In the summer of 2015, a quiet Las Vegas neighborhood was rocked by a grim discovery that brought a violent end to the life of Gregory Russell, a 49-year-old Caucasian male. On the afternoon of Wednesday, July 1st, the bodies of Gregory and his wife, 61-year-old Paula Russell, were found inside their residence in the 6200 block of Elton Avenue. The discovery near the intersection of Jones Boulevard and U.S.
Highway 95 would soon unravel a tragic story of domestic violence.
Authorities from the Clark County coroner's office later confirmed that Gregory Russell's death was a homicide. He had sustained a fatal gunshot wound to the face. The investigation conducted by the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department pointed to a murder-suicide scenario. Detectives concluded that Paula Russell was the sole suspect in her husband's death.
Investigators believe that Paula Russell used a firearm to shoot her husband before turning the weapon on herself. The coroner's office determined that her cause of death was a gunshot wound to the head, and her death was officially ruled a suicide. This conclusion meant that the person responsible for Gregory Russell's murder died at the scene, bringing the investigation to a somber close with no arrests to be made.
