A 36-year-old Las Vegas man is facing an open murder charge after a 27-year-old was found shot to death and left in the desert near Sloan in June, the latest turn in a case that has quietly moved through Clark County’s courts for months.
Authorities identified the victim as Winston Ricketts and say the grand jury indictment comes after an extended homicide investigation that pulled in tips, digital communications and other documents reviewed by detectives. The accused, Aaron Jackson Jr., was arrested on a warrant and is being held without bail as he waits for a Dec. 1 court appearance.
According to a Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department news release, officers were called on June 21 to a desert area near the 17000 block of South Las Vegas Boulevard by Sloan, where they found a man suffering from apparent gunshot wounds. That discovery launched a homicide investigation…