Police in Nevada are hunting the gunman who murdered deaf poker player Jonathan Cyril Collins in his car on May 11. The thirty-nine-year-old Collins is a three-time National Deaf Poker Tour (NDPT) champion. He died from a gunshot wound to his chest.
According to police reports, Collins and his girlfriend, Julie Kneisel, drove from Blue Earth County in Minnesota to Colorado in an attempt to purchase 10 pounds of marijuana. When that particular deal fell through, they drove to Las Vegas to meet a man known only as "Richard," who Collins had known for around three years, to make the purchase.