LAS VEGAS (NV)
KTNV
CREATED Jun 6, 2014
Las Vegas, NV (KTNV) — A youth pastor from California has been arrested in the death of a Las Vegas man from last year.
Family members confirm police arrested Robert L. Cox on Tuesday. According to police records, Cox is accused in the murder of Link Ellingson, who died in December, 2013 of head injuries from an altercation outside a Las Vegas pub that happened months earlier.
Police records show Cox was visiting Las Vegas on June 13, 2013, with his family and interns as part of a ministry program. The group stopped for food at the Four Kegs Sports Pub on North Jones Boulevard near U.S. 95. The altercation with Ellingson took place in the parking lot afterwards, police wrote.
In police documents, officers said Cox punched the 6’8 Ellingson, who fell and hit his head. The records show Cox later denied throwing any punches.
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