Dakota Saldivar, left, with his attorney Harry R. Gensler during a preliminary hearing in Pahrump Justice Court on Thursday, Aug. 30, 2018. Saldivar and his brother Michael Wilson are accused of fatally stabbing and beating their mother, Dawn Liebig. Saldivar has reached a deal to plead guilty to the killing. (K.M. Cannon Las Vegas Review-Journal @KMCannonPhoto)