In the spring of 2022, 41-year-old Linal Morris, a Black/African American man, was found dead in Las Vegas. His body was discovered on March 21, 2022, in a wash beneath Charlie Frias Park; the Clark County Coroner’s Office determined he died of a shotgun wound to the head. Investigators later tied his death to violence that occurred in the city’s flood control tunnel system.

Witnesses described a confrontation between Morris and 38-year-old Donald Blodgett inside an encampment in the tunnels. One woman who had been staying in Blodgett’s encampment said she was awakened by the fight and that Blodgett allegedly shot Morris three times with a shotgun, then asked her to help move the body; she refused. Another person reported seeing Blodgett days later moving Morris’s body deeper into the tunnels and trying to set it on fire, and that Blodgett burned his own encampment.

Rumors of a body in the tunnels circulated for about a week before someone contacted police. Based on witness statements and the investigation, Donald Blodgett was arrested and booked into the Clark County Detention Center, held without bail. Does anyone who spent time in the tunnel areas around Charlie Frias Park in spring 2022 have information that could help fill gaps in this case?