Boy, 14, Arrested in Three Deaths at New Mexico Ranch Owned by Journalist

[mom cat]

Boy, 14, Arrested in Three Deaths at New Mexico Ranch Owned by Journalist Sam Donaldson

By Pete Herrera Associated Press Writer
Published: Jul 7, 2004






HONDO, N.M. (AP) - The 14-year-old son of the manager of ABC newsman Sam Donaldson's New Mexico ranch was arrested Wednesday on charges of murdering his father, stepmother and stepsister, authorities said.
Cody Posey was arrested at a friend's home near the Chavez Canyon Ranch around 5 p.m., Lincoln County Sheriff Tom Sullivan said.

The bodies were found at the ranch in south-central New Mexico after Donaldson went to the manager's house on Tuesday and discovered an "obvious crime scene," Sullivan said. Deputies searched the area and found the three bodies in a shallow grave. No other details of the slayings were released.

The dead were identified as Delbert Paul Posey, the teen's father; stepsister Mary Lee Schmid, 14; and stepmother Tryone Posey.

http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGBS8B0BEWD.html

[AspenRose]

1. WOW that was fast

[PartyPooper]

2. I guess this kid was a prime suspect from the beginning.

Such a sad story.

:-(

[burrowowl]

3. Well if you are the

only one around within a 100 sq.mi. or so .... hell you need at least 40 to 100 acres to feed a cow around there, makes you suspect.

[peterh]

4. And when that’s all there is….

I suppose strange things can happen…so sad….

[wyethwire]

5. I wondered

when they found three victims if they were somehow connected.

Three relatives points pretty strongly to the kid