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Alamogordo, NM - On Wednesday, April 28, 2021, New Mexico State Police Investigation Bureau agents, the New Mexico State Police Tactical Team and officers from the Fugitive Apprehension Unit assisted the Anaheim Police Department from California in tracking down a murder suspect in Alamogordo, NM. The male suspect who was identified as William Lepere (64) from Alamogordo, NM was wanted in a cold case murder which occurred in the 1980’s in Anaheim California.
During the investigation, a search warrant was obtained and served by the New Mexico State Police on Lepere’s residence. Lepere was taken into custody and arrested without incident. He was transported to the Otero County Detention Center where he was booked on murder charges. Lepere is currently being held without bond pending extradition back to California. For information on the charges out of California, please reach out to the California Anahei
New Mexico State Police Arrests Man In Cold Case Murder
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ALAMOGORDO – New Mexico State Police (NMSP) Investigation Bureau agents, the NMSP Tactical Team and officers from the Fugitive Apprehension Unit assisted the Anaheim Police Department from California Wednesday, April 28, 2021, in tracking down a murder suspect in Alamogordo.
The male suspect who was identified as William Lepere, 64, from Alamogordo, was wanted in a cold case murder, which occurred in the 1980s in Anaheim, Calif.
During the investigation, a search warrant was obtained and served by the NMSP on Lepere’s residence. Lepere was taken into custody and arrested without incident. He was transported to the Otero County Detention Center where he was booked on murder charges.
An Alamogordo man was arrested for an alleged murder in California more than 40 years ago.
Andre William Lepere, 64 of Alamogordo, was arrested April 28 on charges stemming from the investigation of a 1980 murder in Anaheim, California.
Lepere was arrested by Anaheim Police detectives out of Anaheim, California and the New Mexico State Police Investigation Bureau.
He was arrested for first degree murder for the death of Viola Hagenkord with a special circumstance allegation of rape by the Orange County, California District Attorney s Office, according to the Los Angeles Times.
Lepere allegedly murdered 79-year-old Hagenkord in her home on February 18, 1980 where officials at the time determined the cause of death to be asphyxiation and was arrested as a result of DNA evidence identifying him as the murderer, according to the Los Angeles Times.