LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — A long-awaited update in the homicide case of Lesly Palacio is expected from the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department on Thursday.

🔴 WATCH LIVE 🔴 We expect to hear from Homicide Lt. Robert Price at 4 p.m.

It's been more than a year since Channel 13 reported Palacio's suspected killer, Erick Rangel-Ibarra, had been arrested in Mexico, nearly four years after Palacio's disappearance.

Palacio, 22, was last seen on Aug. 29, 2020 . Her body was found on Sept. 9, 2020, near Valley of Fire State Park.

At last report, Rangel-Ibarra was being held by Mexican authorities pending extradition to the U.S. to face charges.

At the time, a retired police detective told Channel 13 it could take months or even years before Rangel-Ibarra appears in a Las Vegas courtroom, d

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