01-09-2011, 12:53 PM
LAS VEGAS (AP) - The former boyfriend of a missing Las Vegas Strip burlesque dancer has been arrested on suspicion of murdering her.
Jason Griffith, 32, was booked Friday night in the case involving the disappearance of Deborah Flores-Narvaez, Las Vegas police said Saturday.
He was being held without bail in the Clark County Detention Center.
At a news conference Saturday afternoon, police said a tip led them to the dancer's body Friday in downtown Las Vegas but they declined to elaborate.
Police also declined to divulge details of Griffith's arrest such as where it was made.
Flores-Narvaez's sister, Celeste Flores-Narvaez, of Atlanta, did not immediately return a phone call seeking comment.
On a Jan. 2 posting on her Facebook page, Celeste noted looking out the window of a plane the day before on a return flight to Atlanta after unsuccessfully searching for her sister in Las Vegas.
"I look out the window at the NV mountains wondering where Debbie is? I begin to cry uncontrollably, for the 1st time it hits me like a ton of bricks! Reality sinks in that I didnt find my sister Debbie. I didnt meet my goal, & it hurts bad! All I could do is as...k her for forgiveness," Celeste wrote.
Jason Griffith, 32, was booked Friday night in the case involving the disappearance of Deborah Flores-Narvaez, Las Vegas police said Saturday.
He was being held without bail in the Clark County Detention Center.
At a news conference Saturday afternoon, police said a tip led them to the dancer's body Friday in downtown Las Vegas but they declined to elaborate.
Police also declined to divulge details of Griffith's arrest such as where it was made.
Flores-Narvaez's sister, Celeste Flores-Narvaez, of Atlanta, did not immediately return a phone call seeking comment.
On a Jan. 2 posting on her Facebook page, Celeste noted looking out the window of a plane the day before on a return flight to Atlanta after unsuccessfully searching for her sister in Las Vegas.
"I look out the window at the NV mountains wondering where Debbie is? I begin to cry uncontrollably, for the 1st time it hits me like a ton of bricks! Reality sinks in that I didnt find my sister Debbie. I didnt meet my goal, & it hurts bad! All I could do is as...k her for forgiveness," Celeste wrote.