Overview
- Las Vegas police say corrections officers found a male inmate lying motionless in a cell around 11:20 p.m. on Dec. 26 and he was pronounced dead at the scene.
- Officers observed apparent blunt-force injuries, and investigators indicated a physical altercation occurred inside the cell.
- The cellmate, identified as Chad Ollinger, 41, was taken into custody and rebooked for open murder as the homicide investigation continues.
- Local records reported Ollinger has been held since an Oct. 27 arrest on a fugitive-from-another-state charge, with a contempt of court charge also noted.
- Ollinger is known from Discovery’s Mystery at Blind Frog Ranch as the son of Duane Ollinger, and prior arrests in late 2024 and February 2025 have been documented.