Man gets life in prison without parole for killing tourists on Las Vegas Strip in 2018

LAS VEGAS, Nev. (FOX5) – A jury in Las Vegas has returned a verdict for the man accused of killing two Vietnamese tourists in 2018.

Julius Damiano Deangilo Trotter was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole on Thursday morning. The same jury found him guilty Tuesday of stabbing Sang Boi Nghia and Khoung Ba Le Nguyen in their hotel rooms at Circus Circus, the Associated Press reported.

The bodies of the two victims were found on June 1, 2018, after they failed to show up for a group trip. Hotel employees later discovered that their room's door lock was not working properly.

Police would identify Trotter as a suspect and arrest him a week later. after leading California officers on a chase.

He was jailed in Las Vegas while awaiting his trial, which was postponed several times due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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