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Las Vegas homicide detectives investigating death of Strip hotel housekeeper

LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — The death of a hotel housekeeper who was found unresponsive at a Las Vegas Strip hotel is under investigation by homicide detectives, according to the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department.

UPDATE: Las Vegas police have released photos of a person of interest in this case. View them here.

Initially, the death appeared to be related to a medical issue, police said. Officers have since received further information that prompted them to re-examine what happened.

The woman, since identified as 61-year-old Basilisa Smith, was found unresponsive in one of the rooms of a hotel in the 3600 block of South Las Vegas Boulevard on Sunday at 5:55 p.m. Hotel security told first responders Smith was having a medical problem. She was taken to Sunrise Hospital, where doctors pronounced her dead.

Doctors and the coroner’s office told police her death appeared related to a medical issue, and hotel security advised officers that they did not see anything suspicious, police said.

New information provided to police on Tuesday prompted them to re-examine the death, they said. The case is under review by homicide detectives.