Brittani Monique Bailey, a 29-year-old Black/African American mother of seven, was found dead in a room at the MGM Grand hotel in Las Vegas on January 29, 2024. Hotel security entered the room in the 3700 block of Las Vegas Boulevard around 2 a.m. after her boyfriend could not reach her. The Clark County coroner ruled her death a homicide from a gunshot wound to the head.

Investigators reviewed hotel surveillance and cellphone records and identified a person of interest who had been with Bailey. Police located 29-year-old Dandre Owens and arrested him on February 4, 2024. Officers found a handgun, a firearm suppressor, a magazine, and Brittani Bailey’s social security card in his wallet. Authorities say Owens allegedly shot Bailey in the back of the head with a silenced firearm and provided false identification when confronted. He was charged with open murder with a deadly weapon, robbery, carrying a concealed weapon without a permit, and using another person’s identification; prosecutors linked the weapon to an earlier homicide and intend to seek the death penalty. Owens remains in custody without bail pending trial.

Did anyone in Las Vegas who knew Brittani see her with someone in the days before January 29?