Las Vegas babysitter allegedly fatally stabbed 3-year-old and wrote message in blood

LAS VEGAS (TCN) — A 41-year-old woman is in custody for allegedly fatally stabbing the 3-year-old girl she was babysitting, writing several messages in blood, and fleeing the scene.

On March 26 just after 3:30 a.m., Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department officers responded to a stabbing call in the 4200 block of Channel 10 Drive and found a young girl suffering from cut wounds. Officers rendered aid until paramedics arrived and transported her to a nearby hospital, where she was pronounced deceased.

Police said the suspect, Marketta Phillips, ran away when the child’s father came home from work. Officers located and arrested her on a charge of open murder with a deadly weapon…

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