{"id":1753684,"date":"2022-11-28T11:02:50","date_gmt":"2022-11-28T16:02:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1753684"},"modified":"2022-11-28T11:02:56","modified_gmt":"2022-11-28T16:02:56","slug":"new-mexico-judge-and-her-pets-killed-by-husband-in-alleged-murder-suicide-police-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-mexico-judge-and-her-pets-killed-by-husband-in-alleged-murder-suicide-police-say\/","title":{"rendered":"New Mexico Judge And Her Pets Killed By Husband In Alleged Murder-Suicide, Police Say"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnew-mexico-judge-and-her-pets-killed-by-husband-in-alleged-murder-suicide-police-say%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1753684&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A New Mexico judge and her pets were allegedly killed in a murder-suicide by her husband, according to police.<\/p>\n<p>Village of Los Ranchos Municipal Judge Diane Albert, 65, died in the Friday shooting allegedly at the hands of her husband Eric Pinkerton, 63, who also shot and killed several pets before turning the gun on himself, according to the Bernalillo County Sheriff\u2019s Office (BCSO).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA friend of the decedents contacted deputies after receiving a troubling message from Eric Pinkerton. Upon arrival deputies located the decedents inside the residence along with several dead animals,\u201d the BSCO\u2019s Twitter account noted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEric Pinkerton is believed to have shot his wife and several animals in the house before shooting himself,\u201d it added, confirming the identities of the two deceased individuals.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This is believed to be a Murder-suicide. A friend of the decedents contacted deputies after receiving a troubling message from Eric Pinkerton. Upon arrival deputies located the decedents inside the residence along with several dead animals. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/d5cA7ERdZk\">https:\/\/t.co\/d5cA7ERdZk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 BCSO (Sheriff) NM (@BCSONM) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BCSONM\/status\/1596615695516639232?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 26, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Local KOAT-TV <a href=\"https:\/\/www.koat.com\/article\/bcso-homicide-in-nw-abq\/42071323#\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a> that dispatch information said, \u201cHe left a voice-mail to his friend stating that he murdered his wife and his dogs and his cat. And he is about to murder himself.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Police conducted a welfare check following the reported message at 820 Ranchitos Rd. NW in Los Ranchos, where they discovered the bodies of the couple and dead animals.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are heartsick hearing the news of this senseless tragedy,\u201d Los Ranchos Administrator Ann Simon <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kunm.org\/kunm-news-update\/2022-11-28\/mon-nm-supreme-court-justice-cites-security-concerns-in-pushing-exemption-to-public-records-law-more\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a>. \u201cDiane Albert, our elected municipal judge, was a longtime Los Ranchos resident, a brilliant mind, and a friend. We can\u2019t ignore that this happened on the International Day for Elimination of Violence Against Women.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>KUNM Radio in New Mexico <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kunm.org\/kunm-news-update\/2022-11-28\/mon-nm-supreme-court-justice-cites-security-concerns-in-pushing-exemption-to-public-records-law-more\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">added<\/a> that Albert was a municipal judge for the Village of Los Ranchos, which borders Albuquerque. The judge also served as a former planning and zoning commissioner for the North Valley community, was a Los Alamos County commissioner, and was the president of the Bike Coalition of New Mexico.<\/p>\n<p>Several other state leaders shared tributes on social media regarding the judge\u2019s death.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am shocked and heartbroken by the senseless shooting death of Diane Albert, Municipal Judge for Los Ranchos, NM, former Los Alamos Co. Councilor and an accomplished &#038; beloved individual. My thoughts are with her many friends, her family and the entire community of Los Ranchos,\u201d New Mexico Lt. Gov. Howie Morales tweeted on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I am shocked and heartbroken by the senseless shooting death of Diane Albert, Municipal Judge for Los Ranchos, NM, former Los Alamos Co. Councilor and an accomplished &#038; beloved individual. My thoughts are with her many friends, her family and the entire community of Los Ranchos.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Lt. Governor Howie Morales (@LtGovMorales) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LtGovMorales\/status\/1596977747368124416?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 27, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis terrible tragedy is a stark reminder of how much more we have to do to end the scourge of domestic violence in New Mexico,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A New Mexico judge and her pets were allegedly killed in a murder-suicide by her husband, according to police. Village of Los Ranchos Municipal Judge Diane Albert, 65, died in the Friday shooting allegedly at the hands of her husband Eric Pinkerton, 63, who also shot and killed several pets before turning the gun on &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":325,"featured_media":1753687,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1753684","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1753684","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/325"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1753684"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1753684\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1753687"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1753684"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1753684"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1753684"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}