Alamogordo Murder Investigation of Lyman D Hughes Police Need Public Assistance

As an update to a previous story AlamogordoTownNews.org ran on the sudden and disturbing murder of Lyman D Hughes in his home via a stabbing on August 15th, 2024 the 12th Judicial District and the Alamogordo Police seek public assistance. Via a release on August 23th after we ran our story of the series of recent stabbing the following release was sent out...

The 12th Judicial Major Crimes Unit is seeking assistance regarding a recent homicide case that occurred on August 15, 2024.

We are asking residents and business owners to review their video surveillance footage from August 15, 2024, between 7:00 AM and 12:00 PM, for a male subject.

This individual may have been walking eastbound in the area between 5th Street to 10th Street and North Florida Ave. to Washington Ave.

Any information or footage could be crucial to our investigation.

The Alamogordo Police Department is asking anyone with information regarding this investigation to contact Detective Zachariah Diaz at 575-439-4300 or via email at alamogordopd@ci.alamogordo.nm.us.

Public support with information is needed to solve this murder. In the memory of Lyman Hughes let's get this murder solved...

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