DNA Match Leads to Man’s Arrest for 1980 Las Vegas Murder
A man has been arrested in Las Vegas and charged in connection with a 42-year-old cold case murder, police announced this week.
Paul Nuttall, 64, was taken into custody on a number of charges last Thursday, including open murder with the use of a deadly weapon, sexual assault with a deadly weapon and burglary while in possession of a deadly weapon, according to the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department. He has been booked at the Clark County Detention Center, authorities said.
Nuttall was identified as a suspect in the murder of Sandra DiFelice, who was 25 years old at the time of her death in 1980, according to Las Vegas police. On the evening of Dec. 26 of that year, officers with the police department responded to a call reporting a dead body inside an east Las Vegas home. When they arrived, officers say they found the victim already deceased and evidence at the scene indicated that she had been sexually assaulted.
