Calvin Alexander Brinson, an 18-year-old African American man, was fatally stabbed on April 26, 1976, while incarcerated at the Clark County Jail in Las Vegas. Brinson had been arrested for an undisclosed offense and was housed in a four-man cell with Wayne Donald Horton and Scott Fletcher. During an altercation, Horton and Fletcher attacked Brinson, resulting in his death.

Wayne Donald Horton, 26, was already in custody awaiting trial for multiple Las Vegas homicides from 1972 to 1975, including victims listed as Henderson Jane Doe, Edward Anthony Buccieri, and cab driver William Tinnell. Horton and Fletcher were charged in Brinson’s murder. Horton later entered a plea deal confessing to four murders in exchange for the prosecution not seeking the death penalty and received life without parole. Records indicate Fletcher, then 18, pleaded guilty to charges related to the incident. Brinson was buried at Woodlawn Cemetery in Las Vegas.

Did anyone know Calvin Brinson or have information about his time at the Clark County Jail in 1976?