Arrest made in apparent double homicide

Thursday, Oct. 26, 2000 | 9:48 a.m.

Francisco Ibarra, 20, was arrested late Wednesday and booked for investigation of two counts of murder and burglary.

The bodies of Nicole Rusk, 19, and Steven Sanchez, 28, were found in a McCarran Boulevard home late Monday after police were called to check on the couple. Investigators said both were shot to death, apparently on Friday.

Investigators said Ibarra apparently was in the apartment at the time of the shootings, which were spurred by drug debts. Ibarra also is charged with burglarizing Sanchez's apartment after the killings.

The shootings occurred at Rusk's apartment. Neighbors said the woman, who moved to Reno from the Fallon area, had frequent visitors at all hours and occasionally had loud parties.

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