Police say that two people – including the wife of the victim – have been arrested in the death of a man Monday morning near Buffalo and Sahara in what is being described as a domestic-related homicide
Police initially said a couple were pulled over after experiencing car trouble about 2:30 a.m. The suspect approached them and then attacked the man with a hatchet, stabbing and killing the man.
Arriving officers located an adult male who was deceased at the scene with multiple traumatic injuries to his body, believed to be from a hatchet. Also at the scene was his wife, later identified as 33-year-old Maria Hernandez of Idaho.
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The woman called 911. The attacker then took off in the vehicle, a 2002 Ford minivan. The vehicle, which had Idaho license plates, was found later on the 3900 block of South Eastern Avenue, near Viking Road.
Homicide detectives indicated that the victim and Hernandez were visiting from out of town and met with Maria’s brother, later identified as 22-year-old Hector Gutierrez of California.
Through the investigation it was learned that Maria requested the assistance of Hector to kill the victim. At some point during the evening, Hector attacked the victim with a hatchet with the assistance of Hernandez.
The suspect then fled in the victim’s vehicle, which was later located and recovered. During the attack of the victim, Gutierrez received a non-life threatening stab wound, for which he received treatment at UMC.
Detectives arrested both Hernandez and Gutierrez for murder with a deadly weapon and conspiracy to commit murder. Hernandez and Gutierrez were transported to the Clark County Detention Center and booked accordingly.
This is the 47th homicide investigated by the LVMPD in 2015. The identity of the victim, as well as the cause and manner of death, will be released by the Clark County Coroner’s Office.
