Man arrested for fatal stabbing in East Las Vegas | Homicides

Metropolitan Police arrested Elvis Ruvalcaba, 46, on Friday after Joseph Benavente, 34, was found dead near a walking path on May 25.

Police said they found Benavente suffering from a stab wound in the 2600 block of South Lamb Boulevard around 12:52 a.m. Benavente was pronounced dead at the scene.

Ruvalcaba was booked into the Clark County Detention Center on charges of open murder with a deadly weapon, police said.