
Luna County Detention Center records show 53-year-old Isaias Lobato-Rodriguez of Mexico was booked on a change of voluntary manslaughter Friday afternoon.
State Police officials said Border Patrol agents notified them of a rollover accident on Highway 9 between mile markers 67 and 68 at about 4:30 p.m. Friday.
Officers investigating the wreck found the body of a woman in the driver’s seat of a 2017 Chrysler Pacifica, who appeared to have been strangled with a belt, and died prior to the crash.
State Police identified the deceased female as Connie Lopez, age 57, of Lake Placid Florida.
Lobato-Rodriguez was arrested at the scene.
The homicide remains under investigation.
No other details have been release.