News briefs for June 22, 2001

Friday, June 22, 2001 | 11:19 a.m.

Death considered to be homicide

Metro Police homicide detectives are investigating the death of a man whose body was found in a desert area near Sam Boyd Stadium Thursday morning.

The body was found southwest of Russell Road and Broadbent Boulevard about 8 a.m., Lt. Wayne Petersen said.

The victim, who appears to have been in his 40s, may have been dead for several days, police said.

Police are treating the death as a homicide, and the cause of death is pending a coroner's examination. An autopsy was scheduled to be performed today.

Victim ID'd as 29-year-old man

A man killed in an drive-by shooting has been identified as 29-year-old Jose M. Narciso.

Narciso, a passenger in a car traveling on Pecos Road near San Antonio Avenue about 11:50 p.m. Tuesday, was hit by gunfire from a black truck, Metro Police said.

Narciso was taken to University Medical Center, where he died early Wednesday. The other two occupants in the car were not injured, police said.

No suspects have been identified in the slaying.

Two teenage girls missing

Authorities are looking for two Lake Tahoe teenagers who were last seen around the Stateline casino core Wednesday night.

Amy Klaes, 17, and Jackie Rivas, 14, were supposed to play video games at the casinos' arcades but failed to show up when Amy's mother arrived to get them inside Harveys at 9:30 p.m.

Authorities are also looking for two men who were seen with the girls about 10 p.m. in the Horizon Casino.

"We don't know if they had anything to do with the missing girls, but we do know it's highly unusual, according to their parents, for the girls to be missing like this," said Douglas County Investigator Rick Brown.

County addresses problem at Tahoe

Douglas County commissioners have tentatively endorsed an ordinance aimed at curtailing problem bears at Lake Tahoe.

Under the proposal endorsed Thursday, use of bear-proof garbage containers would continue to be voluntary.

But some residents could be required to use the special containers if officials determine irresponsible trash disposal is attracting nuisance bruins.

A first offense would result in a warning. A second offense would result in requiring the resident or property owner to install a bear-proof trash container within 30 days.

Commissioners said they want to hear from the public on any concerns. The measure will be heard again on July 19 for possible final action.