DNA ties suspect to 2012 clinic fire
Statute of limitations prevents charges in the case
August 19, 2020

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Tucumcari Fire Chief Mike Cherry (left, in white shirt) talks to state fire marshal investigator Sammy Anaya after a fire burned Tucumcari Animal Hospital and killed more than 70 animals in May 2012.
TUCUMCARI - A Tucumcari man, presented with DNA evidence, recently confessed to setting a fire in 2012 that killed more than 70 animals at a local veterinarian clinic.
However, the man has not been charged with any crime regarding the fire because...
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