Stabbing suspect arrested in Mexico

SPARKS -- Police say a 50-year-old man accused of fatally stabbing a University of Nevada, Reno professor was arrested Tuesday in Mexico City.

Sparks Police Cmdr. Steve Asher said efforts are under way to extradite Mohamed Kalam Kamalaudeen, also known as Ricky Barge, to Nevada.

Asher said he was unsure how Kamalaudeen, from the South American coastal country of Guyana, got to Mexico.

Police informed the family of 64-year-old victim Judy Calder of the arrest. Her burial was set for today at Arlington National Cemetery, where spouses of military officers can be buried.

"We couldn't ask for better news, especially at this time," said her husband, James, a retired Marine. "We need to get him back, and we'll get the trial over and we then can go forward."

Mexican police arrested Kamalaudeen based on a warrant Sparks police issued last week in the slaying of Calder, an associate professor in UNR's Department of Human Development and Family Studies.

Calder was reported missing by her husband on Aug. 18. Her body was found eight days later near Elko.

Police have said Calder and the suspect were business associates. Kamalaudeen and his wife knew Calder through their Reno business, Imaging Technologies. Calder was stabbed to death Aug. 18 at the business, according to investigators.

A search warrant affidavit shows investigators were looking for documents concerning a $150,000 loan agreement between Kamalaudeen and Calder, the Reno Gazette-Journal reported Tuesday.

Kamalaudeen told police he had checked Calder into his reserved room at the Sparks Nugget on Aug. 17 and gave her $1,000 in gambling chips. He told police he never saw her after that and left town to make a delivery to Arizona.

But Carlos Filomeno, who was doing work for Kamalaudeen, told police Kamalaudeen had him buy a knife and that he saw Kamalaudeen stab Calder.

According to the affidavit, Filomeno said Kamalaudeen wanted to kill Calder because he owed her money.

Calder had lived with her husband in Incline Village for more than 30 years and they raised their three daughters there.

According to a university Web site, Calder specialized in family and domestic violence, as well as research methods.