ALAMOGORDO, N.M. — Authorities have launched a homicide investigation after a 65-year-old man was discovered dead inside a residence on the city’s west side early Saturday morning, June 1.
Officers with the Alamogordo Police Department were dispatched to a home on Second Street for a welfare check. Upon arrival, they located the man deceased from what appeared to be a stab wound. The discovery was made shortly before 4:30 a.m.
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The Twelfth Judicial District Major Crimes Unit has taken over the case. The multi-agency task force includes investigators from the Alamogordo Police Department, Ruidoso Police Department, Lincoln and Otero County sheriff’s offices, and the district attorney’s office.
Police are asking anyone who may have information related to the incident to contact the Alamogordo Police Department at 575-439-4300.
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