NV Woman Diana Jeanne Langlume ID’d As ‘Sledgehammer’ Victim In Fatal Las Vegas Laundromat Attack

LAS VEGAS, NV. (THECOUNT) —Clinton Taylor has been identified as the suspect arrested over bludgeoning death of 72-year-old Las Vegas woman, Diana Jeanne Langlume, announced the Clark County coroner on Thursday.

Langlume was randomly attacked by Taylor, 36, who used a sledgehammer to mercilessly hit the elder with the truncheon-like hammer while outside central Las Vegas Twin Lakes Laundromat on Aug. 29.

Taylor was later located about a quarter mile away still holding the murder weapon. He was covered in Langlume’s blood..

He was arrested and faces one count of open murder with a deadly weapon.

Diana Jeanne Langlume of Las Vegas died due to blunt force trauma to her head and neck, according to the coroner. Her death was ruled as a homicide, reports FOX5.

Las Vegas Metropolitan police were called to the 1000 block of North Rancho Drive near Washington Avenue at about 5 a.m. Langlume called from inside the laundromat and told police there was a man outside with a sledgehammer. Dispatchers heard her scream and the line disconnected.

Taylor is believed to be homeless.

A Las Vegas judge on Aug. 30 deemed Taylor to be a danger to the community and ordered he be held without bail.

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