LAS VEGAS (KLAS) -- North Las Vegas police arrested a woman in connection with a homicide involving a man found dead inside a burning car last month.

Marcella Patterson, 42, was arrested on Thursday by detectives. Patterson was taken to the Clark County Detention Center on charges of open murder with a deadly weapon, conspiracy to commit murder, and third-degree arson, police said.

On Aug. 17, police responded to the 3200 block of Mary Dee Avenue near Civic Center Drive and Cheyenne Avenue, around 3 a.m., after reports of a car fire. Once the fire was extinguished, police discovered the body of a 32-year-old man, later identified as David Weaver by the Clark County coroner's office.

8 News Now spoke with Weaver's mother days after his death.

The family said they hoped anyone with infor

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