Cold Cases in New Mexico
ColdCaseIndex documents 6 cases in New Mexico, dated 1986 to 2021. 3 are recorded as unsolved. The earliest is Anthonette Christine Cayedito (1986) and the most recent is Halyna Hutchins (Rust trial) (2021).
- Unsolved 3 (50%)
- Solved or convicted 3 (50%)
Homicide clearance in New Mexico, 1965 to 2024
A homicide is "cleared" when police make an arrest or close it by exceptional means, so an uncleared case is not always an unsolved one. Source: Murder Accountability Project analysis of FBI Uniform Crime Report data, as published by Project: Cold Case. These are statewide totals and are separate from the ColdCaseIndex entries listed below.
By type
All New Mexico cases
Halyna Hutchins (Rust trial)
Cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, 42, was fatally shot on the set of the film Rust near Santa Fe on October 21, 2021, when a revolver held by actor Alec Baldwin fired a live round.
Gary and Linda Haas
Gary and Linda Haas, both 61, of Tecumseh, Oklahoma, were carjacked at an Interstate 40 rest area in Quay County, New Mexico, on August 2, 2010, and shot dead in their travel trailer, which was then burned.
The West Mesa Murders (West Mesa Bone Collector)
In February 2009, the buried remains of 11 women and one unborn child were discovered on Albuquerque's West Mesa, victims of an unidentified killer nicknamed the 'West Mesa Bone Collector.' The women, mostly connected to sex…
Girly Chew Hossencofft
Girly Chew Hossencofft, a 36-year-old Malaysian-born bank teller, vanished in Albuquerque on September 9, 1999, while divorcing her husband Diazien Hossencofft.
Tara Leigh Calico
Nineteen-year-old Tara Calico went for a bike ride along Highway 47 and never returned. Her bicycle was never found. A year later, a polaroid photo of a bound young woman and boy was found at a Florida convenience store…
Anthonette Christine Cayedito
Nine-year-old Anthonette Cayedito vanished from her family's apartment in Gallup, New Mexico, in the early hours of April 6, 1986, after going to answer a knock at the door.