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Officials ID Vietnam Tourist Stabbed To Death In Las Vegas Hotel

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Authorities in Las Vegas have identified a 38-year-old female tour operator from Vietnam found dead along with a male victim in a hotel room in what police are calling a double killing carried out by an unknown assailant.

The Clark County coroner said Monday that Sang Boi Nghia died of multiple stab wounds in an attack that Las Vegas police say probably happened about 2 a.m. Friday in the Circus Circus hotel-casino room.

The man's was not immediately identified pending notification of his family.

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Las Vegas police Lt. Ray Spencer says both were stabbed multiple times and authorities have not made an arrest.

Nghia's daughter, Chau Nghia, tells the Las Vegas Review-Journal that her mother owned a tour business in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.