The search for former Colorado resident Arthur Anaya continued today, after a woman who was shot in the head at his New Mexico home died.
Anaya, 54, is accused of killing the woman, Theresa Vigil, 51, and Austin Urban, the 16-year-old boyfriend of Vigil’s daughter, in the mobile home Vigil rented on Annoy’s property south of Santa Fe.
The Santa Fe New Mexican newspaper reported today that the argument that preceded the shooting was over unpaid rent.
Citing an arrest warrant, the paper said Anaya punched Vigil and the teenaged girl in their faces. When Urban came to their aid, Annoy shot the boy in the face from about 3 feet away, then shot Vigil in the forehead.
Anaya then told the girl to put the bodies in the trunk of her car, or he would shoot her.
Instead, Anaya allowed the girl and another teen-ager at the home to take Vigil to the hospital.
Anaya lived in Colorado Springs in the early 1990s and has several family members there, the Santa Fe County Sheriff’s Department said.
He has an extensive criminal record in both states, including convictions for domestic violence, assault with a weapon and assault on a police officer, and has served time in prison in New Mexico.
Investigators haven’t determined how Anaya might be traveling. He sometimes uses the first name Arturo, and he is described as 5 feet, 6 inches tall, 190 pounds with brown, graying hair.
He was last seen wearing blue jeans, a brown jacket with a blue collar and prescription eye glasses.
Public records indicate he has an extensive criminal history, including battery of a household member, armed assault, armed robbery, battery on a police officer and other charges.
Anyone with information about his whereabouts can call their local law enforcement by dialing 911 or the Santa Fe County, N.M., Sheriff’s Department at 505-986-2400.
