30 years for Rickords

Albuquerque, NM (KKOB) — A judge sentenced Casper Rickords to life, for killing two people in Albuquerque. In February, a jury convicted him of the October 2022 murder of Isaac Torres at the Albuquerque Transport Center. Then, in July, he pleaded guilty to the February 2023 murder of Bradley Soza near a hotel in the 1500 block of Candelaria Road. Police arrested Rickords in February 2023 after a SWAT standoff at the Extend-a-Suites hotel on Menaul near University. Rickords will spend a minimum 30 years in prison for the two murders.