Drug use could shape Las Vegas triple homicide case, lawyer says
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Christine Rose Sanchez, 47, of Las Vegas. Sanchez was arraigned Thursday, Dec. 28, 2017, on three murder charges in the Dec. 22 slayings of three people at a home they shared in Las Vegas. Sanchez’s lawyer says she plans to plead not guilty.
LAS VEGAS >> A defense lawyer says drug use may play a role in the murder case against a 47-year-old woman accused of killing three people last week at a Las Vegas home where they all lived.
Attorney Robert Langford said Thursday following a brief court appearance that Christine Rose Sanchez is disabled by a back injury and takes prescription medication. Langford declined to specify the drug.
Langford also represented Sanchez in a previous murder case that prosecutors dismissed last June. It stemmed from the September 2014 death of a woman in North Las Vegas.
Langford says Sanchez plans to plead not guilty to shooting 43-year-old Natasha Henry, 39-year-old Stanley Herring and 34-year-old Cordell Jones to death Dec. 22.
Police say the owner of the home heard gunshots and saw Sanchez with a gun before she left the house.
