A 61-year-old Filipina housekeeper Basilisa Tagget-Smith was found dead in the Bally’s Hotel in Las Vegas on Sunday.
The woman was rushed to a nearby hospital where she was pronounced dead.
Initially, Police tagged the Filipina’s death as suspicious, but her son Lemuel Tagget told the cops that his mother died of natural causes.
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“Hindi siya pinatay ng ibang kriminal. Nagstroke lang sya sa pinagtatrabahuan niya. Natumba, nabagok ang ulo nya. Nagkabukol. May dugo doon sa pader na natumbahan nya,” Lemuel said.
Tagget-Smith had immigrated from Bohol, Philippines to the US in 1987, and worked at Bally’s for over three decades.
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The death is the second tragic loss in the family in recent months as her other son Reggie was involved in a murder-suicide at the Wynn Resort parking lot in March of this year.
Police said that the 42-year-old killed a security guard before turning the gun on himself.
Meanwhile, funeral arrangements for Tagget-Smith are still being finalized by the family. (AW)
