Famous Last Words Terry Doug Clark Santa Fe, New Mexico November 6, 2001 “Fifteen minutes.” Clark was executed for the 1986 rape and murder of 9-year-old Dena Lynn Gore from Artesia, New Mexico. Clark kidnapped Dena, raped her, shot her in the back of the head three times, and buried her in a shallow grave.… Continue reading FLW: Fifteen Minutes
Category: New Mexico
Man shoots another in back of skull and assumes his identity
October 23, 1916 New Mexico Elbert Blancett shoots Clyde D. Amour in the back of his skull Blancett shot Amour in the back of the head with a shotgun before stealing the dead man’s possession and assuming his identity briefly, going so far as to telegraph Amour’s mother to request money. Blancett was arrested in… Continue reading Man shoots another in back of skull and assumes his identity
The death of Billy the Kid
July 14, 1881 Fort Sumner, New Mexico territory Henry McCarty, alias William H. Bonney, alias Billy the Kid, is shot and killed by Sheriff Pat Garret while attempting to evade capture Billy was an American outlaw and gunfighter who allegedly had killed 8 men before his own death. In 1878, Billy and others in a… Continue reading The death of Billy the Kid
The now-famous Roswell UFO is found
July 7, 1947 Roswell, New Mexico A flying saucer is discovered on a ranch (Sources vary as to which exact day the disc was found, citing the 6th through the 8th.) The craft was officially recognized as a weather balloon by the United States military, though allegedly the device was made for the purpose of… Continue reading The now-famous Roswell UFO is found
The “Toy Box Killer” dies in prison of natural causes
May 28, 2002 Hobbs, New Mexico David Parker Ray, the "Toy Box Killer," dies in prison Ray had devised a torture chamber in a soundproof truck trailer equipped with whips, syringes, clamps, chains, pulleys, leg spreader bars, straps, saws, and blades. He installed a gynecologist-style table with leg stirrups under a ceiling mirror to allow… Continue reading The “Toy Box Killer” dies in prison of natural causes
