LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — The household of the Las Vegas man who allegedly stabbed his grandfather to demise advised police he had a historical past of utilizing narcotics and was appearing unusually earlier than the stabbing, based on an arrest report.
Jourdan Nepo, 28, faces a cost of open homicide with a lethal weapon, information confirmed.
On April 21, round 6:30 p.m., police dispatch obtained a 911 name from a person who mentioned his father-in-law had been stabbed within the 10000 block of Wildhurst Avenue close to Bermuda Street and Cactus Avenue.
When officers arrived, they discovered Jourdan Nepo coated in blood sitting on a chair contained in the storage. He was taken into custody after which mentioned enthusiastically, “I killed him,” based on police.
Officers then entered the house the place they discovered the sufferer, recognized as Salei Nepo, mendacity on the bottom with obvious stab wounds to his torso. He was taken to a hospital the place he was later pronounced lifeless, based on police.
Man accused of stabbing, killing grandfather in south Las Vegas valley
Jourdan Nepo’s grandmother advised police that a number of relations lived in the home, together with her grandson, Jourdan Nepo, and her husband, Salei Nepo. She advised police that on April 20, round 2 a.m., she heard Jourdan Nepo crying in his bed room. When she went to test on him, he seemed to be rambling and didn’t make any sense, the report mentioned.
The grandmother then determined to take Jourdan Nepo’s handgun from him for security causes and slept within the bed room with him to calm him down, police mentioned.
The following day, round 4 p.m., Salei Nepo fell asleep on the sofa watching native information, and the grandmother went to their bed room. About two hours later, the grandmother noticed Jourdan Nepo strolling round in entrance of the bed room, showing as if he was on the lookout for one thing, the report mentioned.
When requested what he was doing, Jourdan Nepo went into the bed room and confirmed his grandmother what she thought was a clip to carry a gun. She then advised him that his grandfather took the gun, and if he needed it again, he ought to ask him, police mentioned.
Jourdan Nepo then searched a field that belonged to his grandfather, grabbed a looking knife and exited the bed room, based on the report.
The grandmother adopted him out of the bed room and noticed him together with his fingers above his head, as if he had been making ready to stab his grandfather, who was mendacity on the sofa. The grandmother tried to cease him, however Jourdan Nepo was capable of stab him and continued to hit him, police mentioned.
The commotion prompted a member of the family to come back downstairs and throw the knife into the sink. He then escorted Jourdan Nepo to the storage and advised him to not transfer. They referred to as one other member of the family, who lived within the space, who offered medical help till police arrived.
The household mentioned Jourdan Nepo didn’t have a historical past of being violent, other than one incident the place he attacked a member of the family, however did have a historical past of utilizing narcotics, and one member of the family advised police they believed he was utilizing an unknown narcotic. One other member of the family mentioned that Jourdan had been speaking to himself and yelling at individuals who weren’t there. A 12 months prior, there was an incident the place he “smoked something bad” and commenced to speak to the partitions, the report mentioned.
Jourdan Nepo was arrested and brought to the Clark County Detention Heart. A choose declined to set bail throughout his first courtroom look Tuesday. He was scheduled to look in courtroom once more on Thursday.
