Play Live Radio
Next Up:
0:00
0:00
0:00 0:00
Available On Air Stations

Man pleads guilty in killing of man who went to aid woman

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A Navajo Nation man has pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter in the killing of another Navajo man who was stabbed during a fight when he went to the aid of a woman who was his friend and the other man's girlfriend. The U.S. Attorney's Office says 23-year-old Nochise Martinez will be sentenced to four years in prison after pleading guilty Monday in federal court in Albuquerque. An FBI agent's affidavit says the victim was stabbed multiple times when he went to the home of Martinez's girlfriend after she texted him to ask for help because Martinez was breaking windows of her home and car. The victim was killed Dec. 31 in the area of Ramah, New Mexico. Court records only refer to the victim as "John Doe."