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There were almost twice as many people in the area about 15 years ago; they have cleared out.
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FILE 331 / 29 October 2022 / 68 MIN / express
We're going to Bernardo, New Mexico; it is about 50 minutes south of Albuquerque, and the body was taken to Socorro County. about 0:02:57
There were almost twice as many people in the area about 15 years ago; they have cleared out.
about 0:05:00Bernardo was named in 1902 by John Becker after his friend Bernardo.
about 0:05:06The main point of interest is the Bernardo Wildlife Management Area, which has sandhill cranes.
about 0:05:23It is situated in the Albuquerque basin, and old Route 66 goes through the area.
about 0:05:34There were almost twice as many people in the area about 15 years ago; they have cleared out.
about 0:05:00Bernardo was named in 1902 by John Becker after his friend Bernardo.
about 0:05:06The main point of interest is the Bernardo Wildlife Management Area, which has sandhill cranes.
about 0:05:23It is situated in the Albuquerque basin, and old Route 66 goes through the area.
about 0:05:34"4,750 feet"
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"703 people"
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"12 people per square mile"
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"almost twice as many people 15 years ago"
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"about $37,500 a year"
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"$222,200"
Comparison: "lower than the national average". Direction: below.
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3.8 / 5 · average of 4
“This town is so small it's considered a village. Many of the residents are friendly and willing to help out, if you can find them. Mostly quiet, with the Rio Grande to the west and the Sandia and Manzano mountains to the east, and many trails. The only issue is that it isn't close to a college and is in the middle of nowhere.”about 0:06:04
“A wonderful community for rural living, a beautiful area along the Rio Grande with many farms and ranches, a strong sense of community, and lovely ditches and bike paths, with cranes, egrets, falcons and hawks.”about 0:06:54
“A cute little town, quiet for the most part and nice to be away from the busy city; the only thing is everyone knows everyone.”about 0:08:03
“I haven't been in the market for long, but it seemed about the same as everywhere else.”about 0:08:30
On the night of 22 November 1992, three young people from Albuquerque, New Mexico, drank through the evening and then decided to go out and shoot rabbits in the desert. Before they reached the rabbits they changed plan and decided to pick up a hitchhiker and frighten him.
Near the University of New Mexico, on East Central Avenue, they saw Adam Price, a 17-year-old high school senior at Freedom High School who had drifted away from his classes and was walking home after playing video games at an arcade.
They left Interstate 25 at the Bernardo exit, a lonely pull-off in the wildlife preserve off U.S. 60 in Socorro County, and stopped at the side of the road. Morrison, who had swapped to the 9mm, shot him twice and kept a spent casing as a souvenir. In all he was hit by ten rounds from three weapons. They took his jacket, which he had taken off, and drove away.
His body was found on the morning of 24 November 1992 by game and fish officers off U.S. 60 in Bernardo. He had been shot ten times and had bled to death, with blunt-force injuries to his face and defensive wounds on his forearms and hands. He was identified through a gift certificate in his pocket from his grandparents; 23 November had been his birthday. The case went cold into 1993. The press briefly reported it as a gay bashing, which the investigation did not support; the lead detective said the killers had simply wanted someone to scare.
A tip reached Crime Stoppers on 15 December 1993. The three had made a pact that whoever the evidence fell on would take the blame, but it did not hold.
He had been imprisoned in 1995 for raping his 14-year-old stepsister, which he said he did to be near his brother.
November 22, 1992 / a pull-off at the Bernardo exit off U.S. 60, Bernardo, New Mexico
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