A 40-year-old man in Nevada will likely spend the remainder of his days behind bars for killing his ex-wife, fatally shooting the 34-year-old mother of his children just hours after the two appeared in court for a divorce-related hearing that did not go his way.

Roidan Durruthy-Mendoza on Monday formally pleaded guilty to one count of murder with the use of a deadly weapon in the 2023 slaying of Marillorky Tamayo-Cruz. Jury selection in Durruthy-Mendoza's murder trial had been scheduled to begin on Monday before he reached a deal with prosecutors in the Clark County District Attorney's Office, the Las Vegas Review-Journal reported .

Durruthy-Mendoza had initially been charged with additional counts of attempted murder with a deadly weapon, domestic battery with a deadly weapon, assault,

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