Las Vegas woman accused of drugging, defrauding older men in a deadly romance scheme
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The FBI is looking for more possible victims of Aurora Phelps, a woman indicted in Nevada for allegedly luring several men on dating apps to Mexico, drugging them and stealing their financial information.
According to court documents filed in October 2023, 43-year-old Phelps, who is also known as Aurora Flores, Aurora Velasco and Aurora Alvarez, is linked to at least two deaths and one disappearance. She is accused of befriending older men she met in person or online and gaining access to their bank, social security or retirement accounts by sometimes drugging them.
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