ALBUQUERQUE POLICE CONTINUE THEIR INVESTIGATION INTO TWO SEPARATE MURDERS. TWO WOMEN ARE DEAD IN THOSE SEPARATE INCIDENTS THAT BOTH OCCURRED EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. APD’S TANNER TIXIER SAYS AN UNIDENTIFIED WOMAN WAS FOUND DEAD OF SEVERE TRAUMA IN THE BACK YARD OF A HOME IN THE 46-HUNDRED BLOCK OF 8TH STREET NORTHWEST AROUND 1:40 AM. HE SAYS THE OMI WILL DETERMINE AND CAUSE OF DEATH AND THE WOMAN’S I-D.
THE BODY OF THE SECOND WOMAN … ALSO UNIDENTIFIED … WAS FOUND AT THE STUDIO 6 MOTEL IN THE 44 HUNDRED BLOCK OF OSUNA NORTHEAST. POLICE FOUND HER BODY AFTER GETTING A CALL ABOUT THE DEATH AROUND 7:40 WEDNESDAY MORNING. SHE HAD BEEN SHOT TO DEATH.
THE FEMALE WAS REPORTEDLY THE GIRLFRIEND OF THE MAN WHO CALLED POLICE. THERE HAVE BEEN NO ARRESTS, AND NO SUSPECTS HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED. ANYONE WITH INFORMATION ON THIS MURDER SHOULD CALL 242-COPS.