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Vanessa Murphy
Verified
Investigative Reporter, KLAS-TV (Las Vegas, NV)
Las Vegas
Beats
Biography
Vanessa Murphy joined the 8 News Now Team in October 2013. Prior to moving to Las Vegas, the native New Yorker worked as a producer for ABC News on the medical documentary series, NY Med. She also reported at News 12 in Connecticut. IN 2011, Vanessa was named a Journalism Fellow for Criminal Justice reporting through the H.F. Guggenheim Foundation. She is a member of Investigative Reporters and Editors and the Society of Professional Journalists. She is a graduate of both the Metro Police Citizens Academy and the FBI Citizens Academy. Vanessa began her reporting career in the Midwest. While working for KLJB-TV in Iowa, she broke the investigation of tainted meat in local schools, which lead to a recall. Her coverage of the Iowa caucuses included interviews with Barack Obama, Joe Biden, and Mitt Romney. At WAND-TV in central Illinois, she specialized in investigative reports. Vanessa began her television career working behind the scenes at ABC News, CBS News, and MTV Networks. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Journalism & Media Studies from Rutgers University. Upon graduation, she won a student journalism contest, which earned her an educational trip to Switzerland.
politics investigative crimegeneral assignment
Content
By David Charns Verified, Vanessa Murphy Verified| KLAS-TV (Las Vegas, NV) Verified LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — Federal authorities arrested a man Tuesday in Mexico nearly two years after Las Vegas police accused him of killing his girlfriend, the 8 News Now Investigators have learned. Tabatha Tozzi, 26, was shot in the head on April 22, 2023, outside a west valley home near Alta Drive and Cimarron Road. Police later identified her accused killer as Oswaldo “Nate” Perez-Sanchez, her boyfriend. Perez-Sanchez allegedly confronted Tozzi and then shot her during an argument, officials said.
By Vanessa Murphy Verified| WKRN-TV (Nashville, TN) Verified LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — An investigation is underway at MountainView Hospital in Las Vegas after a cancer patient woke up to startling news in the operating room. Kimberly LeMarbre said a surgery to address her second diagnosis of thyroid cancer was scheduled for January 2024. She went under anesthesia, but was told when she woke up that the surgery couldn’t be completed. “I open my eyes and I knew immediately something was wrong,” LeMarbre told the investigators with News 2’s sister station, KLAS.
By Vanessa Murphy Verified, Julia Romero Verified| KLAS-TV (Las Vegas, NV) Verified LAS VEGAS (KLAS) – Las Vegas Metro police said there is no evidence of a crime committed at a childcare facility after a mother said she found her son’s hands bound. Kala Hall told the 8 News Now Investigators she found her 9-year-old son Kody’s hands bound as he appeared to be sleeping on March 20 at Cherished Legacy Academy. Hall said detectives showed her video from inside the facility after the 8 News Now Investigators shared her story.
Company Info
KLAS-TV (Las Vegas, NV)
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
+1 702-792-8888