{"id":313285,"date":"2024-03-06T18:01:53","date_gmt":"2024-03-07T00:01:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=313285"},"modified":"2024-03-07T11:10:06","modified_gmt":"2024-03-07T17:10:06","slug":"resorts-world-murder-suspect-is-reportedly-ex-las-vegas-congressional-candidate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/resorts-world-murder-suspect-is-reportedly-ex-las-vegas-congressional-candidate\/","title":{"rendered":"Resorts World Murder Suspect is Ex-Las Vegas Congressional Candidate, Wrestler"},"content":{"rendered":"

One-time wrestler and politician Daniel Rodimer was identified this week as a suspect in the death of Christopher Tapp<\/a> in a violent incident at a Las Vegas Strip hotel.<\/p>\n

\"Daniel
Daniel Rodimer during a wrestling match, pictured above, is now a suspect in an open murder case in Las Vegas. (Image: Lambda Chi Alpha)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

At first, the death was believed to have been from an accidental fall at the Resorts World Las Vegas<\/a>. But authorities now say there was an October 29 fight in a hotel room.<\/p>\n

Tapp, 47, was injured and rushed to a local hospital, where he died on November 5. The death was called \u201csuspicious\u201d by local police. Later, the Clark County coroner’s office<\/a> ruled the death a homicide. The cause of death was blunt force trauma to the head.<\/p>\n

On Tuesday, a warrant was filed for open murder<\/a> against Rodimer in Las Vegas Justice Court, Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department (LVMPD) sources confirmed on Wednesday to news outlets.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Rodimer surrendered to authorities at about 6 p.m. Wednesday, according to TV station KLAS.<\/p>\n

Rodimer Ran Against Lee<\/h2>\n

Rodimer is well known as an unsuccessful politician and former professional wrestler. In 2020, he attempted to capture Nevada\u2019s third congressional district seat, which was held by incumbent Rep. Susie Lee<\/a> (D). He lost by about 13K votes.<\/p>\n

The following year, Rodimer ran for the sixth congressional district in Texas. Rodimer ran as a Republican both times. He failed in both attempts.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Before launching his unsuccessful political career, Rodimer was a professional wrestler who went by the name of Dan Rodman.<\/p>\n

Tapp’s Conviction<\/h2>\n

Tapp also gained notoriety before his death.<\/p>\n

\"Christopher
Christopher Tapp in 2017 photo. He was killed last year. (Image: Taylor Carpenter\/The Idaho Post-Register<\/em>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

He was incarcerated for two decades for a sexual assault and homicide conviction.<\/p>\n

He eventually was released after it turned out he was innocent of the 1996 charges filed by authorities in Idaho Falls, Idaho.<\/p>\n

In 1998, Tapp was convicted by a jury on charges of first-degree murder, rape, and the use of a deadly weapon. His criminal conviction was vacated in 2019 after key evidence was presented.<\/strong><\/p>\n

If the conviction hadn’t been thrown out, he would have spent at least 30 years in prison on the murder charge and 10 years in prison on the rape charge, officials said.<\/p>\n

Innocence Project Defense<\/h2>\n

“Mr. Tapp was officially exonerated in 2019, the first person in the world to be proven innocent with genetic genealogy,\u201d according to the Innocence Project, which represented him.<\/p>\n

The Innocence Project is a legal organization that works to exonerate those who have been wrongly convicted.<\/p>\n

Mr. Tapp\u2019s prosecution and conviction relied almost exclusively on the tortured, fabricated and false confession [by police],\u201d<\/strong> the Innocence Project said in an online statement.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Tapp sued the City of Idaho Falls for wrongful conviction in 2020, receiving a settlement of $11.4 million.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

