Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2011 | 1:20 p.m.
Chamel Smith, 29, was arrested and charged with murder with a deadly weapon in connection with a fatal stabbing Dec. 27, 2011.
Police in Las Vegas say a 29-year-old woman admitted stabbing her boyfriend during a fatal argument about him staying out late.
A police report made public Wednesday identifies the dead man as Johnny Dewayne Sheffield and says he died at Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center. He was found about 7:30 a.m. Tuesday in a nearby apartment with a single stab wound to the chest.
Police say Chamel Monique Smith told investigators that Sheffield kicked in their apartment door and she stabbed Sheffield during a physical argument about him staying out late just days after Smith suffered a miscarriage of their baby.
Smith is being held at the Clark County jail pending an initial court appearance on a felony murder charge.
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