Do you know who murdered Lonny Whittle? Lonnie Whittle, 52, a White male, was found dead on the morning of August 9, 2017, near the intersection of Broadway Boulevard and Mountain Road in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Police treated the discovery as a homicide, and subsequent reporting stated he had been fatally stabbed. Officers identified the scene in the 1300 block of Broadway and appealed for help finding people who knew him, hoping personal connections might reveal what led to his killing.
As detectives worked the case, Albuquerque police publicly noted similarities between Whittle’s stabbing and two other killings of men that year—each victim found outdoors and in comparable positions—an unsettling pattern they highlighted while urging tips from the community. In that coverage, authorities characterized the three cases, including Whittle’s, as involving homeless victims, and they declined to elaborate on the precise staging they were seeing at the scenes.
No arrests were announced in the immediate aftermath, and news reports reviewed in the months that followed did not identify a suspect. Community case summaries that compile official notices and media accounts have continued to list Whittle’s homicide without a named perpetrator, reflecting the absence of a publicly disclosed arrest.
