Las Vegas police arrested a suspect after a woman was found suffering from stab wounds on a sidewalk and was later pronounced dead.
Homicides
The identification of the victim, as well as the cause and manner of death, will be released by the Clark County coroner’s office.
The Clark County coroner’s office has identified the woman as 46-year-old Kristen Avelar, according to a Metropolitan Police Department news release.
Las Vegas police say a 15-year-old boy was arrested in connection with the fatal stabbing of his sister over the weekend.
Two teenagers were arrested in connection with a fatal shooting that happened on Friday afternoon near a Las Vegas park, police say.
The killing happened Friday afternoon in the east Las Vegas Valley. Two suspects have been taken into custody.
Prosecutors in Los Angeles are reviewing new evidence in the case of the Menendez brothers, who were convicted of killing their parents in their Beverly Hills mansion more than 35 years ago.
Robert Telles, who was convicted of murdering Review-Journal investigative reporter Jeff German, requested an evidentiary hearing on statements made by jurors.
Gianni Robinson, 17, was one of four defendants who previously admitted to manslaughter for the death of 17-year-old Jonathan Lewis.
Lequan Harrison faces charges of open murder and discharging a gun. Police records indicate he was arrested at the Cowan Academic Center.
After more than three decades in prison, Carlos Gurri was released from custody in June, and maintains he had nothing to do with a bank robbery that ended in the murder of a FBI agent.
Residents in a Spring Valley neighborhood shot and killed a man suspected of trying to break into their house, according to Metro.
Prosecutors filed a motion Wednesday opposing Robert Telles’ request for an evidentiary hearing to clarify statements jurors made in news reporters, after Telles was found guilty of murdering Review-Journal reporter Jeff German.
A man who “feared for his life” shot and killed a would-be robber who tried to take his cell phone and wallet at gunpoint early Saturday, Henderson police said.
Police previously said Devyn Michaels killed Johnathan Willette last August after he tried to force her to perform a sex act on him.