New Mexico officials arrest man facing murder charges for 1980â²s cold case William Lepere, arrested and charged in 1980 s cold case (Source: NMSP) By Tamlyn Cochran | May 3, 2021 at 2:58 PM CDT - Updated May 3 at 3:05 PM
ALAMOGORDO, N.M. (KFDA) - The New Mexico State Police have arrested a man who is facing murder charges for a 1980â²s cold case.
On Wednesday, April 28, New Mexico State Police Investigation Bureau agents, the New Mexico State Police Tactical Team and officers from the Fugitive Apprehension Unit helped Anaheim officials in tracking down the suspect in Alamogordo.
The suspect was identified as 64-year-old William Lepere.
An Alamogordo man was arrested for an alleged murder in California more than 40 years ago.
Andre William Lepere, 64 of Alamogordo, was arrested April 28 on charges stemming from the investigation of a 1980 murder in Anaheim, California.
Lepere was arrested by Anaheim Police detectives out of Anaheim, California and the New Mexico State Police Investigation Bureau.
He was arrested for first degree murder for the death of Viola Hagenkord with a special circumstance allegation of rape by the Orange County, California District Attorney s Office, according to the Los Angeles Times.
Lepere allegedly murdered 79-year-old Hagenkord in her home on February 18, 1980 where officials at the time determined the cause of death to be asphyxiation and was arrested as a result of DNA evidence identifying him as the murderer, according to the Los Angeles Times.
Detainee Eli Addington spoke with the
Las Cruces Sun-News on Thursday from inside the Otero County Detention Center (OCDC), and claimed nearly half of the facility s 150 inmates tested positive for COVID-19. We re really being denied any kind of medical treatment. Anytime we see the news or anything about COVID on TV, it s hospital rooms, doctors or nurses. Every other day or so, we ll get a half a glass of Gatorade. They re giving us vitamins, Melatonin to help us sleep every night and they give us Vitamin D and some Zinc, but other than that, we re being denied any other medical treatment, and that s the real frustration, he said.
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ALAMOGORDO Attorneys for detainees at the Otero County Detention Center say they are finding it increasingly difficult to get information about the health of their clients amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Since early December, attorneys with the Law Office of the Public Defender in the 12th Judicial District say they ve attempted multiple times to get copies of these health records via inspection of public records requests to the county. But because of the pandemic, county officials said the request for the physical copies of the records are too burdensome.
Instead, county officials told LOPD its officials could visit the facility and make copies. Because of the pandemic, LOPD Attorney Dayna Jones said sending attorneys to a location that may be experiencing a high number of COVID-19 cases was out of the question.