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Edward Elkington, an 83-year-old white male architect from California, was found dead on February 26, 1978. His body was discovered in a culvert along Interstate 40 near Tucumcari, New Mexico. The cause of death was determined to be suffocation with a pillow. Elkington had been traveling when he was picked up by Billy Dean Battenfield and a teenage boy. The teenager, who was 15 years old at the time, later informed authorities about Battenfield's involvement in Elkington's murder and led them to ...Read More
Victim Details

Edward Elkington

Male

White / Caucasian

Tucumcari

NM

1978-02-26

83

Edward

Elkington

11/06/2025