Homicides in Curry County up significantly
By Darrell Todd Maurina: CNJ staff writer Curry County Sheriff Roger Hatcher is tired of all the homicides in Clovis and Curry County. He’s tired of the words “killed” and “Clovis” in the same...
View ArticleYear in review: Homicides on the climb
Detectives Keith Farkas (standing) and Kirk Roberts on June 26 investigate the scene at 916 Axtell St., where Clovis resident Roshawn A. Pitts was shot. Pitts died later that day at the hospital. (CNJ...
View ArticleTop five local stories of 2004
Curry County saw 11 homicides in 2004. Editor’s note: The Clovis News Journal asked readers to help us identify the top news stories of 2004. Here are results from our Web site poll: 1. Homicides were...
View ArticleNumber of area homicides falls again
By Sharna Johnson: CNJ staff writer For the second straight year, the number of area homicides dropped in 2006. Ninth Judicial District Attorney Matt Chandler, chief law enforcement officer for Curry...
View ArticleDentist not being sought in Oklahoma homicides
File photo Former Clovis dentist James Smith is serving a life sentence for the slaying of Laura McNaugton. The Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY — A New Mexico dentist serving life in prison for murder...
View ArticleHomicide numbers see drop in 2007
CNJ file photo Stanley Bedford, right, talks to defense attorney Gary Mitchell in District Court in Albuquerque following the penalty phase. By Sharna Johnson: CNJ staff writer Curry County had its...
View ArticlePress release: Tucumcari deaths ruled homicides
Tucumcari – Gabriel Baca, 37 and Bobby Gonzales, 57 both of Tucumcari, NM were found dead in an Eastern New Mexico motel. State Police were called in yesterday evening to take over a scene that...
View ArticleState police ID person of interest in Tucumcari homicides
State police say Muziwokuthula “Muzie” Madonda, 33, was last in a 1996 Chevrolet Astro Van with Illinois license plate H188855. Freedom New Mexico State police have identified Muziwokuthula “Muzie”...
View ArticleTucumcari homicide suspect also wanted in Ohio
Freedom New Mexico A man charged in two recent Tucumcari homicides is also wanted in connection with two homicides in Ohio, according to state police. Muziwokuthula “Muzie” S. Madonda is charged with...
View ArticleMan arrested in Tucumcari slayings also suspect in Ohio deaths
Freedom New Mexico New Mexico State Police said Friday that a man accused of killing two men in a Tucumcari hotel is also a suspect in two Ohio slayings. Muziwokuthula Madonda, 33 of Chicago, is...
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