-made-in-death-of-bride-to-be-inside-8314668.php
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