Man held in fatal stabbing of ex-girlfriend’s dad in northeast valley
A man faces one count of murder and other charges in the fatal stabbing of his ex-girlfriend’s father Wednesday in northeast Las Vegas.
Carlos Bernardo Cabrera, 22, was booked Wednesday into the Clark County Detention Center on suspicion of first-degree murder, first-degree kidnapping, sex assault, burglary and coercion. Each charge carries a deadly weapon enhancement, records show.
Las Vegas police said the charges stem from the killing of a man who was the father of Cabrera’s ex-girlfriend.
The Clark County coroner’s office identified the man killed as 53-year-old Carlos Varela, of Las Vegas. His cause and manner of death were still pending as of Thursday afternoon, but police in a news release said he suffered multiple stab wounds.
Metropolitan Police Department homicide Lt. Ray Spencer said officers were called to a mobile home on the 2200 block of Castleberry Lane, near north Christy Lane and East Lake Mead Boulevard, shortly after 3 a.m. Wednesday.
Police could not initially access the residence because of a locked gate. A woman soon came out and told police that her ex-boyfriend had broken into the home and stabbed her father. Varela was found dead in the residence.
Moments later, police said Cabrera emerged from the home and was arrested.
Las Vegas Justice of the Peace Joe Bonaventure ordered Cabrera held without bail during a brief court hearing Thursday morning.
Contact Glenn Puit by email at gpuit@reviewjournal.com. Follow @GlennatRJ on Twitter. Review-Journal staff writers David Ferrara and Alexis Ford contributed to this report.
