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FARMINGTON — "Sheriff's deputies continue to investigate the death of a woman whose body was discovered Thursday in the bottom of a ditch filled with icy water.
Foul play is not suspected, Sheriff's Sgt. Cory Tanner said.
How Lynn Moore, 39, entered the ditch near her home on County Road 3063 outside Aztec city limits remains unclear, but the initial investigation suggests Moore died from exposure, Tanner said.
A teenage girl discovered the body after she went to pet the woman's dog, which witnesses believe sat by the ditch for several days.
Moore suffered from health issues and a bad back and hip, Tanner said.
"Given her condition, it would have been difficult to get out of the ditch," Tanner said.
She was lying in 6 to 8 inches of water that had iced over. The dirt walls of the ditch, which was located in front of her house near the mailbox, were 8 to 9 feet high, Tanner said.
The official cause of death is pending autopsy results from the Office of the Medical Examiner in Albuquerque.
Temperatures dropped into the low teens on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday nights, Amanda Abeyta, meteorologist for the National Weather Service in Albuquerque said.
"One of the kids in the neighborhood saw her dog sitting near the ditch for the last few days," Tanner said.
Moore until last month lived with her boyfriend who remains visiting family back east, Tanner said.
The woman's father reported to deputies she had a history of medical problems and
at least a dozen prescription medications were found inside her home.
Moore's death, if confirmed she died from exposure, would be the first such death the Sheriff's Office has investigated this year, Tanner said."
12/4/2010
FARMINGTON — "Sheriff's deputies continue to investigate the death of a woman whose body was discovered Thursday in the bottom of a ditch filled with icy water.
Foul play is not suspected, Sheriff's Sgt. Cory Tanner said.
How Lynn Moore, 39, entered the ditch near her home on County Road 3063 outside Aztec city limits remains unclear, but the initial investigation suggests Moore died from exposure, Tanner said.
A teenage girl discovered the body after she went to pet the woman's dog, which witnesses believe sat by the ditch for several days.
Moore suffered from health issues and a bad back and hip, Tanner said.
"Given her condition, it would have been difficult to get out of the ditch," Tanner said.
She was lying in 6 to 8 inches of water that had iced over. The dirt walls of the ditch, which was located in front of her house near the mailbox, were 8 to 9 feet high, Tanner said.
The official cause of death is pending autopsy results from the Office of the Medical Examiner in Albuquerque.
Temperatures dropped into the low teens on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday nights, Amanda Abeyta, meteorologist for the National Weather Service in Albuquerque said.
"One of the kids in the neighborhood saw her dog sitting near the ditch for the last few days," Tanner said.
Moore until last month lived with her boyfriend who remains visiting family back east, Tanner said.
The woman's father reported to deputies she had a history of medical problems and
at least a dozen prescription medications were found inside her home.
Moore's death, if confirmed she died from exposure, would be the first such death the Sheriff's Office has investigated this year, Tanner said."
12/4/2010