Do you know who murdered Michael Lee Dennis? Michael Lee Dennis, 35, male, was discovered just after midnight on June 1, 1992, slumped in his Dodge Aries station wagon behind 1415 East Charleston Boulevard, the rear lot of The Numbers Tavern in Las Vegas. The hour was 12:26 a.m., the kind of desert night when most of the city was winding down while the back lots stayed quiet. Responding officers found Dennis already deceased in the vehicle, and the scene offered few immediate answers about what had happened or why he had ended up there.
Detectives worked the alleyway and the car, tracing the short, lonely distance from the tavern door to the spot where the Dodge came to a stop. Despite the tight window of time and a public location, leads proved scarce. The case listing records no identified assailant and provides no description of suspects, an absence that hardened into a cold case as the days and years passed. No arrests have been announced, and the file remains open with the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department's Homicide Cold Case Detail. Tip lines and public appeals have been repeated over the years, but the official record still names the suspect as unknown.
