LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — Nevada jail officers are investigating the alleged homicide of an inmate inside Excessive Desert State Jail exterior Las Vegas, the 8 Information Now Investigators have discovered.
Robert Villalobos, 38, an inmate in Nevada by way of an settlement with the state of Arizona, who was serving a life sentence, was stabbed a number of instances in a standard space of the jail on April 19, sources stated.
The killing gave the impression to be gang-related, and three to 4 suspects have been recognized, in line with sources. The unit the place the stabbing occurred was positioned on lockdown.
Villalobos was convicted in 2017 for attacking and plotting to kill a detention officer who was stabbed greater than 20 instances contained in the Pinal County, Arizona, jail, the Related Press reported. The officer survived.
Robert Villalobos, 38, an inmate in Nevada by way of an settlement with the state of Arizona, who was serving a life sentence, was stabbed a number of instances in a standard space of the jail on April 19, sources stated. (NDOC/KLAS)
“Court documents indicate the defendants have ties to the Arizona Mexican Mafia prison gang,” the AP reported.
Villalobos was transferred to Nevada’s jail system on Nov. 20, 2024, the Nevada Division of Corrections reported.
The division additionally introduced the latest deaths of two further inmates.
Michael Sonner, a loss of life row inmate, was pronounced lifeless at Excessive Desert State Jail on April 23, in line with the division. Sonner, 57, appeared to have collapsed in his cell, sources stated. Sonner killed a Nevada Freeway Patrol trooper in 1993.
Samuel Abraham, 71, was pronounced lifeless at Carson Tahoe Regional Medical Heart on April 19. He was serving 840 months to life with the potential for parole at North Nevada Correctional Heart for sexual assault, kidnapping within the first diploma, and use of a lethal weapon, in line with the division. Sources stated he appeared to die of pure causes.
An post-mortem was requested for all three inmates, and next-of-kin was notified, the division stated.
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