Crime & Safety
Las Vegas Woman Found Dead Was Strangled, Says Report
Geranique Bentley - who was found dead in March - had been strangled.

The woman who found dead last month in the back of an apartment building at 737 Rock Springs Drive was strangled, the coroner's office said Wednesday. A man who occasionally dated Geranique Bentley has been charged with her murder.
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Raymond Lewis was arrested on March 16, five days after Bentley's body had been found.
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He's charged with murder, arson, domestic battery by strangulation, and concealing evidence.
Police said Lewis said he had strangled Bentley after she called him lazy during an argument.
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He then burned her body.
Lewis is being held without bail and due back in court in July.
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