LAS VEGAS, Nev. (FOX5) – A 46-year-old man has been arrested in connection to a deadly stabbing near an east valley walking trail last week.
Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department received reports of the stabbing on Saturday, May 25 around 12:52 a.m. Officers arriving in the 2600 block of South Lamb Boulevard located a man suffering from a stab wound near the walking trail.
The man, identified as 34-year-old Joseph Benavente, was pronounced dead at the scene.
46-year-old Elvis Ruvalcaba was taken into custody as a suspect on Friday, May 31, and booked into Clark County Detention Center, where he remains in custody.
Ruvalcaba is facing a charge of open murder with a deadly weapon. He is due in court for a status check on Tuesday, June 4.
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