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Police say man lured woman to Las Vegas and killed her

Posted at 3:56 PM, Nov 16, 2019
and last updated 2019-11-22 12:36:59-05

LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — A Pennsylvania man, John Chapman, is facing kidnapping charges in a case where he allegedly lured a woman to Vegas and then killed her in the desert.

Police say that Chapman confessed to taking his girlfriend, 33-year-old Jamie Rae Feden, to Las Vegas. He reportedly tied her to a signpost during a photo shoot in the desert outside of Las Vegas and suffocated her.

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Chapman reportedly called his wife after the murder and told her that he had to killed woman.

The Lincoln County Sheriff's Department says that the woman killed in the Nevada desert has been identified as Jaime Feden from Pennsylvania.