Gardnerville is a small town south of Reno, off US-395. You pass through it on the way to Lake Tahoe if you come from Mammoth (or Los Angeles via Mammoth).
It borders Minden, a very similar down to the direct north of it. A little further north is the Nevada state capital, Carson City. Beyond that is Reno.
Directly up the mountain from Gardnerville is Lake Tahoe.
Some people love the area because it's relatively scenic (especially in the winter), is cheap, and has a very low crime rate.
That's why people were shocked when a series of scary home invasion murders started in 2019.
A 56-year-old woman was shot dead in her Gardnerville home on January 10, with no discernible motive.
A 74-year-old woman was shot dead in her home about a mile away on January 13, prompting residents in the area to become very scared that a serial killer was on the loose.
Perhaps knowing police were looking for him in Gardnerville and Minden, the killer then moved on to Reno, murdering a couple in their early 80s in the same fashion on January 16.
Eventually police got tips about a possible suspect, and they put him under surveillance.
Today they decided they had enough, and police rammed his vehicle while he was sitting in a parking lot, and then grabbed him.
19-year-old Wilbur Ernesti Martinez-Guzman was taken into custody on an "immigration hold", but later it was announced that he's the only suspect in all four murders.
As you might guess, he is in this country illegally.
The murders seem to have been random, though Martinez-Guzman did steal items from each home he invaded.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/man-19-de...nevada-murders