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Las Vegas man faces murder charge in fatal stabbing of girlfriend

Updated June 9, 2020 - 3:21 pm

A 46-year-old Las Vegas man has been charged with murder in the fatal stabbing of his girlfriend.

Alfredo Zuniga-Escobar was arrested and booked into the Clark County Detention Center on Monday, jail records show.

About 6 p.m. Sunday, police were called to an apartment complex on the 2800 block of South Eastern Avenue after receiving a report of a bleeding person, the Metropolitan Police Department said.

When officers arrived, they found a woman lying outside an apartment suffering from multiple stab wounds. Detectives determined that the woman and her boyfriend, Zuniga-Escobar, had gotten into an argument inside the apartment and that the suspect allegedly stabbed her.

The Clark County coroner’s office on Tuesday afternoon identified the woman as 35-year-old Airadis Tablada D Rouville. The coroner’s office ruled her death a homicide due to multiple stab wounds.

The 35-year-old collapsed after she ran outside, police said. She died at Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center.

Zuniga-Escobar faces a murder with a deadly weapon charge, court records show. He is scheduled to appear in court Wednesday and remained in jail Tuesday without bail.

Contact Katelyn Newberg at knewberg@reviewjournal.com or 702-383-0240. Follow @k_newberg on Twitter.

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