On a summer day, the 27th of July in 1988, a group of individuals on a picnic stumbled upon a grim discovery in a remote area east of North 14, near the Bernalillo County line in New Mexico. Their outing turned to horror with the finding of two decomposed bodies. The authorities were immediately alerted, and an investigation into the identities of the deceased and the circumstances of their deaths began. The victims were later identified as Andrew P.
McCumber, a Hispanic male, and Jesus Ramirez.
Investigators determined that both McCumber and Ramirez were from Texas and had died from multiple gunshot wounds. The motive behind the killings and what brought the two men to the desolate spot where their bodies were found remains a mystery. The remote location suggested a deliberate attempt to conceal the crime, and the state of the bodies indicated that a significant amount of time had passed since their deaths. The connection between McCumber and Ramirez, and their reasons for being in New Mexico, are details that have eluded law enforcement.
The case of Andrew P. McCumber and Jesus Ramirez has since grown cold. The initial investigation did not lead to any suspects, and no arrests have ever been made in connection with their murders. The Bernalillo County Sheriff's Office continues to classify their deaths as an unsolved double homicide. With no new leads, the story of what happened to the two men from Texas in the summer of 1988 remains untold, leaving a quiet, lingering question in the New Mexico landscape.
