Edward Dale Rife, 59, male, Caucasian/White, was found dead on December 21, 2016, inside a rental trailer in Las Vegas, Nevada. Officers were called to the 1500 block of Red Rock Street, near West Oakey and South Jones boulevards. Medical personnel pronounced him dead at the scene. Investigators noted apparent trauma to his head and said evidence suggested a fight had taken place inside the trailer before his death.
His killing marked the 163rd homicide investigated by Las Vegas police in 2016, underscoring a year of unusually high violence across the valley.
The coroner later identified the victim as Edward Dale Rife, 59. Publicly available case summaries list him as a male and Caucasian/White and place both the discovery and death on the same day, December 21, 2016, in Las Vegas. Those accounts align with the original police bulletin and contemporaneous reporting about the rental trailer scene and head trauma.
Authorities did not announce a motive, and initial reports said no suspects had been identified. Police asked anyone with information to contact the homicide section or Crime Stoppers. As of the most recent public updates, no arrests have been reported in connection with Rife’s killing, and the case does not appear on the department’s closed-case summaries; it is referenced only in news coverage and public-facing cold case listings.
