Former Republican congressional candidate and retired pro wrestler Daniel Rodimer was charged with the murder of Christopher Tapp.

Rodimer turned himself into the Clark County Detention Center hours after the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police (Lvmp) identified him as a suspect in Tapp’s murder.

Authorities say Tapp, who served 20 years in prison for a murder and rape he did not commit, was discovered with critical injuries inside a Resorts World hotel room on the Las Vegas Strip on October 29, 2023. He was taken to the hospital but was pronounced dead on November 5, 2023.

Officials first assumed that his injuries were the result of an “apparent overdose” and “fall,” according to court documents.

In January, the Clark County Coroner’s Office ruled Tapp’s death as a homicide due to “blunt force trauma to the head.”

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