Boone County murder convict accused in Las Vegas cold case

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A man serving a life sentence for a Boone County murder is facing a new charge from a Nevada cold case. Sixty-three-year-old Dale Bryant was arrested on a murder count from a Las Vegas stabbing death in late 1991.

According to the Harrison Daily Times, Bryant pleaded guilty in August 1992 to capital murder in the stabbing death of 40-year-old Margaret Cooper in January of that year and was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. Bryant is accused of killing Cooper in Harrison to rob her of $200 and to cover up for attempting to rob and rape her.

The Las Vegas Review-Journal reported in late February Bryant was arrested on a murder charge in the stabbing death of 50-year-old Carol Bishop in Las Vegas in November 1991. The newspaper says the case was unsolved until cold case detectives working under a grant identified Bryant’s fingerprints found on a liquor bottle and a shot glass in the kitchen of Bishop’s residence. Bryant made a statement to the cold case detectives last May admitting he is responsible for Bishop’s death.

Clark County court records indicate Bryant was arraigned for murder with use of a deadly weapon last Friday, and the case will be continued until Wednesday for a plea entry. He also has a previous conviction of stabbing a woman in Las Vegas for the intent of robbing her of her purse and a 1974 rape conviction in Boise, Idaho.

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