Posted on: Might 4, 2023, 07:11h.
Final up to date on: Might 4, 2023, 07:11h.
A former on line casino supplier who seven years in the past beat a pair to loss of life might be spending 56 years or extra behind bars. He repeatedly struck them with a claw hammer and probably different weapons.
Frank Interlicchia Jr., 57, of Las Vegas, was sentenced on Wednesday to life in jail for 2 counts of homicide with a lethal weapon and a single rely of house invasion.
District Decide Michelle Leavitt advised Interlicchia he can’t anticipate to be thought of for parole till he serves 56 years of the sentence — if and when he reaches the age of 113.
On September 20, 2016, the victims, Kelly Naples, 64, and Robin Naples, 44, have been killed of their condominium close to Paradise Highway and Tropicana Avenue.
They suffered what have been described as “large wounds to their faces and heads.” Close to the 2 our bodies have been discovered a bloody claw hammer and wrench, authorities stated.
Prosecutors have claimed Interlicchia used “a ratchet and/or a cross pein hammer and/or a claw hammer” when beating the pair. Some witnesses stated he had been carrying a baseball bat, too.
Bloody Crime Scene
When Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Division (LVMPD) officers arrived on the residence, they noticed Interlicchia lined in blood. He was standing over Robin Naples.
Interlicchia spoke to officers and claimed that “some guys got here by the door and he needed to ‘bash them,’” the Las Vegas Solar reported in 2016.
Interlicchia additionally revealed he was a life-long Las Vegas resident who performed highschool soccer and previously labored as a desk recreation supplier at an unidentified on line casino.
Interlicchia was arrested and was placed on trial earlier this 12 months. He was convicted by a jury in February.
When he testified in his personal protection, Interlicchia “thumbed his nostril on the victims, at their households,” prosecutors stated.
He might have confronted the loss of life penalty, however in January prosecutors opted to hunt life in jail.
No Regret
“I feel that what’s most telling in regards to the defendant and this case, is that with out medicine, he was incapable of getting any regret for the crimes that he did,” Chief Deputy District Legal professional Michelle Fleck stated.
It was revealed by Interlicchia’s lawyer, David Schieck, who practices felony legislation in Las Vegas, that his shopper had taken heroin earlier than the killings. Police stated they noticed heroin-track marks on Interlicchia’s physique. Interlicchia advised officers he recurrently used heroin and methamphetamine (meth), based on the Solar.
This was a scenario involving no pre-planning, no premeditation,” Schieck was quoted by the Las Vegas Evaluation Journal. “This was a scenario that occurred rapidly and was fueled by drug use by all people concerned.”
Shortly earlier than attacking the couple, Interlicchia pressured his approach into one other condominium on the advanced. He kicked in a door and lay down on a mattress, the Solar reported.
He was ordered to depart by the resident. She was his former girlfriend, based on preliminary information stories from Las Vegas TV station KTNV.
Interlicchia then headed to the Naples’s condominium. The victims had let Interlicchia transfer in with them after he was pressured to depart one other condominium within the advanced.
They lived in a first-floor condominium at Palo Verde Villas at 5070 Palo Verde Highway. It’s a couple of half mile from the Harry Reid Worldwide Airport.
