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Josephine Selvage

Death by Force
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On October 27, 2005, Josephine Selvage, an 81-year-old White/Caucasian female, was tragically killed in her Albuquerque, New Mexico, home. A retired school teacher who was living with Alzheimer's disease, she was confronted by an intruder who had slipped into her house late at night through a back door that had been left slightly ajar. The man, later identified as Clifton Bloomfield, was a former movie extra with an extensive and violent criminal history.

Bloomfield had been walking by wh ...Read More
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  • Police Believe Elderly Woman Was Murdered - Albuquerque - KOAT
  • Man pleads guilty to five murders - Santa Fe New Mexican
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    Victim Details

    Josephine Selvage

    Female

    White / Caucasian

    Albuquerque

    NM

    2005-10-27

    81

    Josephine

    Selvage

    11/07/2025

    Forum Posts (2)
    It's deeply unsettling to learn about how Josephine Selvage's back door being slightly ajar led to s... ...Read More
    08/23/2024
    I can't stop thinking about how Clifton Bloomfield slipped through the cracks for so long. It's terr... ...Read More
    03/07/2023
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