North Las Vegas man stabbed to death ID’d; roommate in custody
The Clark County coroner has identified a man who police suspect was stabbed to death by his roommate late Friday.
Jace Trevon Ernst, 25, died of a stab wound to his left chest, the coroner determined. His death was ruled a homicide.
North Las Vegas police determined that an argument between Ernst and his roommate, 19-year-old Dymund Ellis, broke out shortly after 11 p.m. Friday on the 3400 block of East Cheyenne Avenue.
Police spokesman Eric Leavitt said Ellis was taken into custody without incident when officers arrived at the scene. She was booked Saturday into the Las Vegas Detention Center and faces one count of murder with a deadly weapon.
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