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Las Vegas Police See No Foul Play In Gold Butte Death Case

LAS VEGAS (AP) — A police spokesman says foul play isn't suspected in the death of a 59-year-old woman whose body was found last month in a remote part of the Gold Butte National Monument in Nevada.

Las Vegas police Officer Aden Ocampo-Gomez said Tuesday that police are not investigating the death of Lorann King.

The Clark County coroner on Monday identified King and said the cause of her death was pending.

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King's body was discovered July 23 near Devils Cove Road, several miles off State Route 170 near Bunkerville.

That's a hamlet about 80 miles northeast of Las Vegas.

The National Weather Service logged a heat wave in the area at the time, with daytime temperatures for several days before the discovery averaging about 108 degrees Fahrenheit in nearby Overton.