The crosses.- Las Cruces Police (LCPD) say they have a man in custody following a stabbing early Saturday morning that left one person dead.
It happened in the 800 block of Mesilla Avenue shortly after 3:30 a.m. Saturday, near Circle K and the La Quinta hotel.
Police say the victim, who has now been identified as 30-year-old Carlos Joseph Lakemper, was stabbed in the back.
He was originally taken to a local hospital and then transported to UMC in El Paso, where he later died Sunday morning.
Police say a witness to the stabbing identified William Clyde Turner, 51, as the suspect.
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