MUS-2026-0375
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MUS-2026-0375
Homicide
- Incident
- 2004
- Indexed
- Oct 20, 2026, by MuseUnsolved
- Agency
- Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department
- Location
- Las Vegas NV
Public record. Index entry.
Index entry. Case details compiled from public reporting; our researchers have not verified this file yet.
Summary
What happened, as the record shows.
Theresa Insana, 26, a sales manager, was strangled in her Summerlin home in Las Vegas, Nevada, around October 26, 2004. Her body was found on November 1 wrapped in carpet and blankets in a drainage culvert 3.5 miles away. Unknown male DNA recovered at the scene has never matched; no arrests. LVMPD Cold Case Detail offers a $17,000 reward. Her ex-boyfriend was ruled out by DNA and is not a suspect.
Timeline
What the record establishes.
- 2004
Theresa Insana, 26, is strangled in her Summerlin home around October 26; her body is found November 1 wrapped in carpet and blankets in a drainage culvert 3.5 miles away.
- 2004
Her ex-boyfriend is ruled out by DNA and is not a suspect.
- 2026
Unknown male DNA from the scene has never matched; no arrests. LVMPD Cold Case Detail offers a $17,000 reward.
Key people
The people in the file.
26, sales manager of Las Vegas, Nevada. Strangled in her Summerlin home around October 26, 2004.
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Investigating agency
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