Post by Scumhunter on May 10, 2022 11:41:06 GMT -5
(Above photo credit: abqjournal.com)
From the Albuquerque Journal (abqjournal.com):
On Saturday, Nicole Sanchez texted her mom about Mother’s Day and the two made plans to have lunch with Sanchez’s boyfriend – Jarrod Jackson – and his mother this weekend.
And Sanchez filled her mother in on the latest regarding the couple’s roommate and his dog.
Amy Melek told the Journal on Wednesday that the dog had bitten Jackson’s mother and they were arranging to have it taken away the next day. It was the last straw.
A short time later, Albuquerque police say, the roommate shot Sanchez and Jackson, killing both of them in the house they all shared on Girard and Constitution NE.
Now, a warrant has been issued for 21-year-old Samuel Archuleta, charging him with two counts of murder. He has not been arrested.
Shortly before 11 p.m., Archuleta’s stepmother called police to say Archuleta had told his father that he shot his roommates. When police arrived at the house, they found Sanchez and Jackson, both 25, dead.
According to the arrest warrant affidavit filed in Metropolitan Court, Archuleta’s father told detectives his son had called and said he was sorry, he needed help and he couldn’t deal with it any more.
Archuleta’s father told detectives his son drinks a lot of alcohol and had been having issues with his roommates because they were “breaking into his room and abusing his dog.”
Archuleta’s car was not at the house when his parents arrived and his gun was missing from its black gun box, according to the complaint. The Journal could not reach Archuleta’s family.
Sanchez and Jackson had been together for about four years and had a dog of their own, a German shepherd mix named Chief, Jarrod’s mother Sylvia Jackson told the Journal. She said one of their good friends has now adopted Chief.
“He loved fishing and hiking, going to the skate park, skating with his friends,” Sylvia Jackson said of her son. “I went to the skate park that night on May 1 and they had things to say – he helped them from being homeless, he would tell them to ‘sleep on the couch, don’t worry about it until you find something.’ If you need someone to help you move, he’d help you move.”
Sylvia Jackson owned the house and was renting it to her youngest son, his girlfriend, Archuleta and a fourth roommate. The couple had hosted Thanksgiving and Christmas dinners at their house last year with Archuleta and their families, Melek said, adding that they were excited to cook and “be all grown up and host.”
“They used to take their dogs to the mountains every week on their day off and let the dog run around,” Melek said. “They liked to get out of town, liked to go up to the mountains, liked to go to the mesa and go shooting.”
Sylvia Jackson said Archuleta had been friends with her son when they started living together, but he and Sanchez had been having problems with him for a while and were worried he was neglecting his dog.
Then, on Saturday, while the 4-foot, 11-inch Sylvia Jackson was at the house pulling weeds, Archuleta’s dog bit her on the leg – enough to leave a bruise – and appeared to be trying to attack her. She said she waited until her son got home from his job and told him about it, suggesting they call a pound.
Jarrod Jackson posted twice on Facebook about his roommate neglecting the dog in the hours before he was killed.
Melek said that, when they talked about the situation Saturday evening, she wasn’t necessarily afraid for her daughter, but she said she didn’t like what was going on.
“I was telling her not only should you get rid of the dog, but you guys should really think about kicking the roommate out, too, if he’s going to disrespect you both like that and not respect the rules of the house,” Melek said. “That was the last time … She didn’t respond to that.”
www.abqjournal.com/2496033/man-suspected-of-killing-roommates-over-dispute-about-his-dog.html
Additional article on case: www.krqe.com/news/crime/albuquerque-police-searching-for-man-accused-of-killing-his-roommates/
Thoughts? As of this posting date (May 10th, 2022), Archuleta is still listed in Bernalillo County online search as having an open warrant for murder:
app.bernco.gov/warrants/Warrant.aspx
And yeah first the Ricardo Villanueva-Cordova manhunt, and now this. I really don't get what is going on in Albuquerque with senseless murders over dog arguments. Hopefully the manhunt for Archuleta doesn't last as frustratingly long as the manhunt for my still at large public enemy #1 Villanueva-Cordova.
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