Woman stabbed to death in central valley identified

The Clark County coroner’s office identified a woman found stabbed to death this month in a central valley home.

On March 16, Las Vegas police went to a home on the 1900 block of Cameron Street, near Oakey and Decatur boulevards, after a friend called 911 and asked officers to check on the woman.

Police found 60-year-old Julie Taylor of Las Vegas dead inside the home. According to the coroner’s office, Taylor died from multiple stab wounds. Her death was ruled a homicide.

Taylor had been dead for several days. Police also found her boyfriend, 62-yearold John Vannucci, inside the home.

He was hospitalized after police discovered he had taken various pills

“in an attempt to end his life,” the Metropolitan Police Department said.

Vannucci was arrested the following day and booked into the Clark County Detention Center on one count of of murder with a deadly weapon. His bail was set at $250,000. home when it caught fire. Neighbors helped the woman, who was in a wheelchair, get out of the home safely, Poleski said, but couldn’t get to the man on the second floor.

Firefighters managed to reach the man, who was hospitalized with lifethreatening injuries.

A person who had been trying to get to the second floor was hospitalized for smoke inhalation. The woman also was taken to the hospital.

Poleski said the fire started in an upstairs bedroom and caused about $75,000 in damage.