Nevada Man Confesses To Murdering Pregnant Partner Through Repeated Stabbings Dec 21 2020, 02:00AM EST The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Nevada on Friday was alerted about another stabbing, in what seems like intimate partner violence. After Pyramid Lake Tribal police arrived at the scene of the crime i.e. a house in Nixon in the wee hours of the morning on December 15, after they were summoned about a stabbing that took place in one of the residences on the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribes’ Reservation. Michael Joshua Burciaga, 33, has been charged with second-degree murder within Indian Country after he allegedly stabbed the victim -- a woman, who was pregnant with his child – with “multiple knives.” The victim was found lying face down in the master bedroom. Burciaga, who’s currently lodged in custody, reportedly slashed his wrist after stabbing the woman.