Further Reading for Joseph Naso & Sherrice Iverson
LIST OF 10: The True Story of Serial Killer Joseph Naso
Nightmare in Rochester: The Double-Initial Murders
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Joseph Naso (born January 7, 1934) is an American serial killer, sentenced to death for the murder of six women. Joseph Naso was born on January 7, 1934 in Rochester, New York. After serving in the U.S. Air Force in the 1950s, he met his first wife Judith. Their marriage lasted for 18 years, but after the divorce Naso continued visiting his ex-wife who lived in the Bay Area. The couple had a son named Charles who later developed schizophrenia, and Naso spent his later years caring for him. Naso took classes in various San Francisco colleges in the 1970s and lived in the Mission District of San Francisco and then in Piedmont, California in the 1980s. He lived in Sacramento between 1999 and 2003, and finally settled in Reno, Nevada in 2004, where he was arrested in 2011. He worked as a freelance photographer and had a long history of petty crimes such as shoplifting, which he committed even in his mid-seventies. His acquaintances nicknamed him “Crazy Joe” for his behavior.
Jeremy Strohmeyer (born October 11, 1978) is a convicted murderer, serving four consecutive life terms for the sexual assault and murder of 7-year-old Sherrice Iverson (October 20, 1989 – May 25, 1997)[1] at Primadonna Resort and Casino in Primm, Nevada, on May 25, 1997.
The case drew national attention by focusing on the safety of children in casinos and on the revelation that Strohmeyer’s friend, David Cash Jr., said he saw the crime in progress but did not stop it.
In the early morning hours of May 25, 1997, two males, Jeremy Strohmeyer (age 18) and David Cash, Jr. (age 17), were at the Primadonna Resort & Casino at Primm, Nevada, near the California state line. The two young men had arrived at the gambling establishment, accompanied by Cash’s father, from their homes in Long Beach. Strohmeyer was a student at Wilson High School in Long Beach.
At around 4 a.m., Strohmeyer began repeatedly making apparently “playful” contact with 7-year-old Sherrice Iverson, who was roaming the casino alone. The young girl’s father was gambling and drinking. Her father left Sherrice in the care of her 14-year-old brother, Harold, in the casino’s arcade. This resulted in Sherrice Iverson running around unmonitored. The girl had been returned to her father several times through the day, having been found alone by security. Eventually, Strohmeyer followed Sherrice into a women’s restroom.
While in the restroom, the two began throwing wet paper wads at one another. Sherrice then reportedly tossed a yellow plastic “Wet Floor” sign at Strohmeyer. At around this time Strohmeyer’s friend, David Cash, entered the restroom and witnessed Strohmeyer forcibly taking 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.