Las Vegas, NV (AP) - A third stabbing death of a homeless person on a Las Vegas sidewalk was linked Monday to a man already in custody pending competency evaluations following his arrest last September in knife attacks on four people, including two who died.
Christopher Martell, 33, was identified by police as the suspect in the killing of Jeffrey Pridgen, 43.
Pridgen was found early Feb. 15, 2022, on a sidewalk not far from where the September attacks occurred on streets around the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
The Clark County coroner said Pridgen had no known address and died of stab wounds to the head, neck and torso. His death was ruled a homicide.
Mace Yampolsky, the defense attorney representing Martell following his Sept. 21 arrest on multiple murder and attempted murder charges, was not immediately available Monday to comment about the new case.
Police said little about evidence in Pridgen’s slaying, and court records did not immediately reflect a court date for Martell’s arraignment.