Woman, 23, arrested in stabbing death of fiance

By Cara McCoy

Published Monday, March 15, 2010 | 2:52 p.m.

Updated Monday, March 15, 2010 | 4:52 p.m.

A 23-year-old woman has been jailed on a count of murder after allegedly stabbing her fiance to death following an argument Sunday morning in the northeast Las Vegas Valley.

Jessica Renee Carter, of Las Vegas, was booked on one count of murder with a deadly weapon after police responded to her home at about 1 a.m. Sunday in the 3900 block of Gulliver Street. That location is near the intersection of Alexander Road and Lamb Boulevard.

According to a Metro Police arrest report released Monday, Carter told dispatchers she had cut her boyfriend with a knife. When officers responded to the home, they found a man who was bloody lying in the hallway.

The Clark County Coroner’s Office identified him as Larry Box, 24, of Las Vegas. A coroner’s spokeswoman said he died from a stab wound to the chest and that his death had been ruled a homicide.

The report indicated that during an interview with detectives, Carter told police she stabbed Box after a fight. She told police she and Box had returned to the home at about 1 a.m. and that her sister had been babysitting her children. Box and Carter began to argue and Box allegedly grabbed Carter by the throat and punched her in the face, police said.

Carter’s sister intervened in an attempt to stop the fight, Carter told police, and Box began striking her sister, the report said. At that point, Carter broke away from Box and ran to the kitchen, where she grabbed a knife. She returned to the spot where her sister and Box were fighting and yelled for Box to stop hitting her sister.

Carter said she swung the knife and struck Box; he fell to the floor and she called 911, the report stated.

Carter was booked into the Clark County Detention Center on one count of murder with a deadly weapon. Jail records indicate she is being held on $100,000 bail and is scheduled to appear before a judge March 22.