ARRESTS IN DIXON CASE
Suspects taken into custody during traffic stop; few details released
State Police capture two suspects Friday evening in connection to a triple homicide that rocked the small New Mexico town.
State Police captured two suspects Friday evening in connection to a triple homicide that rocked the small New Mexico town of Dixon earlier this week.
New Mexico State Police officer Ray Wilson said John Powell, 34, and Roger Gage, 33, were taken into custody in El Prado in the slaying of three people found dead Wednesday night inside a home in Dixon, a small community between Taos and Española along N.M. 68.
“New Mexico State Police agents spotted the suspect vehicle in El Prado, N.M.,” he said. “State Police officers conducted a traffic stop on the vehicle and both suspects were taken into custody without incident.”
Both men are charged with three counts of first-degree murder and a count each of conspiracy and aggravated burglary.
State Police discovered the bodies at a home outside Dixon along N.M. 580 around 8 p.m., after someone stopped by the home and saw the bodies through the window.
Wilson said the names of the victims will not be released until they have been positively identified by the medical examiner. Police have still not said how the three people died.
A Journal reporter tentatively identified one victim as Kierin Guillemin through interviews with associates and an ex-girlfriend in Dixon.
“New Mexico State Police agents continue to diligently investigate this case,” Wilson said.