Duke City Woman’s Death Still “Suspicious”

     NO SIGNS OF TRAUMA. SO SAYS THE OMI AFTER COMPLETING AN AUTOPSY ON 65 YEAR OLD IGNACIA SAIZ OF ABQ. SHE’S THE WOMAN WHO WENT MISSING LAST THURSDAY BEFORE BEING FOUND DEAD ON PAJARITO MESA SUNDAY MORNING.
     SHERIFF’S SPOKESMAN AARON WILLIAMSON SAYS SHE’D GONE TO THE SWANSON COMPOUND ON THE MESA LAST WEEK TO SEE HER SON AND NEPHEW, EDWARD JARAMILLO, ABOUT HER CAMPER. DETECTIVES LATER LEARNED JARAMILLO WAS WANTED ON A WARRANT OUT OF COLORADO. SAIZ’S BODY WAS THEN FOUND SIX MILES NORTH OF THE COMPOUND.
     AT THE SAME TIME, COMPOUND OWNER A-B SWANSON WAS BEING QUESTIONED BY DEPUTIES, AND TOLD THEM JARAMILLO WAS IN THE COMPOUND, ARMED WITH A SHOTGUN. JARAMILLO TOOK HIS LIFE AFTER AN 8 HOUR SWAT STANDOFF. COMPOUND OWNER A-B SWANSON IS CHARGED WITH HARBORING A FELON. HE’S THE SAME MAN WHO ILLEGALLY DUMPED THOUSANDS OF TIRES IN THE RIO PUERCO SEVERAL YEARS AGO.
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