Tattooed Las Vegas man charged in girlfriend’s murder

A Las Vegas man with a heavily tattooed face that includes a bizarre set of inked eyeglasses has been charged with murder after his girlfriend was found shot dead.

James Gina III, 50, was arrested by the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department on Tuesday after police were notified of a “possibly injured person” located in a residence on Golden Arrow Drive around 2:30 p.m.

When they arrived, they found Gina and his girlfriend, who was deceased, the department said in a press release.

Police determined that Gina was a suspect in the case, but did not reveal a motive behind the killing.

He was booked into jail on an open murder involving a deadly weapon and owning/possessing a gun by a prohibited person, open jail records revealed.

The man was being held without bail.


James Gina III's mugshot.
James Gina III, 50 — whose face includes a bizarre eyeglasses tattoo — was accused of murdering his girlfriend after she was found dead inside a Las Vegas residence.
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His girlfriend’s cause of death and identity have not been revealed by police, as the Clark County Coroner’s Office was working to determine it.

Gina’s mugshot shows the man has an array of noteworthy tattoos, including bull horns that run from his temples to the top of his head, a pair of thick glasses framing his eyes, and a dark mask-like tattoo that covers the entire lower portion of his face.

The man also has tattoos that run down his neck, as well as the lower portion of his ears.


A Vegas police car.
Police did not reveal a motive behind the killing.
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Last month, another Las Vegas man, George Anthony Bone, 31, was arrested after living with his roommate’s decomposing body for two months.

He was charged with murder after the woman’s family found her corpse inside the shared home, shoved inside a barricaded closet.