Police are investigating the stabbing death of 50-year-old Robert Coles.

No other details have been released.

Police are investigating the shooting death of 20-year-old Shanta Renee Eddings. Eddings was found shot near the 4600 block of Valley View.

No other details have been released.

Police are investigating the murder of 53-year-old Gregory Stuart. Stuart was found dead in an alley near 6th Street and Fremont. His death was caused by blunt force trauma to the head.

On August 8, two-year-old Daniel Jaiyesimi was transported from his home to a local hospital in extremely critical condition. The boy passed away on August 11, 2008.

Metro’s Crimes Against Youth and Family investigated and found the boy and his family had relocated to the United States from Nigeria in December of 2007. The child and his family were living in the home of their local sponsor, 40-year-old Victor Fakoya and his family.

On August 8, the toddler was left in the care of Fakoya and during that time suffered injuries consistent with child abuse.

A warrant of arrest was issued on for Victor Fakoya. He was arrested on October 24, 2008 and booked into the Clark County Detention Center on one count of felony murder by child abuse.

In the early morning hours of October 17, Metro Police received a call of a man who had been shot. Officers and paramedics responded and found 21-year-old Julio Cesar Gonzalez-Hernandez had been shot. He later died from his injuries.

Homicide Detectives responded and spoke with witnesses. The investigation revealed that 29-year-old Ruben Arroyo was somehow involved in the shooting. According to witnesses, the suspects fled in a Chevrolet truck belonging to Arroyo.

Arroyo and his vehicle were later located by Mesquite Police Department Officers. Arroyo was sitting in the drivers seat and was taken into custody without incident.

Arroyo was transported to the Clark County Detention Center where he was booked on a charge of murder with a deadly weapon.

On the afternoon of October 22, Metro dispatch got a call advising that there was a fight behind 33 West Owens by the Railroad tracks. When officers arrived, they found 57-year-old Richard Banks with life-threatening stab wounds. He was transported to UMC where he died from his injuries.

Homicide Detectives learned that Banks had been involved in a fight with 49-year-old Marleau Miller which resulted in Banks being attacked. Police arrested Miller a few days later.

On the morning of October 19, someone called Metro dispatch to report a fight in front of the Hawaiian Tropics Zone on Las Vegas Blvd. When officers arrived, they found several people involved in a fight. Officers also found 27-year-old Martin Antonio-Guadalupe on the ground bleeding from a stab wound.

Antonio-Guadalupe was transported to UMC Trauma where he died from his injuries.

Homicide Detectives were called to the scene to conduct a follow-up investigation. From their investigation, detectives learned that a group of people from California were involved in an argument with several people working on the Strip. That argument turned physical, resulting in Antonio-Guadalupe being stabbed.

Detectives have arrested 20-year-old Desiray Ortiz from Le Verne California for murder with a deadly weapon.

Detectives with the North Las Vegas Police Department are investigating the shooting death of 51-year-old Thomas Buster. Police say Buster was shot on October 3, 2008 near Las Vegas Blvd and Lake Mead.

Police have identified Joseph Fleming as a suspect in this case.

Anyone with information on the case is urged to call Crimestoppers at 385-5555.