A Las Vegas man has been arrested in association with several violent rapes of local prostitutes, and authorities are seeking help in locating other possible victims. Police say 29-year-old Denver Baoec-Ascuncion was arrested earlier this month after multiple women came forward recounting recent incidents of kidnapping and sexual assault. 8 News Now reports that the 28-year-old Las Vegas man faces multiple counts , and there may be other victims. Two separate prostitutes between December 20th and January 7th reportedly told police that Ascuncion picked them up and forced them into sexual acts. Both alleged victims claimed that the Las Vegas man used a firearm to threaten them. Non-virtual sex work (i.e., physical prostitution) is a dangerous line of work, especially in large cities like Las Vegas -- where rates of non-virtual sex work have increased by 50% in recent years. Prostitutes -- especially street walkers -- are often victims of violent crime and robberies. It's fortunat...
Tammie Michelle Mooney disappeared nearly 20 years ago after quarreling with roommates at her Summerlin Las Vegas, Nevada home. Her case remains unsolved with very few circumstances known, and even less known about those who last saw her alive. Could this case ever be solved, or will the disappearance of this Las Vegas woman remain a mystery forever?
According to NAMUS, Tammie Mooney called her mother sometime between December 16-19 of 2003. During the phone call she claimed that she got into a fight with one of her roommates at her residence on Horseback Ridge Avenue. NAMUS states that she had quarreled with “a female roommate,” but little else is shared. She and her boyfriend were looking for a place to stay, but they were alright at the time of the call. That was the last time anyone seen or heard from the missing Las Vegas woman.
There are so many questions to ask in this case that may never be answered due to how much time has passed. Foul play is suspected in her disappearance, and that suspicion makes sense given a phone call family members received on Christmas Eve 2003. Tammie’s mother was expecting her for the holidays, but she never showed up. However, a male roommate — possibly associated with the female roommate that she’d recently fought with — called her mother asking if she’d seen her. By this time nobody had heard from Tammie Michelle Mooney since between December 16th and 19th. On one hand, this Christmas Eve phone call might have been a genuine call out of concern for the whereabouts of their missing friend. On the other hand, this call could have had ulterior motives and done to to sort of cover up their own involvement in Tammie’s disappearance. Since police have never publicly named the roommates of the missing woman — or her boyfriend — how is anyone to know otherwise?
Tammie Michelle Mooney didn’t just vanish into thin air. Something happened to her, and someone knows exactly what happened to her when she dropped out of contact with her family in 2003. It’s highly disappointing that this case has lacked appropriate attention and media coverage, because this has only allowed someone — whether it be one person or many — to get away with a crime. Hopefully some new life can be breathed into this Las Vegas cold case, so that this missing woman’s loved ones can get the closure they deserve.
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