Wendy Marie Bjurstrom was 27 when she was found unresponsive in her bed in apartment #305 at 900 West Bonanza Road, the former Moulin Rouge Hotel address in Las Vegas. A friend discovered her and ran to the manager’s office on March 13, 1997; patrol officers pronounced her deceased and detectives were called after foul play was suspected. The Clark County Coroner determined her cause of death was strangulation.

Police fixed the timeline between the friend’s discovery on March 13 and the case date recorded by investigators on March 14, 1997. Investigators noted no reported signs of a struggle loud enough to attract neighbors that night. The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department lists the suspect as unknown, no arrests have been publicly reported, and the case remains an open, unsolved homicide.

If anyone knew Wendy, frequented the Moulin Rouge area in March 1997, or has information about who might have been responsible, please share what is known with LVMPD.