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Jeremy Strohmeyer 59389
Ely State Prison
Ely, NV 89301

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Jeremy Strohmeyer, born October 11, 1978, is a Long Beach, California man who molested and murdered 7-year-old South Los Angeles elementary school student Sherrice Iverson (October 20, 1989 – May 25, 1997)[1] at Primadonna Resort and Casino in Primm, Nevada, on May 25, 1997.

Around 4 a.m., May 25, 1997, Strohmeyer began repeatedly making apparently "playful" contact with Iverson, who was roaming the casino alone. The young girl's father was gambling and drinking and although security asked him several times that evening to keep a closer watch on his daughter, he ignored her again after security departed. Eventually Strohmeyer followed her into a women's restroom.

While in the restroom, the two began throwing wet paper wads at one another. At around this time Strohmeyer's friend, David Cash, who was with him at the casino, entered the restroom and witnessed Strohmeyer forcibly take Iverson into a stall. When Cash looked in from the adjacent stall, he saw Strohmeyer holding his left hand over Iverson's mouth and fondling her with his right. After this, Cash left the restroom and was followed 20 minutes later by Strohmeyer, who immediately confessed to him that he had molested and killed the girl.

Three days later, Strohmeyer was taken into custody after two of his classmates, James Trujillo, and Jordan Wheeler, identified him as the killer from a security tape played on the news. He was charged with murder, kidnapping and sexual assault. To avoid the death penalty, Strohmeyer pleaded guilty and was sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole. Although the witness, Cash, had knowledge of the murder immediately following it and failed to report it to the police, he was not charged with any crime, a decision that outraged many people who feel that his inaction should be punishable.