LAS VEGAS (KLAS) – The person accused of killing his girlfriend on Sunday appeared nearly in a North Las Vegas courtroom Tuesday because the sufferer’s household packed inside to face the person who attended their vacation events.
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North Las Vegas Justice Court docket Decide Belinda Harris denied bail for Markeem Benson, 29. Police arrested him on Monday. Benson faces fees of homicide with using a lethal weapon and being an ex-felon in possession of a firearm, in response to police data.
Renise Wolfe, 33, was discovered shortly after 10:15 a.m. on Sunday inside an house on East Rome Boulevard close to Centennial Parkway and fifth Road and died after medics arrived on the scene, police mentioned. Wolfe was recognized Monday by officers from the Clark County Coroner’s Workplace.
“I just want people to know what a blessing she was, and I had her for 33 years,” mentioned Tracy Coleman, Wolfe’s mom.
Renise Wolfe, 33, was discovered shortly after 10:15 a.m. on Sunday inside an house on East Rome Boulevard close to Centennial Parkway and fifth Road and died after medics arrived on the scene, police mentioned. (Photograph credit score: Ashley Tuttle)
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“I don’t want anyone to think that my daughter was a bad person,” Coleman mentioned. “She was the sweetest person. She only had one traffic ticket in her whole entire life, she’s never been in trouble for anything, ever.”
Coleman embraced her daughters and different relations and associates on Tuesday exterior the courtroom. A couple of minutes earlier, contained in the courtroom, prosecutors described intimately her daughter’s killing.
“The victim was shot behind the ear from the back of the head, four times, so he claims there was a struggle and the gun went off,” mentioned Michelle Jobe, the Clark County Chief Deputy District Legal professional, including that there was no proof of self-defense.
Wolfe’s mom, Tracy Coleman, mentioned Nene, as Renise was affectionately known as, and Benson started relationship in July.
Coleman mentioned she took her daughter and Benson out on Dec. 12 to have a good time his birthday.
“Thank God for his dad, because his dad called the police,” Coleman mentioned. “So, I appreciate that his dad did that, and I don’t understand why you would take the life of someone.”
Court docket data present that on Nov. 14, Benson was sentenced to 36 months of probation for tried theft. Decide Harris mentioned she denied him bail as a consequence of his probation standing on the time of his arrest.
Benson is scheduled to return to North Las Vegas Justice Court docket on Thursday.
