The suspect was ordered to receive treatment at a state mental health facility until he regains competency to stand trial.
Stabbings
Armando Padron Jr., 37, was arrested in connection with the slaying of Jackie Lee Ward, 52.
A friend of the victim told police that Afaf Hassanen had often been afraid to go home because of her daughter, 28-year-old Hend Bustami, according to 911 calls released Wednesday.
A Las Vegas judge on Wednesday scheduled a competency hearing for Paul Nuttall, accused in a brutal 42-year-old cold case of rape and murder.
A trial date was set Wednesday for former Clark County Public Administrator Robert Telles, who is accused of killing Review-Journal investigative reporter Jeff German.
A homeless man who police found stabbed to death on Oct. 26 was identified Tuesday by the coroner’s office.
Grand jury transcripts and evidence were released Tuesday in the murder case against Robert Telles, who is accused of killing Review-Journal reporter Jeff German.
The woman would later be arrested on suspicion of killing her 62-year-old mother in their Las Vegas home.
The identities included those of two men found dead on Friday.
A Las Vegas judge ordered a mental health evaluation for a man accused of an unprovoked stabbing spree on the Strip earlier this month.
The man was found stabbed to death Wednesday behind a business in the 5700 block of East Charleston Boulevard.
Prosecutors said they do not intend to seek the death penalty in the murder case against former Clark County Public Administrator Robert Telles.
Hend Bustami, 28, was taken into custody near Barstow Wednesday. Last month, she allegedly claimed she was harassed by police arresting her at Harry Reid airport because she was too “good-looking.”
Former Clark County Public Administrator Robert Telles was indicted on a murder charge Thursday in the killing of investigative reporter Jeff German.
Daniel Halseth’s burnt body, stabbed and cut 70 times, was found in the garage of his northwest Las Vegas home in April 2021, and the teenagers were detained four days later.