Who is George Bone? Las Vegas man accused of murder lived with girlfriend's body in closet for months
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA: A deranged Las Vegas man was apprehended by the authorities on Wednesday, July 26, after he was accused of living with his dead girlfriend for two months, whom he reportedly murdered in the hopes of her resurrection, police said on Friday.
A family told the authorities that both the alleged killer and the victim, Beverly Ma, were friends and that she was not close with family, documents stated. Police said that the duo came across each other in high school and they moved in last summer.
Who is George Bone?
George Bone, 31, was taken into custody on Wednesday after police found Ma's body during a welfare check in the 5300 block of Railroad River Avenue near Lindell Road and Eldorado Lane. Lt. Jason Johansson said Wednesday that Bone told officers he knew Ma was dead and what caused her death and based on those statements, police took Bone into custody.
According to Fox News, police received a 911 call from a family member on Wednesday who said Bone had told her Ma “was in the closet and had been there for two months,” documents said. It turned out to be true shortly after following the police's harrowing discovery. A witness told police they entered the home on Wednesday after seeing an unnaturally high air conditioning bill. Documents stated that Bone led her upstairs to the body.
“She noticed a cooler against the bedroom closet door and the bottom of the door had a towel, which covered the gap,” police said before adding “George told her that she can open it and see.”
When did Ma die?
Bone told police Ma had died sometime in May, police said. Dispatchers received a 911 call from Ma and heard a man and woman screaming at each other on May 4, they said. Police responded that day and knocked on the door but no one answered. Investigators think that the victim was killed on that very day.
Why did Bone place a cooler near the closet?
“Bone went about living at the house with Beverly deceased in the upstairs closet for the next two months and began ordering several items on Beverly’s Amazon account using her funds for his own gain,” police said. “When asked why he didn’t call for help, Bone’s response was ‘I was afraid of going back to jail… for being found with a dead body.” Bone admitted that his behavior since the death of Beverly Ma was ‘not normal.’ When asked why he placed a cooler in the master bedroom near the closest, Bone stated that he put it there so that he would be alerted if Beverly rose from the dead like in the movie ‘The Grudge.’”
Someone texted from her phone in late July, although Ma was believed to have been deceased. The message said she could not attend a July 4 party because she “wanted to be sober, not travel and not be around people,” police said.
Bone's other criminal records
Henderson police initially arrested Bone in 2012 on charges of sexual assault and lewdness with a child stemming from allegations a teenager made about an assault two years before when she was a child. The student told a school employee that Bone had “inappropriately touched” her while he was living in a home with her.
The accused took an Alford plea on a charge of attempted lewdness with a child under the age of 14 in the following year. Bone also faces a charge of failing to register as a sex offender in addition to an open murder charge. Bone is listed in the Nevada Sex Offender Registry under a different address than where police responded on Wednesday. He was being held at the Clark County Detention Center without bail.