MEDIA RELEASE
CLOVIS POLICE DEPARTMENT
CLOVIS NEW MEXICO
Released through the Office of Roy Rice, Chief of Police,
Clovis Police Department
By Steven Wright, Lieutenant, Clovis Police Department, (575) 763-9469
Release Date: 05/03/24
Incident Type: Double Homicide – Child Abduction, Ned Houk Park, Clovis, New Mexico
Contact Person: Steven Wright, Lieutenant, Public Information Officer, 575-763-9469
Clovis, NM – May 3, 2024 – On May 3, 2024, at approximately 4:26 PM, the Clovis Police Department Dispatch Center received a 911 call from a person who believed they found two dead females at Ned Houk Park. Ned Houk Park is a city park located 5 miles north of Clovis. Officers arrived on scene and found two female victims, with apparent gunshot wounds, laying on the ground near a silver Dodge minivan. A young female child was also found on the ground suffering from an injury to her head. Officers began giving life-saving measures to the child. Clovis EMS arrived on scene and transported the child to Plains Regional Medical Center. The child was later transferred to a Lubbock, TX area hospital.
The female victims were identified as Samantha Cisneros, age 23, and Taryn Allen, age 23. Both females were from Texico, NM.
Officers on scene discovered there was an infant car seat, an infant stroller and a small baby bottle left at the scene. Officers were concerned there was an infant child with the female victims when this incident happened. Officers immediately began searching the area for the infant.
The 9th Judicial Major Crime Unit was activated and took over the investigation. Through interviews with family members, investigators learned Samantha Cisneros was the mother to the young female child found at the scene and was also the mother to a 10-month-old child, EMT. Investigators believe EMT has been abducted by the perpetrator of this crime and is in immediate danger. An Amber Alert was issued for EMT.
This investigation is ongoing. If anyone has pertinent information on these victims or were at Ned Houk Park on this date, we ask you to contact the Clovis Police Department at 575-769-1921. The Clovis Police Department also would like to remind you that information can be provided anonymously by using the Clovis Police Department’s tip411 program, accessed by going to
www.police.cityofclovis.org.
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