{"id":37074,"date":"2022-11-28T09:54:10","date_gmt":"2022-11-28T16:54:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/authorities-n-m-judge-husband-die-in-likely-murder-suicide\/"},"modified":"2022-11-28T16:54:10","modified_gmt":"2022-11-28T16:54:10","slug":"authorities-n-m-judge-husband-die-in-likely-murder-suicide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/authorities-n-m-judge-husband-die-in-likely-murder-suicide\/","title":{"rendered":"Authorities: N.M. judge, husband die in likely murder-suicide"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Bernalillo County Sheriff's deputies remove ducks and other animals from a home in Los Ranchos, where village municipal Judge Diane Albert and several pets were killed by her husband in what authorities said was a murder-suicide, Friday, Nov. 25. (Chancey Bush\/The Albuquerque Journal via AP)<\/span>Chancey Bush<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n

ALBUQUERQUE \u2013 A municipal judge in New Mexico appears to have been fatally shot by her husband before he killed himself, authorities said.<\/p>\n

Bernalillo County sheriff\u2019s deputies found the bodies of Diane Albert, 65, and Eric Pinkerton, 63, several dogs and a cat on Friday at their home in the Village of Los Ranchos, sheriff\u2019s spokeswoman Jayme Fuller said. She said Pinkerton apparently shot and killed them all before taking his own life.<\/p>\n

Albert was a municipal judge for the Village of Los Ranchos, which borders Albuquerque, and was a former planning and zoning commissioner for the North Valley community. She also had served as a Los Alamos County commissioner and president of the Bike Coalition of New Mexico, according to the Albuquerque Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Fuller said a friend of the couple contacted the sheriff\u2019s office sometime before 4 p.m. on Friday \u201cafter receiving a troubling message\u201d from Pinkerton. In the message, she said, Pinkerton stated that he had shot his wife and dogs and was going to kill himself.<\/p>\n

The state auditor, Brian S. Colon, said in a Facebook post Saturday that Albert had been his friend for decades \u2013 \u201ca kindhearted soul who always uplifted me and others.\u201d He said she \u201calways entered our home with a smile and usually wearing her bicycle helmet.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are heartsick hearing the news of this senseless tragedy,\u201d Los Ranchos Administrator Ann Simon said. \u201cDiane Albert, our elected municipal judge, was a longtime Los Ranchos resident, a brilliant mind, and a friend. We can\u2019t ignore that this happened on the International Day for Elimination of Violence Against Women.\u201d<\/p>\n

Joe Craig, president of Friends of Los Ranchos, told the Journal he was shocked by the news. He and Albert were neighbors who worked together for several years on the planning and zoning commission.<\/p>\n

\u201cJust a nice, nice lady,\u201d Craig said. \u201cI\u2019ve never seen her with a mean bone in her body.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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