LAS VEGAS (FOX5) — A woman has been sentenced in what appeared to be a “random” shooting of a carpet cleaner last March.
Kayla Alery, 27 at the time of the shooting, was sentenced to 120 months to life in the Nevada Department of Corrections. A court official said she was adjudicated guilty, but mentally ill of second degree murder with the use of a deadly weapon.
March 27 last year, Alery was accused of killing Raul Cardoza, 41, at an apartment complex near Spring Mountain and Fort Apache.
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FOX5 learned at the time that she was released on parole on an arson conviction. The court ruled she will serve a consecutive term of 72-180 months in NDOC. A restitution of over $16K was ordered, and the court granted her 349 days credit for her time already served.
Police told FOX5 in March that there was “no indication at all” that the victim had any prior interaction with the suspect.
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