By the spring of 1997, the murder of Daniel Mendoza had moved from McKellar Circle into the courtroom, City Hall, and the conscience of Las Vegas. In Episode 131, Part 3 of our series, public pressure builds as community leaders start to ask.... wh…
After Daniel Mendoza was shot and killed outside his apartment at McKellar Circle, the investigation should have been straightforward in at least one sense... the blue Dodge pickup truck with two men inside. Within days, investigators would know tho…
On December 28, 1996, 21-year-old Daniel Mendoza was standing outside his apartment near Flamingo and Paradise with some friends when a pickup truck pulled into the parking lot. McKellar Circle near University and Paradise was a pretty rough area at…
Every once in a while, a case we’ve covered comes back to us in a way that reminds us why we tell these stories in the first place. Our latest Swing Shift episode revisits the murder of Brittney Lavoll, a devoted mother of three whose life was stole…
On July 3, 2024, police responded to the Crosswinds Apartments in central Las Vegas after two gunshots were reported. What officers encountered was a young mother, 32-year-old Meagan Ruiz, gravely injured on the upstairs landing of her home. The ini…
What happens when the justice system gets it completely wrong? In Part 2 of “Out of Nowhere: The Wrongful Conviction of Kirstin Blaise Lobato,” we return to one of Las Vegas’s most controversial and heartbreaking criminal cases. After the first epi…
In July 2001, a man was found brutally murdered behind a Nevada State Bank near the Las Vegas Strip. The crime was horrific—gruesome injuries, disturbing forensic evidence, and a scene that stunned even seasoned investigators. But the tragedy didn’…
