TWENTY-SEVEN YEAR OLD MATTHEW CHAVEZ IS ACCUSED OF KILLING 24 YEAR OLD FORMER ARMY SERGEANT TYLER LACKEY IN FEBRUARY OF 2016. CHAVEZ NOW FACES 7 CHARGES IN THE CASE, INCLUDING MURDER AND ARSON IN LACKEY’S DEATH.
CHANNEL 7 NEWS REPORTS CHAVEZ SET HIS GETAWAY CAR ON FIRE AND LEFT THE STATE. HE WAS LOCATED IN OKLAHOMA AND WAS RECENTLY RETURNED TO NEW MEXICO.
LACKEY WAS SHOT AND KILLED AT AN ALBUQUERQUE A-T-M. A WOMAN WHO WAS WITH CHAVEZ, VERONICA TRIMBLE, WAS ALSO CHARGED, BUT THOSE CHARGES WERE DROPPED DUE TO A LACK OF EVIDENCE.
