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Being in the right place at the right time can save a life and that is what happened when natural gas and construction workers saved a woman from a burning home.

LOS ANGELES (NYTIMES) - The chapel at Continental Funeral Home was once a place where the living remembered the dead. Now the pews, chairs and furniture have been pushed aside to make room, and the dead far outnumber the living. On a February Thursday afternoon in Continentals chapel in East Los Angeles, across the street from a 7-Eleven, there were four bodies in cardboard boxes. And two bodies in open coffins, awaiting make-up. And seven wrapped in white and pink sheets on wheeled stretchers....

Fire destroys McDonald trailer Written by Makayla Grijalva on January 20, 2021 A Winnebago trailer and truck belonging to Cody McDonald, located in the 3600 block of Broken Arrow Drive south of Silver City, caught fire early Tuesday morning. According to the Grant County Sheriff’s Department, Central Dispatch received a call reporting the fire at 3:45 a.m., with deputies arriving on the scene by 4 in the morning. ※When our deputies got there,...

Hallelujah! 2020 in Review - Missing person, mysterious bodies highlighted year in crime 2020 was a year full of stories about shootings in Silver City, while human remains kept turning up in the forests of Grant County. 2020’s missing and dead In late May, Silver City resident John Waters was reported missing by his wife, Amelia Waters; in August, Waters’ skull — and only his skull — was discovered by a hiker in the forest outside Pinos Altos. Authorities be...

Accused shooter put on house arrest Written by Makayla Grijalva on December 18, 2020 Cody McDonald, 33, who was charged last month with the murder of 23-year-old Daniel Murillo, was released to house arrest Wednesday on a $25,000 unsecured bond.  “The bond is set to make your appearance [in court], not to keep you in,” said Sixth Judicial District Attorney Francesca Martinez Estevez. “With violent crimes, they a...

December 23, 2020 Friends, family seek justice in case as Lt. Gov. asks AG to step in Written by Silver City Daily Press on December 23, 2020 (Press Staff Photo by Makayla Grijalva) Gilbert Ray Madrid, a friend of Daniel Murillo, holds a handmade sign on Bullard Street in downtown Silver City on Tuesday. Several cars honked their horns in support of the sign’s message as they drove by. Madrid also planned a small pro...

Created: December 21, 2020 10:05 PM ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A man accused of shooting another man in the head in front of his six-year-old child will not remain in jail until his trial.  The shooting happened back in November. Police say 22-year-old Daniel Murillo got mixed up in a fight between his girlfriend and his girlfriends ex, Cody McDonald.  Murillo ended up taking a bullet in the head, and now his family is outraged that McDonald—the man accused of pulling the trigger—is...