Gallup, N.M., Nov 5, 2009 / 20:46 pm
The FBI has made an arrest in the slaying of a religious sister who was found dead in St. Berard’s Convent in Navajo, New Mexico.
Sr. Marguerite Bartz, 64, worked on a New Mexico Indian reservation. Her body was found on Sunday Nov. 1 by a colleague after she failed to attend Mass that morning in nearby Sawmill.
The FBI told the Associated Press they had arrested one person early Thursday in Navajo.
A Honda CRV last seen in Sister Marguerite’s possession was reported as missing. According to a press release from the Diocese of Gallup, the FBI located the vehicle and said it would be brought to Albuquerque where it will be processed for evidence after a search warrant is secured.