Luis Talamantes-Romero found guilty of Jacqueline Vigil's murder

April 26, 2023
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A jury found Luis Talamantes-Romero guilty Wednesday of all charges he faced for Jacqueline Vigil’s November 2019 murder.

An officer placed Talamantes-Romero in handcuffs as Judge Britt Baca-Miller read the jury’s verdict. The jury found him guilty of first-degree murder and two counts of aggravated burglary with a deadly weapon.

The jury also found him guilty of attempted armed robbery, tampering with evidence, larceny and conspiracy to tamper with evidence and commit aggravated burglary.

Talamantes-Romero faced these charges for killing Vigil in her own driveway in 2019. Vigil was the mother of two New Mexico State Police officers.

Feliz Romero was in the courtroom for the verdict and is working to gather more on this story. Stay tuned to KOB.com and KOB 4 Eyewitness News for updates.

Source: KOB 4