ALBUQUERQUE POLICE ARE STILL WORKING TO TRACK DOWN THE SUSPECT IN A FATAL STABBING THIS WEEK. THEY SAY AN ONGOING DISPUTE OVER A BARKING DOG WAS THE MOTIVE IN TUESDAY'S STABBING DEATH ON THE CITY'S WEST SIDE. APD'S TASIA MARTINEZ TELLS 770 KKOB A WARRANT IS ISSUED FOR RICHARD VILLANUEVA CORDOVA … STILL ON THE RUN.
THE SUSPECT'S FAMILY TOLD INVESTIGATORS THE VICTIM, 27 YEAR OLD MICHAEL SANCHEZ, WAS AT THEIR HOME EARLY TUESDAY … AND WHEN HE LEFT THEY HEARD THEIR DOG CRYING. THEY CAME OUTSIDE TO FIND THEIR DOG BLEEDING. THE FAMILY THINKS THE SANCHEZ RAN OVER THE DOG.
WITNESSES TOLD POLICE THEY SAW VILLANUEVA STAB SANCHEZ AT A VALERO GAS STATION AT 98TH AND CENTRAL. SANCHEZ DIED LATER AT A LOCAL HOSPITAL.
