UPDATE: The Clark County Coroner’s workplace recognized the sufferer as 52-year-old Amanda Lowry of North Las Vegas. As of Wednesday, her trigger and method of loss of life had been nonetheless pending.
LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — New Mexico police arrested a person after North Las Vegas police discovered a girl stabbed to loss of life in a house on Monday night time.
Police responded round 8:10 p.m. to a house on Brentcove Drive close to Martin Luther King Boulevard and Gowan Street. When officers arrived on the home, they discovered a girl affected by a number of stab wounds.
Medical personnel tried life-saving measures, however the girl succumbed to her accidents and was pronounced lifeless.
Police mentioned the suspect left the scene earlier than officers arrived.
On Tuesday afternoon, New Mexico State police arrested Dedrick Patterson, 51, close to Lordsburg, New Mexico, as a suspect within the stabbing.
NLVPD are working with New Mexico police to extradite Patterson to Nevada, the place he’ll face expenses of open homicide wit ha lethal weapon and first diploma kidnapping, police mentioned.
Police urge anybody with info on the case to contact North Las Vegas police at (702) 633-9111. To stay nameless, contact Crime Stoppers at (702) 385-5555.
