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Albuquerque, NM – On November 12, 2010,
the cooperation between of multiple law enforcement agencies working
together brought alleged killer Patrick Ryon to justice after 30 years. The
United States Marshals Service along with the Bernalillo County Sheriff’s
Office, New Mexico Department of Corrections and Albuquerque Police
Department arrested Patrick Ryon, 50, on a warrant for first degree murder
and sexual assault. Ryon is suspected of killing Alison Marie Mims, 19, back
in December 1980. Ryon was arrested in northeast Albuquerque after
attempting to flee on foot from law enforcement officers.
Victim Alison Nimms, was last seen leaving a wedding reception on December
23, 1980 and reported missing on December 25, 1980. Nimms went missing for 7
years until a part of her remains were discovered in an Arizona desert on
May 28, 1987. Nimms body remained unidentified for almost 30 years. In
February 2010, through a DNA match, Nimms remains were positively identified
and the search for her as a missing person was closed, triggering a search
for her killer. A homicide investigation was opened by Maricopa County
Sheriff’s Office (AZ). Maricopa County Sheriffs developed several leads into
the cold case each time leading back to Patrick Ryon. Sheriffs learned
through investigation and tips that Ryon was in the Albuquerque metro area
and turned to the U. S. Marshal’s South West Investigative Fugitive Team
(SWIFT) task force for assistance. Within 3 days U.S. Marshals Task Force
members were chasing Ryon through a residence in northeast Albuquerque where
he was attempting to escape the arrest. United States Marshal for the
District of New Mexico, Conrad Candelaria, stated “hopefully the family and
loved ones of Ms. Nimms will find closure for her tragic death in the arrest
of alleged killer Patrick Ryon. Ryon attempted to elude law enforcement
officers but this time was not able to escape the grasp of the United States
Marshals Service Fugitive Task Force.”
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