Las Vegas Review-Journal

Video of teens’ police interview played publicly for first time

- By Rachel Crosby Las Vegas Review-journal

Through heavy sobs, Michael Wilson kept repeating himself.

“I’m so sorry,” the 17-year-old said on video, pausing to catch his breath. “I’m so sorry.”

Prosecutor­s played the footage in a Pahrump courtroom Friday afternoon. A Nye County detective first recorded it with his body camera on the July night the teen was first arrested, suspected of fatally beating and stabbing his adoptive mother, Dawn Liebig, 46.

Her biological son of the same age, Dakota Saldivar, was also

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Chevrolet Camaro heading south on Eastern Avenue reportedly blew through a red light at Harmon Avenue and T-boned a Dodge Avenger, sending it into a third vehicle before coming to a stop on a sidewalk, Farese said.

The Camaro was “grossly exceeding the speed limit” as it approached the intersecti­on, a Metro release said.

By 10 a.m., the mangled Avenger was door-less on its passenger side. The boy, who was buckled into the back seat, and a parent were extricated from the car by first responders, police said. The boy died at Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center, the release said.

By 7 p.m., the cars were gone, but debris remained scattered across a rocky area at the intersecti­on. Reflective material and car parts sat near a red “Angry Birds” hat, while a broken pair of glasses lay among other assorted car debris.

The Metro release said the Aveng- er’s driver and adult passenger were hospitaliz­ed, suffering moderate and critical injuries, respective­ly. Two occupants of the third vehicle, a 2005 Hyundai Sonata, suffered minor and moderate injuries, the release said.

The Camaro’s driver, identified in the release as 25-year-old Aylin Alvarez-perez, suffered minor injuries. Clark County jail records show she was booked on charges of DUI

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