Man suspected in 2023 slaying of Las Vegas woman arrested in Mexico

A man suspected in the high-profile killing of a Las Vegas woman in 2023 has been arrested, according to a source.

Oswaldo Nathaniel Perez-Sanchez, who is suspected in the April 22, 2023, killing of Tabatha Tozzi in Las Vegas, has been arrested in Mexico, the source told the Las Vegas Review-Journal on Tuesday night.

In a news release Wednesday, the Metropolitan Police Department stated that Perez-Sanchez remains in Mexico for local charges pending extradition to the United States.

“We have relentlessly pursued this fugitive, and the family can rest knowing that he is now in custody,” said District of Nevada U.S. Marshal Gary Schofield.

Tozzi, according to the Metropolitan Police Department, was involved in an argument with Perez-Sanchez, then her boyfriend, in her car when he shot her in the head just before 11 a.m. in the 8100 block of Leger Drive, just west of South Cimarron Road and north of Alta Drive.

Tozzi was taken to University Medical Center, where she died two days later. She was 26.

The Review-Journal previously reported that police said that Perez-Sanchez fled after the shooting, carjacking a witness who was also Tozzi’s friend.

In December, the U.S. Marshals Service said in a news release that Perez-Sanchez was still at large.

Dozens of Tozzi’s friends, relatives and co-workers have kept pressure on law enforcement to find Perez-Sanchez in the nearly two years since her death, hosting remembrance events and talking about Tozzi during media appearances.

They have supported each other in online group chats and some have worn T-shirts that say “Tabby Tribe,” which called for justice for Tozzi.

On Feb. 23, a group demonstrated outside Metro’s headquarters. At that event, Tozzi’s mother, Regina Lacerda, told supporters that she would “never let Tabatha’s death become a cold case.”

“We are here to claim justice for my baby,” she said at the time. “This is our second year protesting, and I hope this will be the last one.”

In a text message to the Review-Journal Tuesday night, a spokesperson for the family said Tozzi’s loved ones are expected to comment on the arrest in the near future.

Metro was expected to release more information about the capture of Perez-Sanchez on Wednesday, the source said.

Contact Bryan Horwath at bhorwath@reviewjournal.com. Follow @BryanHorwath on X.