Police arrest suspect in fatal stabbing

By Mary Manning

Published Friday, Oct. 24, 2008 | 10:41 a.m.

Updated Friday, Oct. 24, 2008 | 5:05 p.m.

Metro Police

Marleau Bruce Miller

Metro Police said they have found 49-year-old Marleau Bruce Miller, a suspect in the Wednesday fatal stabbing of another man in the western part of the Las Vegas Valley.

The Clark County coroner's office identified the victim as 57-year-old Richard Banks of Las Vegas.

The cause of Banks' death was a stab wound to the chest. The coroner ruled the death a homicide.

Officers arrived near railroad tracks behind 33 W. Owens Ave., at about 1:43 p.m. Wednesday and found Banks with life-threatening injuries. He was taken to University Medical Center, where he died from his injuries, police said.

Police are asking anyone with information about the incident to contact Metro Police's homicide section at 828-3521 or Crime Stoppers at 385-5555.