Las Vegas Police Hunt Woman Accused of Killing Victim with Fentanyl
Posted on: March 28, 2025, 01:09h.
Last updated on: March 28, 2025, 01:09h.
- Police searching for suspect linked to deadly fentanyl overdose.
- Victim found dead; suspect stole car and went shopping.
- Prosecutors say suspect targets casino patrons with fentanyl scheme.
Las Vegas police are looking for a woman accused of giving a man a deadly overdose of the drug fentanyl before leaving him to die in an off-Strip casino.
After the incident at the Rio Hotel & Casino last May, the suspect, Cori Lynn Perkins, whereabouts unknown, emptied the wallet of the victim, Ricardo Ortiz, stole his car, and went shopping, according to a Clark County grand jury indictment.
Ortiz’s body was found stripped naked in a hotel room at the Rio on May 1, 2024. On Thursday, a Clark County District Court judge issued a warrant for Perkins’ arrest.
She has been charged with 15 felony counts. These include second-degree murder while failing to render or seek medical assistance for a person injured or killed by the use of a controlled substance, administration of a drug to aid in the commission of a felony, residential burglary, burglary of a motor vehicle, grand larceny auto, and theft.
Shopping Spree
Ortiz and Perkins were captured on the Rio’s security cameras entering a hotel room on the 18th floor. Perkins left the room alone a short while later.
She was then seen on the video entering a gold Nissan Sentra that belonged to Ortiz’s mother, according to prosecutors.
She subsequently spent more than $2K using Ortiz’s debit card at stores including Smith’s Grocery, Target, Sprouts, Walmart, and Pizza Hut, according to the indictment.
Clark County Deputy District Attorney James Puccinelli said the allegations were “particularly egregious” adding that Perkins was a “danger to the community” who regularly targets individuals at Las Vegas casinos by incapacitating them with fentanyl so that she can rob them.
Death in Venice
Perkins is not the only one to use this particular modus operandi. Earlier this month, the widow of a man who was given a deadly dose of fentanyl by a sex worker at the Venetian Las Vegas sued the casino for failing to protect her husband.
The lawsuit was filed by Jennifer Jacoby whose husband, Jeffrey Jacoby, was robbed and left for dead by Cheylee Kessee, in March 2023.
Her complaint argues that security guards at the Palazzo, the luxury hotel within the Venetian, should have recognized Kessee and her pimp, Kashon Glass, as they had a history of targeting men for robbery.
Initially charged with murder, Kessee ultimately pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter and robbery and is serving a 20-year prison sentence. Glass is serving 50 years after being convicted of the same charges.
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Cori I'd not a bad person like everyone is saying Jesus Christ she has an addiction a very bad one she's been through it once her small son drowned on at the dad's house on his weekend to watch him I'm not saying what she did was rite by taking his money and car but she would never intentionally kill someone never coris had such a bad addiction didn't matter were she went she would go lock herself in the bathroom and poke n poke n poke herself with a needle trying to find a good vein I no it sounds crazy but she would wereever we go casino , welfare office, McDonald's , I'm telling u didn't matter were she goes straight to bathroom stays in there's hours n hours n hours I have a feeling that's exactly were she was when that poor man lay there in other room of oding and dying in other room she may have smoked a little with him rite before but I bet a million dollars she had no idea he was dying she was in the bathroom for hours came out and saw he was no longer with us freaked out instead of calling cops she did the exact opposite she would never kill someone on purpose and as for tony I've known him for 18 years he is a good man period don't talk bad about him period he is one of the smartest people I've ever known very kind and trustworthy I'm so sorry for family loss may he r.i.p. every since her son her whole world left this world by drowning in the dad's pool she lost herself and through herself in the middle of drugs to numb the pain have mercy on her please she is not a evil conniving person like everyone is portraying
All the haters need to mind there own business. Steve M, T. Seeker, y'all ain't got something else to talk about on some public POLICE, news web site. O, whoever E. Wack is don't say I said nothing, you know dam well I ain't told you to tell Cori hi. That's dumb, I can tell her myself. Sam's kid, leave this alone. If you want to help Cori, maybe pray for her, because she needs positive energy, not negitivity.
Emak Cori never told you shit considering you were part of what happened you were waiting. In the parking lot for her!
Cori was a friend of mine when she told me what she did I really didn't believe because she didn't tell the whole story but what she said was like it was no big deal wow she never cared about know one but her self See you in 20 years cori Tony says hi..
Liar Steve Murry none of that happened you have been stalking Cory for a long time.. It’ is well known Steve Murray that you are child diddler And like em young the younger the better especially young boys you are sick and should not be allowed around children and when Cori discovers this she wanted nothing to do with a aman who fondles children and that’s including his own…you sick o vant
That's not all cori Perkins stole the deed to the man's house were she was staying sold his house he doesn't know it yet she has ,sold 3 babies to a baby buyer and the father's family gave her money for her babies.she also shop lift every day