Tourist couple are found stabbed to death in 'double murder' in their Vegas hotel room after they failed to show up for tour of the Grand Canyon
- The couple are Vietnamese and were in the US for a vacation, police say
- They were meant to take part in a 4pm tour of the Grand Canyon on Friday
- When they did not show up, police went to their room at Circus Circus hotel
- Both the man and the woman were found with multiple stab wounds
A Vietnamese couple on vacation in America were violently stabbed to death in a double murder in a Las Vegas hotel room on Friday night.
The couple have not yet been named. Their bodies were found in their room at the Circus Circus hotel in Vegas on Friday after they failed to show up for a scheduled group tour of the Grand Canyon at 4pm.
Police say that the couple had recently arrived in Nevada after spending time in Los Angeles.
They were due to spend two nights in Vegas then go back to L.A. before flying home to Vietnam next week.
Both the man and the woman were stabbed 'multiple' times but no further information about their deaths has been given.
A couple travelling from LA was found stabbed to death in their hotel room on Friday
One person reported hearing an argument from the hotel room around 2am, but it wasn't clear who was involved, according to the Las Vegas Review-Journal.
The couple was a part of a tour group from Los Angeles that arrived to Las Vegas about two days ago, police say.
As of Friday evening the Metropolitan Police Department was awaiting the coroner's help in the investigation.
Alarm was raised after they failed to show up to their Grand Canyon tour group on Friday, police conducted a welfare check and found their bodies with stab wounds around 4pm
The incident took place in Las Vegas' glamorous strip. MGM Resorts International, who owns Circus Circus, says the hotel is working with Las Vegas police in the case
Police call it an 'isolated incident' and have no suspects, according to Fox5.
The hotel is located on the north end of the famous Las Vegas strip.
MGM Resorts International, the owner of Circus Circus, released a statement in light of the incident.
'Las Vegas Metropolitan Police is on scene and we are cooperating with their investigation.
LVMPD has indicated that there is no known threat to guest safety at this time,' spokesperson Brian Ahern with MGM Resorts said in an email to Fox.
The hotel is still open and running as police closed about half a floor within the building for the investigation.
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