Las Vegas Sun

May 3, 2024

Police ID prisoner who hanged himself

A Las Vegas man who hanged himself inside the Clark County Detention Center Tuesday has been identified as 39-year-old Doug McElravy.

McElravy used a bedsheet tied to a stool to choke himself to death, detention Sgt. LeRoy Kirkegard.

McElravy had been arrested Sunday night in the 4700 block of Faircenter Parkway, a jail spokesman said. He was charged with first-degree kidnapping with a deadly weapon, robbery with a weapon, with being an ex-felon in possession of a firearm and robbery conspiracy.

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