On Easter Sunday, April 16, 2017, 30-year-old Mindy Stuart was found inside a home on Madeira Drive NE in Albuquerque with a single gunshot wound. Police also found her 32-year-old boyfriend, Scott Wade Bachicha, at the scene. Bachicha first told investigators a home invasion had occurred, saying he awoke to Stuart’s scream and the sound of a shot and saw a dark figure leaving the residence.

Neighbors contradicted that account, reporting they heard the gunshot and saw only Bachicha leave the home shortly afterward. Bachicha then changed his statement, saying he had been handling a shotgun that accidentally discharged, striking Stuart; he said he panicked, threw the weapon onto a nearby roof, and asked a neighbor to call police. Detectives arrested Bachicha and charged him; the case was later indicted on counts that included involuntary manslaughter and tampering with evidence after an initial first-degree murder indictment was dismissed and refiled. There had been prior domestic violence allegations involving the couple.

Does anyone have information about the Madeira Drive neighborhood that night or contacts who knew Mindy Stuart and Scott Bachicha?