The body of Herman Tsosie, suspected in the fatal shooting of his artist wife in Cortez, was found in the mountains of the Navajo reservation in Arizona late Monday, authorities said today.
Tsosie’s truck was located Sunday in Rock Point, Ariz., and the New Mexico State Police began searching for him by helicopter.
The 54-year-old’s body was found on the face of a cliff, about 1,000 feet below where his truck was found, Montezuma County Sheriff Gerald Wallace said.
An autopsy is planned to determine Tsosie’s cause of death. It was not immediately known if he took his own life, died accidentally or was killed.
His wife, Anita Tsosie, 48, was an award-winning Navajo weaver whose work appeared on a U.S. Postal Service stamp.
She was found dead outside her home April 9. The couple’s divorce became final a day after she was killed, according to court records.
Anita Tsosie had obtained a restraining order against her husband in December, the records show.
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