An elderly Texas couple who disappeared on their way home from spending Thanksgiving with relatives have been found dead in New Mexico. Gary Lightfoot, 82, and Linda Lightfoot, were found Tuesday, still in their car in a pasture near Tucumcari, KVII reported. Law enforcement believe they died from hypothermia. The Lightfoots left their relatives’ home …
Two US Army deserters have been charged in New Mexico with the murder and dismemberment of another soldier, a West Virginia man they served with at Fort Benning, Georgia. Matthew McLaughlin, 25, was reported missing on July 31, and on August 17, the Taos County Sheriff’s Office said it brought in Rainor Joiner, 23, and …
Police in New Mexico are investigating the alleged rape of a 12-year-old girl by a fellow student on a Santa Fe charter school bus in August. Lt. Patrick Trujillo said the girl’s mother called police on August 21 to report the incident, according to the Santa Fe New Mexican. He said the girl was taken …
A New Mexico couple was arrested this week and charged in the death of their 1-year-old son last year. The Clovis Police Department said that Calian Skywater was taken to Plains Regional Medical Center on November 27, when he was pronounced dead. Detectives were called to hospital and noted that the child had “extensive bruises” …
A 19-year-old New Mexico man was charged this week with making violent threats against Jews, Black people, and liberals. The US Attorney’s Office for the District of New Mexico said that Jace Allen made a series of racist and violent threats on social media under the alias “Jebron Lames,” an obvious play on the name …
A New Mexico man has been charged in the death of his 5-month-old son that he blamed on a tipped-over bouncer. Jared White, 35, called police Sunday afternoon, saying he’d found his son not breathing and attempted to revive him, Eastern New Mexico News reported. A friend of his initially corroborated his story, but later …
A New Mexico woman was arrested in Texas for the murder of her husband, who was found dead and wrapped in plastic in their home’s carport in June. Police began searching for Craig Thetford on May 12 when his family reported him missing, saying they hadn’t heard from him since January. They requested a welfare …
A New Mexico grand jury has indicted a man on child abuse, battery, and assault charges for allegedly breaking a beer bottle over an 8-year-old girl’s head and then slicing her neck with a shard. Investigators say that the little girl was looking at a waterfall at an Albuquerque pizza restaurant when Nichalas San Souci, …
A New Mexico mother was arraigned this week on 18 charges related to the abuse of a child, including one count of criminal sexual penetration. Valerie Cordell, 41, entered a plea of not guilty on the charges. Her husband, 50-year-old Melvin Cordell, faces 24 charges, including child sex charges, and will be arraigned next week. …
Police in New Mexico have arrested three people in connection with a deadly shooting at a Las Cruces park that left three people dead and 15 others wounded. Las Cruces Police said they had arrested 20-year-old Tomas Rivas and two 17-year-old boys for the shooting, which happened Friday night at an unsanctioned car show at …
A shooting Friday night at a New Mexico park left three people dead and 15 more wounded. Police were called to Young Park in Las Cruces shortly after 10 p.m. for the shooting, which took place at an unsanctioned car show between two groups of people, Las Cruces Police Chief Jeremy Story said. “There had …
A 13-year-old New Mexico boy has been charged with murder after a police found cell footage of him driving a car and intentionally hitting a bicyclist on the road, killing him. Johnathan Overbay was 12 when he rammed 63-year-old Scott Habermehl on May 29, 2024, KRQE reported. Albuquerque Police also took an 11-year-old boy, identified …
