Published Monday, Jan. 25, 2016 | 11:53 a.m.
Updated Monday, Jan. 25, 2016 | 9:20 p.m.
Marland Jackson
A man was taken into custody Monday after his girlfriend was found stabbed to death in a house in North Las Vegas.
Officers were called about 9:45 a.m. to the house in the 1200 block of Ferguson Avenue, near Evans Avenue and Civic Center Drive, where they found an unresponsive 43-year-old woman, North Las Vegas Police said.
Police said Marland Jackson, 39, stabbed his girlfriend multiple times with a sharpening tool and then called police, explaining what happened.
Jackson, of North Las Vegas, was arrested and booked into the Las Vegas City Jail on one count of murder with a deadly weapon.
Anyone with additional information about the crime is urged to call the North Las Vegas Police Department at (702) 633-9111 or, to remain anonymous, call Crime Stoppers at (702) 385-5555.
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