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Ruidoso Police Department announced via a social media post the arrest a 66-year-old man in connection with the murder of his female roommate.
Robert Walker, 66, was arrested and charged with murder in the first degree, tampering with evidence, negligent use of a firearm and possession of a controlled substance, according to the Ruidoso Police Police Department.
At about 5 a.m. on Wednesday, July 10, Ruidoso Police were dispatched out to 109 Mustang Drive. A caller to the Tularosa Basin Regional Dispatch Authority had told them he had shot a woman, 55-year-old Zeba Lynette Morris-French in his driveway, had placed the gun in his bathroom and would wait in his bedroom until police arrived, according to the news release.
When officers arrived, they found Walker on his front porch. Walker was taken peacefully into custody “once commands were given to him,” according to Ruidoso Police.
Responding officers found 55-year-old Zeba Lynette Morris-French dead in the driveway of the home.
Police say they learned that Walker and Morris-French were roommates. They say Walker fatally shot Morris-French, but did not provide a motive.
Walker is a well-known employee of the Ruidoso Downs Jockey Club is scheduled to make an appearance before a District Judge after being charged with murdering his roommate. Walker, 66, who worked managing the stairs between the grandstand and the Jockey Club for 18 years. Walker was the author of the “Prairie Dog” tip sheet at the race track. His duties included welcoming guests into the Jockey Club from the grandstand entrance.
We have filed a 5409 motion for pre-trial detention,” District Attorney Key said. “The state would allege that the defendant is dangerous and we would argue that there would be no bond (set in the case).”
The case is being investigated by the 12th Judicial District Attorney’s Office Major Crime Unit. This task force consists of members of the Ruidoso Police, Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office, Alamogordo Police, Otero County Sheriff’s Office and members of the District Attorney’s Office Carrizozo, New Mexico.
Sunny, with a high of 97 and low of 71 degrees. Sunny for the morning, clear overnight.
where's neighbor john baake - to explain to us that contamination of natural resources really isn't that big a deal....and besides, it's a safe distance from where HE lives.
You must mean thank you to the professional lobbyists, because I'm not finding any professional scientist's or doctors involved in any of these decisions.
of course not - dear leader/elon musk/and the doge boys have cleaned out anyone who had legitimate credentials....nothing left here but worshippers of the orange overlord.
the trump regime is always looking for ways to ****** the rug out from under deserving citizens - so they can stabilize the precarious situation that our poor deserving billionaires find themselves in.
another shout out to our elected state office holders for going to bat for the everyday people of new mexico!
If Senator Martin Heinrich spear headed this legislation, that spear must've ended up in a cow somewhere around Clovis, because it never made it to D.C.
According to the Congressional record, the bill was introduced by Senator Marco Rubio, and co-sponsored by Senator Rick Scott, both of Florida.
another amazingly foolish statement on your part, neighbor.
Gotta love these activists, complaining that the area has passed from defacto control by para-military drug cartels, with orders to shoot anyone they see on site. To control by the US military with orders to warn and detain.
three cheers for the "escalation in the trump administration policy of militarization of the borderlands". most good americans always wanted to live inside a military zone - just like all the germans in post war berlin...and the delightful 38th parallel in korea.
Could it be much worse than living in or next to a national park, forest, or monument? Or even worse, a state park, forest, or wild life reserve?
The Federal and state land grabs have been astronomical in terms of the sheer amount of acreage seized.
The only thing I have been able to confirm as true is that Donald J. Trump is POTUS.
There are 4 sites reporting the security fence story; deepnewz.com, nriglobe.com, english.mathrubhumi.com, and theteenmagazine.com.