Las Vegas escort dies after man

The 30-year-old woman died several days after the June 12 incident inside the Palms Casino Resort, sources said. On Friday afternoon, Jason Kendall, 35, turned himself in to police at Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Headquarters where officers booked him on charges of open murder, sexual assault and battery by strangulation to commit sexual assault, a source with knowledge of the investigation said. Las Vegas Metro police initially responded to the call at the hotel for an assault or battery, records said. The woman later died at the hospital. Her cause and manner of death were not immediately available Friday, however, police suspect Kendall strangled the woman during a sex assault. While Metro police issue press releases for every homicide, the department does not release ones for delayed deaths.

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