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M.B. Mack

New Mexico Wife Who Said Missing Husband Was 'Fishing' Now Accused of Killing Him and Dragging Body With Tractor

Deana Thetford, charged with murdering her husband with a tractor

A New Mexico woman who claimed her husband vanished on a fishing trip to Mexico is now accused of murdering him and dragging his body across their property with a tractor.

Craig Thetford, 60, was reported missing in May 2024 after relatives said they hadn't heard from him since January, Law and Crime reported. When Otero County deputies conducted a welfare check at the couple's home, his wife, Deana Thetford, told them he had run off to Mexico with a new girlfriend and taken $1.5 million in cash. Weeks later, that account began to unravel.

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