On the evening of May 25, 2019, in the 100 block of Glade Drive in Ruidoso Downs, New Mexico, 40-year-old Christopher Williams was shot multiple times and found dead in the cab of his own truck after police responded to multiple 911 calls. Williams had left his mother and stepfather’s home earlier to give a ride to 21-year-old Travis Nolan to a gas station; investigators say Nolan shot Williams three times with a 12-gauge shotgun while Williams was in the truck, then removed the victim and fled in the vehicle toward Arizona.

The truck was later found burned in Tucson on May 27, 2019, and damage prevented positive identification until December 2022. Nolan was arrested in Ruidoso on June 4, 2019, and charged with murder. His trial began March 6, 2023, in Carrizozo; prosecutors called 28 witnesses and Nolan admitted on the stand to killing Williams, burning the truck, and disposing of the shotgun. On March 10, 2023, a Lincoln County jury convicted Nolan of First Degree Murder, Armed Robbery, and Tampering with Evidence.

Did anyone in Ruidoso Downs know Williams or see him the night of May 25, 2019?