Tragedy struck the Las Vegas community after a local journalist, Matthew Kelemen, was found dead in what has been classified as a "suspicious homicide," as reported by News 3 LV. Kelemen's remains were discovered last Tuesday, wrapped in a tarp inside a large bin that had been left at a downtown business, The Beef Jerky Store, which is known for partnering with a luggage storage company called 'Bounce.'
Upon finding the bin, sources indicated it emitted a foul odor and had to be forcibly opened by the Las Vegas Metro Police using bolt cutters, this shocking discovery set off a series of events that included the hunt for a suspect, 63-year-old Joseph Del Rivo, who was later named the prime suspect in what appears to be a devastating end to a dispute amongst roommates; Kelemen, identified by several sources as a freelance journalist whose work spanned publications like "Las Vegas Magazine," lived with Del Rivo before the event.
In a separate account, 8 News Now detailed that Del Rivo met his own end shortly after the murder, dying in a high-speed police chase on May 21 in Utah where he crashed after reaching 140 mph on Interstate 70 and being ejected from his vehicle, Investigators suspect that Kelemen likely succumbed to blunt force trauma, but a final ruling on the cause and manner of death was pending due to the coroner's office schedule.
Notwithstanding the whirlwind of events that followed, Kelemen's journalistic impact is immortalized through his contributions to notable outlets such as "The Daily Beast," "Las Vegas Sun," and "Las Vegas Weekly," with his Muck Rack profile indicating his breadth of work, which surprisingly posthumously featured a review of Janet Jackson’s residency, although the initial foul odor report came in on May 16, police did not investigate until four days later according to the documents obtained by both news outlets.
