ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Investigators with the Albuquerque Police Department tracked down the body of a murder victim taken to the East Mountains earlier this week.
Police located the victim’s body Thursday morning on Route 66, just west of Sedillo Hill. They are waiting to identify the victim until they notify the family about the person’s death.
Detectives arrested Derek DePalma on Wednesday for beating the victim with a wooden bat overnight in the middle of the street in the 200 block of Aztec Road in northwest Albuquerque…