CRIME New Mexico judge and her pets shot dead by her husband in suspected murder-suicide, police say

[mzkitty]

New Mexico judge and her pets shot dead by her husband in suspected murder-suicide, police say​

Police found the bodies of Diane Albert, 65, Eric Pinkerton, 63, and “several dead animals” inside their home in Los Ranchos De Albuquerque on Friday after a friend of the couple received “a troubling message" from Pinkerton.

Nov. 27, 2022, 11:09 AM EST

A judge in New Mexico and several of her pets were shot dead in what police believe was a murder-suicide carried out by the woman's husband.

Police found the bodies of Diane Albert, 65, Eric Pinkerton, 63, and "several dead animals" inside their home on Ranchitos Road in Los Ranchos De Albuquerque on Friday after a friend of the couple received "a troubling message from Eric Pinkerton," said a tweet from the Bernalillo County Sheriff's Office.

Authorities believe Pinkerton shot Albert and the animals before turning the gun on himself, the sheriff’s office said.

ABC affiliate KOAT of Albuquerque reported that a dispatch from a sheriff's deputy stated: “He left a voicemail to his friend stating that he murdered his wife and his dogs and his cat. And he is about to murder himself.”

Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Office public information officer Jayme Fuller confirmed the dispatch to NBC News.

Fuller added that the last domestic violence-related 911 call from the couple’s residence was in January 2019.

Albert was a judge in Los Ranchos Municipal Court, NBC affiliate KOB of Albuquerque reported. She was a practicing patent attorney who had previously served as a planning and zoning commissioner for the North Valley area, Los Alamos County commissioner and president of the Bike Coalition of New Mexico, the Albuquerque Journal reported.

A friend of Albert told the local newspaper that she had recently re-enrolled at the University of New Mexico to study French.

A university representative did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

New Mexico judge and her pets shot dead by her husband in suspected murder-suicide, police say

Police found the bodies of Diane Albert, 65, Eric Pinkerton, 63, and “several dead animals” inside their home in Los Ranchos De Albuquerque on Friday after a friend of the couple received “a troubling message" from Pinkerton.

www.nbcnews.com

 

[luluwhtbrd]

Sad, just so sad
tears,

 

[NoDandy]

So, the dogs belonged to the shooter. He may have been pissed at her, but why shoot the dogs ?

 

[Raggedyman]

tragedies that will continue to multiply in the ever more smothering and progressively deepening discord now found from sea to shining sea.

it was not always this way in AMERICA. what was it that changed? multifaceted question with MANY answers - some easily seen (i.e. WILLFULLY excluding the LORD) others not so much (progressive rage related to governmental oppression and loss of personal freedoms that are imposible to avoid noticing)

 

[night driver]

Because when he turned the gun on himself, he KNEW they weren't going to be taken care of. Mercy killing.


I KNOW the turns and switch-backs on THAT road. NEVER gonna walk down it again.

 

[patriotgal]

Seeing more of this locally. Mostly elderly couples with health issues. Most recent actually left a note.

 

[Dozdoats]

To spare the animals a probable worse fate ...

 

[Griz3752]

So, the dogs belonged to the shooter. He may have been pissed at her, but why shoot the dogs ?

Only a WAG but maybe he didn't want them to go to the pound? Or was uncertain as to how they'd survive? Been divorced and never thought of gunfire as an alternative but, we're all different.

Had I done in one of my exs, I'd have had a plan in place for any critters but I generally prefer dogs to people anyway.

Just a guess...

 

[Scrapman]

65 still grouping for power , no family or real friends , that's politicians now . Nancy and chuck aren't. That different.

 

[Ractivist]

She was an achiever, he might of thought her an over achiever.....or maybe a thing with the French teacher....

 

[Hawkgirl_70]

Damn him.

 

[pauldingbabe]

So, the dogs belonged to the shooter. He may have been pissed at her, but why shoot the dogs ?

Because if he can't have them, no one will. This "man" is so selfish that he thought they couldn't live without him so he gave them "mercy".

Fing coward.

 

[mzkitty]

This may be him. The first article said there had been a domestic violence call in 2019. He was a bully.



*snip*

It was the third domestic incident in the Albuquerque area to turn fatal over the first 48 hours of the Thanksgiving holiday weekend.


A man reportedly suffering from dementia was accused of killing and dismembering his wife before a planned family gathering at a West Side home Thursday.


Then, on Friday afternoon, police say officers fatally shot a knife-wielding man after his parents called 911 for help with a domestic dispute.

Judge, pets killed by husband in murder-suicide

Diane Albert, resident of Los Ranchos, mourned by officials and friends

www.abqjournal.com

 

[Matt]

65 still grouping for power , no family or real friends , that's politicians now . Nancy and chuck aren't. That different.

Before anyone gets too choked up....

Childless career oriented Leftists with different last names... attorney to boot.... plenty of money, gaping hole in their lives filled with pets where feminism prevented a family, and plenty of time to poison society as a whole with their Godless beliefs.... good wager they were rabid anti gun as well... which is always ironic when they use a gun for their outbursts

I have some of these on my street... save your sorrow for somebody else.... this type is a scourge upon humanity.

 

[mzkitty]

Before anyone gets too choked up....

Childless career oriented Leftists with different last names... attorney to boot.... plenty of money, gaping hole in their lives filled with pets where feminism prevented a family, and plenty of time to poison society as a whole with their Godless beliefs.... good wager they were rabid anti gun as well... which is always ironic when they use a gun for their outbursts

I have some of these on my street... save your sorrow for somebody else.... this type is a scourge upon humanity.

You don't know that. The article doesn't say who any survivors were. Why don't you look up the obit when it comes out. Even if childless, perhaps they couldn't have kids, did you ever think of that? AND it's none of your business anyway.

 

[Dozdoats]

No one here knows anything beyond what the SJW journalists say. Which is damn little which is objective.

 

[Matt]

You don't know that. The article doesn't say who any survivors were. Why don't you look up the obit when it comes out. Even if childless, perhaps they couldn't have kids, did you ever think of that? AND it's none of your business anyway.

I have dealt with this type..... this is the "great reset" crew that all of us are facing.

These are the ones pushing the leftists garbage on my children.... the ones on my street that I referenced, the retired leftists "educators" with the great reset bumper stickers, and the leftists propaganda election signs.... no kids of their own, but had the audacity to confront my wife about "their concerns about the educational status" of my home schooled boys....

You dig up a loving family in their obit, please update the thread...

Someone pegged the "husband" as a bully.... this type is the worst kind of bully.... they use their "concerns" to push people and have zero fear of getting into people's face and starting trouble!

 

[Matt]

No one here knows anything beyond what the SJW journalists say. Which is damn little which is objective.

I know the area they are from.... New Mexico Blue.. through and through!