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Woman’s remains unclaimed 3 years after $850K Doña Ana County death settlement to her family
FAIRACRES, New Mexico - Her family may have settled for hundreds of thousands of dollars in connection with her 2017 death, but three years later, Doña Ana County officials say no one has claimed the body of Heather Bubrig.
In October 2017, authorities say a reserve deputy with the Doña Ana County Sheriff s Department shot and killed the 37-year-old woman in Fairacres. As ABC-7 reported, she was accused of rushing him with an axe.
That deputy was cleared of Bubrig s death, but her family still sued and settled for $850,000, according to documents obtained by ABC-7.
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LAS CRUCES - Doña Ana County will bury the remains of 32 people whose bodies were not claimed in a service next week.
One of those 32 is Heather Bubrig, of New Orleans, who was killed Oct. 31, 2017, after a reserve deputy with the Doña Ana County Sheriff’s Department shot her.
According to authorities, several law enforcement officers arrived on La Pradera Road after multiple emergency calls. One of the callers said a woman fitting Bubrig s description was in the shed behind their home, authorities said. As officers approached the shed, Bubrig reportedly came out of the structure armed with a sledge ax, authorities said.
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LAS CRUCES – Authorities helped rescue members of an El Paso group that attempted to hike to the Organ Needle the highest point in the Organ Mountains.
The group of 24 hikers, ranging in ages from teenagers to adults in their mid-60s, began the guided hike to the Needle at 4 a.m. Sunday. The hikers ranged widely in trail experience, according to a news release from the Las Cruces Fire Department.
The news release stated that during the hike, several members of the group fell behind into smaller groups. Some of the smaller groups then splintered onto different trails and became disoriented. The hikers became stranded once the sun set, the news release stated, and they were unable to find their way off the mountain. Hikers made several calls to 911 prompting the search and rescue mission.
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