Examiner IDs remains found near border as 43-year-old woman May 21, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail CARLSBAD, N.M. (AP) — A medical examiner has identified human remains found in southeast New Mexico last year near the U.S.-Mexico border. The Carlsbad Current-Argus reported that the medical investigator's office at the University of New Mexico School of Medicine in Albuquerque identified the remains as 43-year-old Brandi Fernandez. An autopsy determined Fernandez died from a gunshot wound to the head in a homicide. The skeletal remains were found in March 2020 by hikers in a rural wash south of the community of Malaga. The Eddy County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the death and offering a reward of up to $4,000 for anyone with information that leads to a suspect or arrest.