Tuesday, April 1, 2008 | 3:40 p.m.
Clifford McClain
A 29-year-old Las Vegas man suspected of killing his wife showed up in Clark County Justice Court for a bail hearing on March 27.
The story takes an interesting twist: Clifford McClain had never been arrested.
Metro Police had a no-bail arrest warrant for McClain issued on March 20.
So when McClain arrived in Judge Karen Bennett-Haron's courtroom, he was arrested and booked for murder.
The judge set a $100,000 bail for McClain and he was taken to the Clark County Detention Center. But his family bailed him out later that same day on a $10,000 surety, court records indicate.
McClain is scheduled April 10 for a preliminary hearing on the murder charge.
A 911 call to police on Feb. 17, about 9:40 p.m., sent officers to the 8700 block of Isola Lane where the body of a woman was discovered in the garage.
Metro homicide detectives determined the woman had been murdered. The Clark County Coroner's Office identified her as 24-year-old Allainna McClain.
Clifford McClain had a charge of domestic violence with battery filed against him on Sept. 30, 2006, but the complaint was later dismissed.
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