A BERNALILLO COUNTY GRAND JURY HAS INDICTED THREE PEOPLE IN THE KIDNAPPING AND MURDER OF JOHN SOYKA, WHOSE MUTILATED BODY WAS FOUND NEAR THE RIO PUERCO IN SEPTEMBER. CHASE SMOTHERMAN AND MARIAH FERRY ARE EACH CHARGED WITH FIRST DEGREE MURDER, KIDNAPPING AND SEVERAL OTHER COUNTS.
MITCHELL OVERHAND IS CHARGED WITH TAMPERING WITH EVIDENCE AND CONSPIRACY. THAT LAST NAME MAY SEEM FAMILIAR. OVERHAND SERVED MORE THAN 20 YEARS IN PRISON FOR THE MURDER OF HIS PARENTS IN NORTHWEST ALBUQUERQUE IN 1988.
