Cold Cases – Farmington Police Department

PRESS RELEASE: Farmington police seeking public’s assistance in 1988 cold case homicide

by fpdpioCold Cases, Press Releases January 24, 2019No Comments

Farmington, NM – The Farmington Police Department is seeking information on the death of Feliciano Mendoza. On May 10, 1988, officers were called to the area of Broadway Avenue and West Main Street on a report of a downed subject. When officers arrived, they discovered Feliciano Mendoza suffering from head trauma. He was pronounced deceased …

PRESS RELEASE: Farmington police seeking public’s assistance in cold case homicide

by fpdpioCold Cases, Press Releases September 26, 2018No Comments

Farmington, NM – The Farmington Police Department is seeking the public’s assistance in the homicide investigation of Carla Helmer. Carla was found deceased on Wednesday, October 28, 1992 inside her residence. That day, Carla’s supervisor drove to her home to check on her because she hadn’t been to work in three days, nor had she …

PRESS RELEASE: Farmington police revisit cold case homicide, asking for public’s assistance

by fpdpioCold Cases, Homicide, Press Releases April 20, 2018No Comments

Farmington, NM – Detectives with the Farmington Police Department are seeking information about a cold case homicide that took place nearly eight and a half years ago. On October 21, 2009 around 12:54 p.m., officers were dispatched to the area west of the Auburn Trailer Park located at 951 N. Auburn, in reference to a …

PRESS RELEASE: COLD CASE, Missing Person

by fpdpioCold Cases, Missing Person, Press Releases December 19, 2017No Comments

Seeking information on the disappearance of 83-year-old Lynn Goldin Farmington, NM – Detectives with the Farmington Police Department are reaching out to the community for assistance in locating missing person, Lynn R. Goldin. In August of 2016, Lynn, 83, left his home in Vancouver, Wash. bound for Hogback, N.M. in search of treasure. He hasn’t …

PRESS RELEASE: Farmington police receive tip on twenty-four-year-old case

by fpdpioCold Cases May 21, 2015No Comments

Bringing attention to the department’s unsolved homicide cases has generated a new lead Farmington, NM – Farmington Police Department received a new tip regarding an unsolved homicide within a few days of highlighting the case. The tip was in regards to the Patsy Taylor case. Taylor was jogging in the early morning hours on July …

PRESS RELEASE: Farmington Police Department devoting resources to cold cases

by fpdpioCold Cases, Press Releases March 3, 2015No Comments

Farmington, NM – The Farmington Police Department has created a special detective position with the focus of investigating cold cases. Cold cases refer to those that have not yet been solved and are not the subject of a recent criminal investigation. The department currently has 12 cold case homicides that will be the focus of …