SALAMANCA, N.Y. (AP) - Authorities say a man suspected of fatally stabbing another man in western New York last weekend is being held in a Nevada jail.
The Olean Times-Herald reports police in Henderson, Nevada say 22-year-old Brandon Francis is being held in a local jail on an outstanding warrant from Cattaraugus (kat-uh-RAW’-gus) County.
Francis is accused of fleeing to Nevada after allegedly stabbing 22-year-old Juwaan Holt, of Buffalo, to death. The victim’s body was discovered Saturday at a home in Salamanca, near the Pennsylvania border 50 miles (80 kilometers) south of Buffalo.
The Cattaraugus County Sheriff’s Office has declined to identify the suspect for investigative purposes, but deputies have said the man is charged with second-degree murder.
Francis is awaiting extradition proceedings to be brought back to New York.
Prosecutors say no one has contacted them yet about representing Francis.
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