Preliminary hearing set for suspect in woman’s death in 1991
Review-Journal this week. “It wasn’t like her to not show up.”
Ballard walked to Bishop’s nearby residence from the convenience store where they both worked and knocked on the door. When no one answered, he discovered the door was unlocked and went inside.
“I looked left into the bedroom and saw a knife sticking out of her back,” Ballard said.
The Clark County coroner ruled Bishop died from a stab wound to the chest and massive blunt trauma to the face.
When Ballard called police, a dispatcher asked if she was still alive, but Ballard did not check and left the residence, fearful that the killer might still be there.
In 2012, the case was reviewed as a part of a grant-funded initiative to solve cold cases. Bryant’s finger- prints matched prints found on a shot glass and bottle of peppermint schnapps in Bishop’s house, according to a police report
Bryant is serving a life sentence without parole for a murder in Arkansas in 1992. He was booked Monday into the Clark County Detention Center on the new murder charge.
On Thursday morning, Bryant sat in a wheelchair in Las Vegas Justice Court as his preliminary hearing was set for March 20. Contact Lawren Linehan at llinehan@reviewjournal.com or at 702-383-0381. Follow @lawrenlinehan on Twitter. Contact Brooke Wanser at bwanser@reviewjournal.com. Follow @Bwanser_LVRJ on Twitter.