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Tragedies mar 2009 Rio Rancho summer
A six week period in Rio Rancho during spring and early summer 2009 saw five deaths among residents. Corbin Hayes, 13, disappeared May 28 in the Rio Grande and was found five days later. Delma Petrullo, 60, longtime city councilor, died of esophageal cancer after hospice care. Jesse Long, 18, died in a rollover near Northern Meadows after a late night party, with speeding and alcohol noted. Jarrod Truesdale, 26, struck by lightning during Independence Day events. Sgt. Joe Harris, 46, deputy killed in a La Cueva cabin shootout amid a burglary case. Burgess, the suspect, also died. Memorials and school naming followed.
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Rio Rancho
Corbin Hayes
Mountain View Middle School
Rio Grande
US 550
Central Ave
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Cochiti Dam
Albuquerque
Bernalillo County
Isleta
Sandia Parola
Los Ranchos
Richard Doty
Bosque
Hayes
Alameda Bridge
Delma Petrullo
Tom Swisstack
Delma
New Mexico State University
Jesse Long
Northen Meadows
Long
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West Rio Rancho
Rip McCool
Loma Colorado Park
Jarrod Truesdale
Rio Rancho High School
Truesdale
Sandoval
Joe Harris
la Cueva
Harris
Joseph Henry Burgess
Burgess
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Theresa Moriarty
Santa Ana Star Center
Rio Rancho Public Schools Board of Education
Kasey