Man charged with murder in Meriden stabbing

Isaac Nelson, 41, has been charged with murder in the fatal stabbing of Marcus Mitchell, 51, in Meriden, Connecticut. Police say Mitchell was stabbed on or near the Green on Pratt Street on Oct. 23, then ran into a nearby smoke shop seeking help; he later died at a hospital. Nelson was already in custody on unrelated charges when investigators identified him as a suspect and obtained an arrest warrant. He remains jailed on a $1.5 million bond for the murder charge, in addition to a $2 million bond on the unrelated charges.