ALAMOGORDO, N.M. (KRQE) – New video shows the treacherous terrain that first responders crossed to find a man who went missing on New Year’s Eve. Soon, they found the body of 67-year-old Albert Peña near High Rolls, just outside of Alamogordo. He is the brother-in-law of Albuquerque City Councilor Klarissa Peña.
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“We won’t need a recovery, search and rescue. Just fire,” said one of the members on the search crew.
They tried to piece together how this all unfolded, including looking at nearby marks in the terrain. “Some sort of marker. Is that from the truck or something? It’s been there a while, though,” someone said on body camera footage…