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<p class="has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-dad069962509513022186c96d090da69" style="color:#372929;font-size:14px"><strong>Vegas girl aged 12 is booked into the Clark County Juvenile Detention Center for murder with the use of a deadly weapon after cops determined she was the only person home when her dad was killed </strong></p>



<p class="has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-822e1190ee6932971be1dff506c50f7e" style="color:#372929;font-size:14px"><strong>Las Vegas police officers arrived at an apt on Dec. 27 evening to find<strong> James Waldie, 55, on the floor in a pool of blood His 12-year-old daughter was present,</strong> uninjured </strong></p>



<p class="has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-89da6fbdfdd648cde6e6885e55879e06" style="color:#372929;font-size:14px"><strong>&#8216;The juvenile made different claims regarding what had occurred that night but ultimately confessed that she had stabbed her father after becoming upset with him&#8217;, cops said </strong></p>



<p class="has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-0b482b2a8ae08c6ca6baf7f17a73b551" style="color:#372929;font-size:14px"><strong>Pre-teen told cops about a disagreement with her father earlier that evening, involving disciplinary action taken by the father </strong></p>



<p class="has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-e7df20623e62ffd7a27cb7fbe08e2ef1" style="color:#372929;font-size:14px"><strong>History of domestic issues and police calls to the family home leading up to the homicide</strong></p>



<p class="has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-4a495a7ecade9a6e268f802a4c97c933" style="color:#372929;font-size:14px"><strong>Waldie had called police earlier in the day to report his daughter had runaway for a second time this month </strong></p>



<p class="has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-760ee7249f01015106f0a41293ae2365" style="color:#372929;font-size:14px"><strong>Cops located the girl and returned her home, before she allegedly killed her father after a fight over her punishment </strong></p>



<p class="has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-8be3e2a209baab2b1a7c66fd57bdc37c" style="color:#372929;font-size:14px"><strong>The girl was arrested and booked into the Clark County Juvenile Detention Center on a charge of murder with the use of a deadly weapon</strong></p>



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<p class="has-small-font-size"><strong>Victim: Las Vegas police officers arrived at an apt around 9:30 p.m. and discovered the uninjured juvenile and her father, 55-year-old father James Raymond Waldie, [photo], on the floor in a pool of blood. </strong></p>



<p>A Nevada pre-teen is accused of stabbing her father to death after an argument over her punishment for running away earlier in the day.<br>Las Vegas Police responding to call from a concerned family member about a possible homicide on December 27, arrived at the apartment around 9:30 p.m. on Friday, to meet a horror scene.<br>Father-of-nine, James Waldie, 55, who also has two grandchildren was lying on the floor in a pool of his own blood. <br>Police arrested the dead man&#8217;s juvenile daughter after establishing she was the only person present in the home at the time of the crime.<br>The girl, whose name is not being released because she is a minor, initially claimed someone broke into their home and killed her dad, but ultimately confessed to the stabbing, cops said. <br>&#8216;Detectives interviewed the daughter who provided information about a disagreement with her father earlier that evening. The disagreement reportedly involved disciplinary action taken by the father,&#8217; North Las Vegas Police Lieutenant Ann Taylor said.<br>After proffering different versions of the evening&#8217;s events, the girl ultimately confessed that she had stabbed her father after becoming upset with him, police said. </p>



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<p class="has-small-font-size"><strong>Police responding to a call from an apartment in the 3400 block of Mercury Street, [photo], in Vegas, discovered the uninjured 12-year-old girl and her dead father lying in a pool of blood. The minor later admitted to the murder </strong> </p>



<p>The investigation revealed a history of domestic issues and police calls to the family home leading up to the homicide. <br>On December 7, officers responded to a report of a runaway juvenile who was ultimately located and returned home safely. Later in the month, officers responded to a report of a domestic disturbance at the apartment where police determined the girl had battered her father causing visible injuries which led to her arrest on December 13.<br>Waldie had called police earlier in the day to report his daughter had runaway for a second time this month. Police located the girl and returned her home where she would go on to allegedly kill her father after a fight over her punishment.<br>Officers claim there was no evidence that anyone else was in the home at the time of the crime, while noting that the girl had suffered no previous injuries.<br>&#8216;Detectives also determined that there were no signs of forced entry into the home and it was established that the only residents of the apartment were the 55-year-old male victim and his juvenile daughter,&#8217; Lt. Taylor said.<br>Investigators found no evidence of significant physical harm to the girl leading up to the incident.<br>&#8216;Throughout the investigation, no evidence was found to indicate that the juvenile sustained any significant physical injuries prior to the events of December 27,&#8217; police said.</p>



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<p class="has-small-font-size"><strong>James Waldie, [photo], who was killed by his pre-teen daughter is survived by his wife, six daughters, three sons and two grandchildren. The girl was arrested on a charge of murder with the use of a deadly weapon</strong></p>



<p>The Clark County Coroner&#8217;s office confirmed Waldie&#8217;s cause of death was stab wounds to the neck.<br>Detectives identified the girl as the only suspect in the case. She was arrested and booked into the Clark County Juvenile Detention Center and is facing one charge of murder with the use of a deadly weapon, police said. <br>Waldie is survived by his wife, six daughters, three sons, and two grandchildren according to his <a href="https://everloved.com/life-of/james-waldie/obituary/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">obituary</a>. <br>Since her arrest for murder, the young suspect is held at the Clark County Juvenile Detention Center. </p>



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12-year-old Nevada girl admits stabbing her father to death after he disciplined her for running away
