In the late hours of February 17 or the early morning of February 18, 2023, 46-year-old Shella Huey and her long-term boyfriend, 65-year-old Vincent Spoto, were shot to death in Las Vegas. Their bodies were found on February 20, 2023, in a makeshift structure where they lived behind an AutoZone on South Nellis Boulevard; both had multiple gunshot wounds and were found lying down, suggesting they may have been asleep when attacked. The Clark County coroner ruled both deaths homicides; Shella was shot in the head and neck and Vincent in the head.

Shella, born in Phoenix and raised in part in Colorado, had lived in Las Vegas on and off and was described by her sister Shirl Huey as a free bird who was loved by everyone she met. Shella and Vincent had been together for more than two decades; investigators noted the phrase Vince loves Bella on a wall near the scene. Despite an extensive investigation and a May 2023 press conference that included Shella’s sister, no arrests or publicly identified suspects have been announced.

Did anyone in the South Nellis Boulevard area or among the unhoused community know Shella and Vincent well enough to share what happened that night?