'Mommy died because daddy stabbed her': Dad allegedly killed kids' mom mid-breakup because he was 'afraid to let her go'
Robert Anthony Lara allegedly stabbed the mother of his children to death in front of the kids while she was trying to leave him because he was "just so afraid to let her go."
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A 29-year-old man in Nevada was arrested for allegedly killing his girlfriend inside of their home, stabbing her to death in front of her four young children as she was allegedly packing a bag and preparing to leave him. Robert Anthony Lara was taken into custody on Sunday and charged with one count of open murder in the brutal slaying of Hunter Reyes-Weiland, court records reviewed by Law&Crime show.
According to a press release from the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department, officers at about 12:31 p.m. on Sunday, June 18 responded to an emergency call regarding a possible stabbing at an apartment complex located in the 2900 block of East Charleston Boulevard. Upon arriving at the scene, first responders say they located an adult female — later identified as Reyes-Weiland — suffering from several apparent stab wounds. Emergency Medical Services personnel responded to the scene where they pronounced the woman dead.
LVMPD’s Homicide Unit took over the investigation and say they identified Lara as the suspect in the case, saying that he and Reyes-Weiland were in a “dating relationship.”
According to an arrest report obtained by Las Vegas NBC affiliate KSNV, the children in the apartment at the time of the stabbing were ages 8, 7, and 5 years old, all of whom are believed to be Lara and Reyes-Weiland’s, whose relationship was described as being “on and off” for years. There was also a 10-month-old baby in the apartment who was reportedly fathered by a different man Reyes-Weiland had been dating recently.
