Clifton Duane Bloomfield

Serial Killer

Clifton Duane Bloomfield – Serial Killer

Overview

Clifton Duane Bloomfield is an American serial killer whose known murders occurred in Albuquerque, New Mexico, between October 2005 and June 2008. Bloomfield ultimately admitted responsibility for five murders committed during four separate incidents. His victims ranged from a 37-year-old man to an elderly married couple, and the crimes included strangulation, violent home invasions, beatings, robbery, and a fatal shooting carried out during a mistaken-identity attack. Bloomfield had an extensive criminal history long before he was identified as a serial murderer. Raised in Arizona, he repeatedly came into contact with the criminal justice system beginning when he was young and eventually spent years incarcerated for serious crimes. After being released from prison in 2002, he moved into the Albuquerque area and worked at various jobs, including roofing. For a period he also found work as a film extra. By the time investigators understood the full extent of his crimes, Bloomfield had been moving between ordinary employment, criminal activity, incarceration, and murder for several years.

The Murder of Carlos Esquibel

Bloomfield's first confirmed murder occurred on October 24, 2005. The victim was 37-year-old Carlos Esquibel of Albuquerque. According to Bloomfield's later account of the crime, the two men encountered each other after Bloomfield had been at a restaurant in Albuquerque and eventually went to Esquibel's apartment on Walter Street SE. Once inside the apartment, Bloomfield attacked Esquibel in the bedroom. He strangled him using Esquibel's own shirt. After killing him, Bloomfield searched the apartment for property that he could steal before leaving the scene. Esquibel's body was subsequently discovered at the apartment. The killing initially appeared to police to be an isolated homicide. Investigators did not yet know that another strangulation murder would occur only three days later or that the same man was responsible for both deaths. ...

Confirmed Victims: (5)

Carlos Esquibel Age: (37), Date of Death: 2005-10-24

AG Balderas Keeps Serial Murderer Clifton Bloomfield in Prison