LAS VEGAS — A Las Vegas manicurist and mom of three is dead after a customer who tried to flee the nail salon without paying ran over her.
Krystal Whipple was arrested Friday in Glendale, Arizona, by agents with the Federal Bureau of Investigations, KSNV reported.
#WANTED! A suspect in the homicide that occurred outside of a nail salon on Dec 29, 2018 has been identified as Krystal Whipple.
— LVMPD (@LVMPD) January 3, 2019
Anyone w/info on her whereabouts is urged to call #LVMPD Homicide Section at 702-828-3521 or @CrimeStoppersNV at 702-385-5555. pic.twitter.com/p9TFMoTfTi
According to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, Nhu Nguyen, 53, a nail tech at Crystal Nails & Spa, died Saturday after the customer, whose credit card was declined, claimed that she needed to get money out of her car to pay the $35 bill. Nguyen followed the customer into the parking lot and was struck and dragged by the woman's car, KTNV reported.
Nail salon customer kills mother of 3 over $35 manicure https://t.co/P1Jb5NUYB3 via @reviewjournal and @lauxkimber
— Kevin M. Cannon (@kmcannonphoto) December 30, 2018
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