One-time wrestler and politician Daniel Rodimer was identified this week as a suspect in the death of Christopher Tapp from a violent incident at a Las Vegas Strip hotel.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":313293,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,61],"tags":[89454,13766,90127,23,82002,81901,83648],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nResorts World Murder Suspect Is Ex-Vegas Political Candidate<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Ex-wrestler and politician Daniel Rodimer is a suspect in the death of Christopher Tapp. The incident took place at a Las Vegas Strip hotel.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/resorts-world-murder-suspect-is-reportedly-ex-las-vegas-congressional-candidate\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Resorts World Murder Suspect Is Ex-Vegas Political Candidate\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Ex-wrestler and politician Daniel Rodimer is a suspect in the death of Christopher Tapp. The incident took place at a Las Vegas Strip hotel.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/resorts-world-murder-suspect-is-reportedly-ex-las-vegas-congressional-candidate\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Casino.org\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Casino.OrgNews\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-03-07T00:01:53+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-03-07T17:10:06+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/rodimer.jpeg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"890\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"599\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Ed Silverstein\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@casinoorgedsilv\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@Casino_Org\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Ed Silverstein\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/resorts-world-murder-suspect-is-reportedly-ex-las-vegas-congressional-candidate\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/resorts-world-murder-suspect-is-reportedly-ex-las-vegas-congressional-candidate\/\",\"name\":\"Resorts World Murder Suspect Is Ex-Vegas Political Candidate\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/resorts-world-murder-suspect-is-reportedly-ex-las-vegas-congressional-candidate\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/resorts-world-murder-suspect-is-reportedly-ex-las-vegas-congressional-candidate\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/rodimer.jpeg\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-03-07T00:01:53+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-03-07T17:10:06+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/b3771b02527bcbda9af984b9b1ff098e\"},\"description\":\"Ex-wrestler and politician Daniel Rodimer is a suspect in the death of Christopher Tapp. The incident took place at a Las Vegas Strip hotel.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/resorts-world-murder-suspect-is-reportedly-ex-las-vegas-congressional-candidate\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/resorts-world-murder-suspect-is-reportedly-ex-las-vegas-congressional-candidate\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/resorts-world-murder-suspect-is-reportedly-ex-las-vegas-congressional-candidate\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/rodimer.jpeg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/rodimer.jpeg\",\"width\":890,\"height\":599},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/resorts-world-murder-suspect-is-reportedly-ex-las-vegas-congressional-candidate\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"News\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Crime & Scandals\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/scandals\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Resorts World Murder Suspect is Ex-Las Vegas Congressional Candidate, Wrestler\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/\",\"name\":\"Casino.org\",\"description\":\"Latest Casino and Gaming News\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/b3771b02527bcbda9af984b9b1ff098e\",\"name\":\"Ed Silverstein\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/cropped-6-1-96x96.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/cropped-6-1-96x96.png\",\"caption\":\"Ed Silverstein\"},\"description\":\"Ed Silverstein is a senior reporter covering gambling law and crime news for Casino.org. Ed is an award-winning journalist with credits ranging from the Associated Press to American Lawyer Media. Ed joined the Casino.org news team in 2019 after decades of experience in legal reporting. His past reporting and editing assignments include Cowles Business Media, Columbia University Press, the Connecticut Post, and Southern Connecticut Newspapers, Inc. Besides the law and its application to the gaming industry, Ed\u2019s areas of expertise span business, politics, education, and state and local government. Ed holds an undergraduate degree from the University of Connecticut and master\u2019s degrees from Harvard and Yale. His professional awards include recognition from the New England Press Association and New England AP News Executives. Ed currently resides in Connecticut, where he enjoys photography and bowling in his spare time. Contact Ed at ed.silverstein@casino.org.\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/muckrack.com\/ed-silverstein\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/casinoorgedsilv\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/author\/ed-silverstein\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Resorts World Murder Suspect Is Ex-Vegas Political Candidate","description":"Ex-wrestler and politician Daniel Rodimer is a suspect in the death of Christopher Tapp. The incident took place at a Las Vegas Strip hotel.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/resorts-world-murder-suspect-is-reportedly-ex-las-vegas-congressional-candidate\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Resorts World Murder Suspect Is Ex-Vegas Political Candidate","og_description":"Ex-wrestler and politician Daniel Rodimer is a suspect in the death of Christopher Tapp. The incident took place at a Las Vegas Strip hotel.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/resorts-world-murder-suspect-is-reportedly-ex-las-vegas-congressional-candidate\/","og_site_name":"Casino.org","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Casino.OrgNews","article_published_time":"2024-03-07T00:01:53+00:00","article_modified_time":"2024-03-07T17:10:06+00:00","og_image":[{"width":890,"height":599,"url":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/rodimer.jpeg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Ed Silverstein","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@casinoorgedsilv","twitter_site":"@Casino_Org","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Ed Silverstein","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/resorts-world-murder-suspect-is-reportedly-ex-las-vegas-congressional-candidate\/","url":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/resorts-world-murder-suspect-is-reportedly-ex-las-vegas-congressional-candidate\/","name":"Resorts World Murder Suspect Is Ex-Vegas Political Candidate","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/resorts-world-murder-suspect-is-reportedly-ex-las-vegas-congressional-candidate\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/resorts-world-murder-suspect-is-reportedly-ex-las-vegas-congressional-candidate\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/rodimer.jpeg","datePublished":"2024-03-07T00:01:53+00:00","dateModified":"2024-03-07T17:10:06+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/b3771b02527bcbda9af984b9b1ff098e"},"description":"Ex-wrestler and politician Daniel Rodimer is a suspect in the death of Christopher Tapp. The incident took place at a Las Vegas Strip hotel.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/resorts-world-murder-suspect-is-reportedly-ex-las-vegas-congressional-candidate\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/resorts-world-murder-suspect-is-reportedly-ex-las-vegas-congressional-candidate\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/resorts-world-murder-suspect-is-reportedly-ex-las-vegas-congressional-candidate\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/rodimer.jpeg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/rodimer.jpeg","width":890,"height":599},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/resorts-world-murder-suspect-is-reportedly-ex-las-vegas-congressional-candidate\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"News","item":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Crime & Scandals","item":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/scandals\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Resorts World Murder Suspect is Ex-Las Vegas Congressional Candidate, Wrestler"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/","name":"Casino.org","description":"Latest Casino and Gaming News","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/b3771b02527bcbda9af984b9b1ff098e","name":"Ed Silverstein","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/cropped-6-1-96x96.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/cropped-6-1-96x96.png","caption":"Ed Silverstein"},"description":"Ed Silverstein is a senior reporter covering gambling law and crime news for Casino.org. Ed is an award-winning journalist with credits ranging from the Associated Press to American Lawyer Media. Ed joined the Casino.org news team in 2019 after decades of experience in legal reporting. His past reporting and editing assignments include Cowles Business Media, Columbia University Press, the Connecticut Post, and Southern Connecticut Newspapers, Inc. Besides the law and its application to the gaming industry, Ed\u2019s areas of expertise span business, politics, education, and state and local government. Ed holds an undergraduate degree from the University of Connecticut and master\u2019s degrees from Harvard and Yale. His professional awards include recognition from the New England Press Association and New England AP News Executives. Ed currently resides in Connecticut, where he enjoys photography and bowling in his spare time. Contact Ed at ed.silverstein@casino.org.","sameAs":["https:\/\/muckrack.com\/ed-silverstein","https:\/\/x.com\/casinoorgedsilv"],"url":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/author\/ed-silverstein\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/313285"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=313285"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/313285\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":313371,"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/313285\/revisions\/313371"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/313293"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=313285"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=313285"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=313285"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}