The 32-year-old former boyfriend of missing professional dancer Deborah Flores-Narvaez has been charged with murder, jail records show.
Authorities confirmed the charge against Jason "Blue" Griffith stems from the disappearance of Flores-Narvaez, who has been missing since Dec. 12.
Police said Flores-Narvaez's body was recovered downtown but did not say where or when.
Griffith is being held without bail, jail records show.
It has been nearly a month since the 31-year-old dancer was reported missing, a day after she failed to show up for a Dec. 13 performance in the Luxor show "Fantasy." Three days later, police found her Chevrolet Prizm abandoned in the northeast area of the valley, its license plates removed. The disappearance of the woman has made national headlines in part because her family has made high-profile appeals for help in finding her.
Detectives have focused on Griffith, a professional dancer himself, because she accused him of beating her in October. Flores-Narvaez also told police she was pregnant with Griffith's child at that time.
Griffith has told detectives that Flores-Narvaez visited him at his home on the night she went missing, but the conversation was brief and she seemed OK before leaving his residence, police said.
Investigators have previously searched Griffith's North Las Vegas home and his car and his attorney, Patrick McDonald, has said Griffith has cooperated with police, including volunteering for an interview with detectives.
FRANCIS MCCABE
LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL
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