Updated: 4:38 AM CDT March 16, 2021
CARLSBAD, N.M. Carlsbad Police made an arrest in a homicide case on March 14.
The incident occurred in the 500 block of S. Mesa St. where officers found a 48-year old male who had sustained a gunshot wound.
The victim was taken to Carlsbad Medical Center where he was pronounced dead soon after.
The Carlsbad Police Department teamed up with the Eddy s County Sheriff s Office to identify Anthony Olivas as the suspect.
An arrest was made at 4:05 p.m. and Olivas was taken to the custody. Olivas is charged with an open count of murder and kidnapping.
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New Mexico State Police said Gyillcinda Holyan and her two young daughters were found safe, after Carlsbad Police Department suspected they had been kidnapped on Friday.
An Amber Alert issued at 3:05 p.m. was cancelled by State Police around 4 p.m. the same day, after Holyan, 3-year-old Isabelle Salas and a 2-year-old Anaya Holyan were found safe.
Carlsbad Police said Holyan placed a call to Carlsbad Police in which she advised she was in Carlsbad and in need of help.
Carlsbad Police said a ping of her phone revealed it was in the 800 block of Presidio Street.
Further investigation led law enforcement to Holyan s family who advised police that she and her two children might have been forcefully taken by a man named Caesar Salas.