Police say woman threatened to use sword before tunnel killing

A pistillate accused of a fatal stabbing successful the Las Vegas drainage tunnels told respective radical she planned to usage her sword against idiosyncratic who had “sinned,” according to an apprehension study released Wednesday.

Joanne Debernardo, 52, was arrested Saturday and charged with murder, according to tribunal records.

Debernardo is accused of fatally stabbing 52-year-old Joseph Daniels, known arsenic “Twilight,” connected July 11 successful a passageway adjacent South Industrial Road and Western Avenue, according to an apprehension study from the Metropolitan Police Department.

He died from crisp unit injuries of caput and neck, the Clark County coroner’s bureau ruled.

Three witnesses identified Debernardo, including 2 who heard her accidental “tell maine who sinned; I’ll instrumentality attraction of it due to the fact that I’m coming of property tonight,” constabulary wrote successful the report. Two of the witnesses said they saw Debernardo connected apical of Daniels the greeting of his death. She was straddling him portion his pants were down and stabbing him, constabulary said.

“How does that consciousness Twilight?” witnesses told constabulary Debernardo was saying to Daniels portion successful his tent. “Now idiosyncratic is yet beating connected you.”

Witnesses said Daniels and Debernardo had been successful a combat the week before, due to the fact that respective radical believed Daniels would bash drugs with women and past sexually battle them, according to police.

Debernardo has 3 different progressive cases successful Las Vegas Justice Court. She faces charges of burglary, battle with a deadly weapon, violating a home unit restraining order, tampering with a conveyance resulting successful harm and breaking successful oregon damaging a vehicle.

She is being held without bail and expected to look successful tribunal Nov. 24 for a preliminary proceeding connected the execution charge.

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