LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Latest on the arrest of a Las Vegas woman in the death of her 3-year-old daughter (all times local):
FILE – This undated file photo provided by the Clark County Detention Center shows Aisha Yvonne Thomas, 29, of Las Vegas. A judge on Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2018, ordered Thomas to remain jailed without bail pending an Oct. 1, 2018 preliminary hearing of evidence in the death of a 3-year-old girl whose body was found in a duffel bag in a closet in the woman’s apartment. (Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department photo via AP)
3:50 p.m.
Documents say a 29-year-old mother of four told police she panicked and hid her 3-year-old daughter’s lifeless body in a duffel bag in her apartment closet nearly a day before calling police to report her missing.
A police report obtained Tuesday says Aisha Yvonne Thomas told detectives she struck her daughter in the head early Aug. 23 and the girl fell to the floor crying.
Thomas told police she later found the child not breathing.
Police say Thomas called 911 that night to report her daughter was missing.
Thomas’ public defender, Sarah Hawkins, did not immediately respond to messages about the report.
A judge set an Oct. 1 preliminary hearing in the murder case.
The Clark County coroner has not confirmed the identity of the girl or said how and when she died.
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10:15 a.m.
A 29-year-old mother of four will remain jailed without bail in Las Vegas pending her next court appearance in the death of a child girl whose body was found in a duffel bag in a closet in the woman’s apartment.
Aisha Yvonne Thomas’ court-appointed public defender, Sarah Hawkins, declined to comment following a brief Tuesday hearing at which a judge set an Oct. 1 preliminary hearing of evidence in the murder case.
Police say the body matched the description of Thomas’ 3-year-old daughter, who authorities began searching for late Thursday after Thomas reported the girl wandered away as she walked her four children to grocery store near their home.
The Clark County coroner has not confirmed the identity of the girl or said how and when she died.
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