OAN Staff Abril Elfi
11:03 AM – Saturday, March 29, 2025
A Las Vegas babysitter has been arrested after allegedly fatally stabbing a three-year-old.
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The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department (LVMPD) said in a statement that Marketta Phillips, 41, has been charged with open murder with a deadly weapon in connection to the killing of a toddler. The incident reportedly took place in an apartment at around 3:30 a.m. Wednesday while the victim’s father was at work.
According to police, Phillips stabbed the girl before fleeing the scene when her father returned home. The apartment, located in the 4200 block of Channel 10 Drive, is approximately five miles south of Downtown Las Vegas.
When Las Vegas police officers arrived on the scene, they discovered the victim with several stab wounds…
