BERNALILLO COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES CONSIDER THE DEATH OF 65 YEAR OLD IGNACIA SAIZ “SUSPICIOUS” UNTIL THE OMI DETERMINES HOW SHE DIED. SHE’D BEEN MISSING SINCE THURSDAY. FAMILY AND DEPUTIES SEARCHED FOR HER ON PAJARITO MESA, WHERE SHERIFF’S SPOKESMAN AARON WILLIAMSON SAYS SHE’D GONE TO SEE HER SON AND NEPHEW, EDWARD JARAMILLO, AT SWANSON COMPOUND.
WILLIAMSON SAYS THAT WHILE FOLLOWING UP ON LEADS, DETECTIVES DISCOVERED THAT JARAMILLO WAS WANTED ON A WARRANT OUT OF COLORADO. THEY WANTED TO TALK TO HIM ABOUT HIS AUNT’S DISAPPEARANCE AND DEATH. BUT JARAMILLO BARRICADED HIMSELF INSIDE THE COMPOUND.
SWAT WAS CALLED IN WHEN JARAMILLO REFUSED TO LEAVE THE COMPOUND. HE WAS LATER FOUND TO HAVE COMMITTED SUICIDE.
SAIZ’S BODY WAS FOUND NEARBY ON SUNDAY.
COMPOUND OWNER A-B- SWANSON WAS ARRESTED FOR HARBORING A FELON.
