Las Vegas Man Charged with Murder After Strangling Sex Worker in Hotel Room, Telling Cops She Died of Overdose [Video]

A man has allegedly confessed to strangling and then sexually assaulting a sex worker who died after being found inside a Las Vegas hotel room last month.

Larissa Garcia, 30, died on June 21 more than a week after the June 12 incident inside the Palms Casino Resort, documents said. Garcia used the names “Andrea” and “Dallas” in online escort advertisements, sources said.

On Friday afternoon, Jason Kendall, 35, surrendered to police at Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Headquarters where officers booked him on charges of open murder, sexual assault and battery by strangulation to commit sexual assault, documents said.

Kendall Told Police Garcia Had Overdosed but Doctors Didn’t Find Drugs or Alcohol in Her System

On June 12, Kendall called police saying a woman was overdosing inside a hotel room at the Palms, documents said. Hotel security responded to the room, finding Garcia on the floor with a cut to …