A man accused in a series of stab wounds on the strip of Las Vegas in October 2022 which left two dead and six wounded accepted a plea agreement which will make him pass the rest of his life in prison, without the possibility of parole.
One of the victims was a man from Calgary, Brent HallettWho has been stabbed to death, in what the prosecutors say, it is an uninsured attack, while he and his wife were walking along a sidewalk.
Brett Hallett of Calgary was stabbed to death in October 2022 in an uninsured attack by walking along the strip of Las Vegas with his wife Carmelita.
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The police said that the attack – with a kitchen knife in one foot – started when Yoni Barrios, 34, asked if he could take a photo with a group of Vegas showgirls.
But when some of them fell, say the investigators, Barrios thought they were laughing at him and made fun of his clothes.
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According to the police, Barrios then sank a sidewalk, attacking people and he was arrested after a short pursuit.
Under the plea agreement, Barrios will avoid the death penalty.
His lawyer, Scott Coffee, said that the advocacy agreement “recognizes what everyone in the system knew – that it was the result of a mental illness that caused paranoia”.
The suspect of the Spree of Las Vegas Spree, Yoni Barrios, made an appearance before the court in Las Vegas in October 2022.
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Hallett was killed after he and his wife took an early retirement and decided to travel the world, with stops in Malaysia, Thailand and Singapore before being in Las Vegas.
The couple were only a few days old to return to Alberta.
Police on the scene where several people were stabbed in front of the Las Vegas casino in October 2022.
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The widow of Hallett, Carmelita, has set up a charitable organization on animal welfare in its memory – called the Jombany Animal Welfare Foundation.
He focuses on rabbits because Hallett, who was allergic to cats, loved rabbits and had one as a pet when he was a child.
– With files from the Associated Press.
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