Posted on: June 5, 2026, 04:23h.
Last updated on: June 5, 2026, 04:23h.
- A grand jury indicted Thamrong Hill on second-degree murder for selling fentanyl sale to influencer Anunay Sood at the Wynn
- Video shows Sood’s fiancée buying $40 fentanyl from Hill at a Wynn slot machine before her husband’s overdose
- Hill was arrested weeks later in an unrelated fentanyl case.
A Clark County grand jury has indicted Las Vegas resident Thamrong Hill, 49, on charges of second‑degree murder and multiple drug‑related felonies. Prosecutors allege that Hill sold fentanyl, disguised as cocaine, to social media influencer Anunay Sood, resulting in his death at Wynn Las Vegas last November. KLAS-TV/Las Vegas obtained video of the fatal drug deal on the Wynn casino floor.
Sood, 32, had traveled from India to Las Vegas with his fiancée and a friend to attend the Las Vegas Concours d’Elegance, the exclusive luxury car show at the Wynn from Oct. 30-Nov. 2, 2025. Wynn staff had invited Sood, who had nearly 1.5 million followers on Instagram and was named one of Forbes India’s “Top 100 Digital Stars” every year from 2022 to 2024.
Video shows Hill seated at a slot machine on Nov. 4 when Sood’s fiancée approached him asking about obtaining cocaine. She later testified that Hill agreed to sell a small packet of what they thought was cocaine for $40 after Sood withdrew cash from an ATM.
According the Clark County Coroner, Sood died from accidental fentanyl and ethanol toxicity.
The trio returned to their hotel room, where both women later testified they had been drinking heavily and that the powder looked suspiciously pale and fine. Sood cut the substance into lines, snorted some, and applied a small amount to his fiancée’s gums. Within minutes, all three lost consciousness.
When the women awoke, they found Sood unresponsive, his lips blue and breathing labored. First responders arrived to find both women vomiting and Sood beyond resuscitation. They were transported to Sunrise Hospital.
Detectives later recovered a baggie of white powder from the room. A member of the overdose response team testified that the substance’s grayish, drywall‑like appearance was consistent with fentanyl rather than cocaine. A second baggie found under a cushion tested positive for ketamine but was believed to be unrelated.
When the grand jury indicted him on May 22, 2026, Hill had been in custody since December 2025 on unrelated larceny/drug charges, after officers found fentanyl and methamphetamine in his possession. He has prior convictions for robbery and weapons‑related offenses and was released from prison in 2017.
Sood’s next court appearance in this case is scheduled for June 18.
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