LAS VEGAS (AP) — A prosecutor told a judge a man accused of killing a woman with a sledgehammer spoke to police about "smashing people" and said the woman asked him to hit her.
Prosecutor Peter Thunell said Friday that police are investigating whether 36-year-old Clinton Earl Taylor attacked others before the pre-dawn slaying Thursday at a Las Vegas laundromat.
Officer Larry Hadfield says detectives haven't identified any similar attacks.
Authorities have not identified the woman, who police say told a 911 dispatcher of a man with a sledgehammer before she was heard screaming and the line disconnected.
Arriving officers found Taylor covered with blood, carrying a sledgehammer.
Taylor's court-appointed lawyer, Marissa Pensabene, sought his release on bail but Judge Ann Zimmerman ordered him to remain in jail pending a Wednesday court date.
