LAS VEGAS (AP) — Prosecutors are considering the death penalty for a 31-year-old convicted felon accused of killing two Vietnamese tour leaders at a Las Vegas Strip casino-hotel.
Julius Trotter pleaded not guilty Thursday in state court to an indictment charging him with murder, burglary and robbery in the June 1 stabbings of Sang Boi Nghia and Khoung Ba Le Nguyen at the Circus Circus hotel.
Trotter was given a new court-appointed attorney and a judge set a Nov. 13 date for Clark County District Attorney Steve Wolfson to decide whether to seek capital punishment.
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Nghia owned a tour business in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, and Nguyen was an employee. They arrived in Las Vegas with a tour from Los Angeles a day before their bodies were found.