Officials have identified Jaremy Smith as a suspect in the murder of a New Mexico trooper Justin Hare and of a South Carolina first responder.
Nadine El-Bawab and Matt FosterThe suspect in the murder of a New Mexico State Police officer has been identified as Jaremy Smith of Marion County, South Carolina, and he has been linked to a South Carolina woman who was found dead Friday, according to police.
Phonesia Machado-Fore, a South Carolina first responder, was found dead after she had been reported missing by family on Thursday. The New Mexico suspect was driving her car when the trooper was murdered, according to South Carolina's Marion County Sheriff's Office.. Hare was fatally shot after responding to a call early Friday on Interstate 40, according to Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham.
Machado-Fore's body was found outside of Lake View in Dillon County. An autopsy has been scheduled for Monday. The link was made when New Mexico State Police called South Carolina's Marion County Sheriff's Office on Friday to inform them that Machado-Fore's car was involved in the murder of one of their officers.
Federal, state and local authorities worked together to identify the driver and find Machado-Fore, ultimately finding her body in the course of their investigation.
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