The body of a man missing for weeks has been found in New Mexico. The town of Mountainair says Albert Peña had been missing for several weeks. Town officials say Peña’s death was the result of a homicide. According to the Otero County Sheriff’s Office, multiple search and rescue crews from several different agencies conducted a search near High Rolls, New Mexico for Pena. The sheriff’s office says during the search they found a body believed to be that of Pena. The sheriff’s office says the case is being investigated as a homicide and that four people have been arrested in connection to the death. The body has been turned over to the Office of the Medical Investigator for positive identification and to find the cause of death. Peña was also the brother-in-law to Albuquerque City Council President Klarissa Peña.She sent a statement saying in part, “Albert was a man of the mountains who found joy in the simple, honest things in life. A talented man who ‘knew how to fix anything,’ he was truly one of the hardest-working people you could ever meet.”
The body of a man missing for weeks has been found in New Mexico.
The town of Mountainair says Albert Peña had been missing for several weeks.
Town officials say Peña’s death was the result of a homicide.
According to the Otero County Sheriff’s Office, multiple search and rescue crews from several different agencies conducted a search near High Rolls, New Mexico for Pena.
The sheriff’s office says during the search they found a body believed to be that of Pena.
The sheriff’s office says the case is being investigated as a homicide and that four people have been arrested in connection to the death.
The body has been turned over to the Office of the Medical Investigator for positive identification and to find the cause of death.
Peña was also the brother-in-law to Albuquerque City Council President Klarissa Peña.
She sent a statement saying in part, “Albert was a man of the mountains who found joy in the simple, honest things in life. A talented man who ‘knew how to fix anything,’ he was truly one of the hardest-working people you could ever meet.”
