LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — A judge denied an attempt to drop murder charges in the case against a 19-year-old man accused of deliberately causing a 12-car wreck that killed his pregnant girlfriend and two others.
Jose Gutierrez is accused of causing the crash at the intersection of Cheyenne Avenue and Jones Boulevard on Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2025. Gutierrez’s girlfriend, Adilene Duran Rincon, 20, was killed in the crash, along with Edward Garcia, 38; and Vanessa Vasquez, 25.
Prosecutors have charged Gutierrez with three counts of open murder with a deadly weapon, among other offenses. In court Wednesday, Gutierrez’s attorney, Thomas Moskal, asked Clark County District Court Judge Michelle Leavitt to drop the murder charges, saying Nevada law does not apply to the circumstances…