The stabbing death of a homeless man found on a Las Vegas sidewalk has been linked to a man accused of two other murders during a series of knife attacks, police said Monday.
Christopher Stephen Martell, 33, has been identified by police as the suspect in the murder of 43-year-old Jeffrey Philip Pridgen.
Pridgen was found on February 15, 2022, on a sidewalk not far from where the September attacks occurred in the streets around the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. He died from stab wounds to the head, neck, and torso.
His death was ruled a homicide.
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Christopher Stephen Martell, 33, has been linked to three murders in a series of knife attacks, authorities said.
(Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department)
Martell was arrested on September 21, 2022 after attacking four people and killing two of them, authorities said. The victims were described as homeless.
A woman in her 30s and an older man in a wheelchair were attacked on Flamingo Road minutes before Martell’s arrest, and police linked Martell to the killings a few days earlier of Jody Devries, 57, and Mary Susan Miller. , 74 years old. .
All four victims were described by authorities as homeless.
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In October, he was deemed unfit to face criminal charges immediately following an evaluation to determine his fitness to face criminal charges in the September cases.
Associated Press contributed to this report.
