A TRIPLE MURDER SUSPECT IN SANTA FE COUNTY HAS POSTED BOND AND IS NOW OUT OF JAIL. TWENTY YEAR OLD NICHOLAS ORTIZ OF POJOAQUE WAS ARRESTED IN FEBRUARY FOR THE MURDERS OF THREE MEMBERS OF A FAMILY ON FATHER’S DAY OF 2011.
THE THREE VICTIMS WERE KILLED WITH A PICKAX AT THEIR HOME IN EL RANCHO. ORTIZ IS AWAITING TRIAL ON THREE COUNTS OF FIRST DEGREE MURDER…ALONG WITH AGGRAVATED BURGLARY, CONSPIRACY AND EVIDENCE TAMPERING.
