One year later, family seeks answers on murder of medicine man
Younger brother of slain Wilson Joe Chiquito, Willie Chiquito, left, and granddaughter Marshie Pablo, hold a photograph of him on Feb. 12 outside of what used to be his home in Day Mesa, which is 8 miles southwest of Counselor, N.M. According to Pablo and the FBI, her grandfather was killed by an unknown person or persons last year. The FBI is offering a $1,000 reward for information related to the murder. (Times photo – Donovan Quintero)
COUNSELOR, N.M.
The late Wilson Joe Chiquito, who was slain outside his home last February, poses with his granddaughters in this undated photo. (Times photo – Donovan Quintero)
One year after 75-year-old Wilson Joe Chiquito was murdered, the FBI is still seeking a suspect.
This past Valentine’s Day marked the first anniversary of the unsolved murder of the medicine man, according to officials from the FBI Albuquerque Division, who contacted local media to help solve the crime.
Members of Chiquito’s family talked to reporters for the Navajo Times and KOB TV Thursday about the homicide that continues to shock the region, amid the oil boom occurring nearby on Bureau of Land Management, state and allotment lands.
“We just want justice for my grandpa,” said a weeping Marshie Pablo, who sat outside her grandfather’s green house with other family members.
It had been a year since Pablo had visited her grandfather’s homestead, the site of the murder scene.
Marshie Pablo, granddaughter of her slain grandfather Wilson Joe Chiquito, becomes emotional while sharing her memories of him on Feb. 12 outside of his home near Counselor, N.M. Pablo, who says her grandfather was murdered last February, remains unsolved. (Times photo – Donovan Quintero)
Chiquito was found dead outside between his cottage-like house and beige 1996 Ford F-150 by a grandson, according to criminal investigators from the FBI and Navajo Nation Division of Public Safety.
While sitting on a chair with other kinfolk on a sunny February Thursday, Pablo recounted how Chiquito would always smile and bring positive energy and healing to his family.
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