POLICE IDENTIFY THE VICTIM'S IN ALBUQUERQUE'S SECOND MURDER SUICIDE THIS WEEK AS 65 YEAR OLD WILLIAM SMORTWOOD AND HIS 55 YEAR OLD WIFE, BARBARA. OFFICERS WERE SENT TO THEIR HOME IN THE 400 BLOCK OF ALISO DRIVE NEAR LOMAS AND CARLISLE AROUND 8:00 WEDNESDAY NIGHT. APD'S TASIA MARTINEZ TELLS 770 KKOB THE COUPLE'S DAUGHTER IN HER EARLY 20S MET OFFICERS OUTSIDE AND TOLD THEM HER PARENTS WERE DEAD IN THE HOME.
WEDNESDAY NIGHT'S INCIDENT FOLLOWS A MURDER SUICIDE ON THE WEST SIDE MONDAY OF A 58 YEAR OLD MAN AND HIS DAUGHTER'S 38 YEAR OLD BOYFRIEND. MARTINEZ SAYS IN BOTH CASES, FAMILY MEMBERS WERE INSIDE THE HOME WHEN THE SHOOTINGSOCCURRED. SHE SAYS IT'S VERY DIFFICULT FOR FAMILY TO PROCESS SUCH VIOLENCE AND LOSS OF TWO RELATIVES.
MARTINEZ SAYS THE SMORTWOODS HAD BEEN FIGHTING BEFORE THE SHOOTINGS. THE DAUGHTER AND FAMILY FRIENDS TOLD POLICE THE COUPLE HAD ONGOING PROBLEMS. APD BELIEVES WILLIAM SMORTWOOD SHOT HIS WIFE, THEN TURNED THE GUN ON HIMSELF.
