Sparks Police Department has charged a man with murder after a woman was found dead near the Nugget Casino. 

Police were initially called to the 1000 block of Nugget Boulevard after a passerby saw a dead woman on July 27 around 8:24 a.m. Officials identified the victim as 25-year-old Ana Marie Acevedo. 

Detectives were able to identify a suspect and witnesses by that afternoon and discovered they were living in Stockton, California. 

Stockton law enforcement officers took the suspect, 35-year-old Jeremy Ray Johnson, into custody on an unrelated warrant, SPD says. 

Sparks Police were able to charge Johnson with murder on July 30. 

Officials say Johnson is still in custody in Stockton. 

Detectives say Johnson and Acevedo knew each other and the public is not in danger. 

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