3 Kids Were Home When Mom Sarah Beasley & BF John Salazar Were Murdered

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Someone spray-painted the warning, "My Drugs R Not Free," on two sides of the victims' home.

Feb 14 2012
2 Slain In Monte Vista
Police Look For 'Person Of Interest' Wearing Ski Mask

MONTE VISTA, Colo. -- Two people were slain in Monte Vista early Monday and police are looking for a "person of interest" seen leaving the area in a ski mask.
Police said the body of John Raymond Salazar, 54, was found outside his house. The body of Sarah Janay Beasley, 29, was found inside the residence at 530 Lyell St.
Both victims were dead, but police wouldn't say if the two had been shot. Autopsies were scheduled for Tuesday in Colorado Springs
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Police said witnesses reported a "person of interest" was seen leaving the area of the shooting. The person is described as being 5 feet 7 inches tall, being overweight, wearing a black ski mask, and dressed in black.
The Pueblo Chieftain reported that two spray-painted warnings could be seen on the home. Both said "My drugs R not free."

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Feb 17 2012

MONTE VISTA, Colo -- Three young children were in a Monte Vista home when their mother and her boyfriend were killed by a masked attacker, police said.
The predawn Monday slaying of Sarah Janay Beasley, 29, and John Raymond Salazar, 54, has stunned residents in this town of 4,500 in southern Colorado.
"We haven’t had a murder here in years and to have two in one day, I think everybody's on edge," Monte Vista Police Chief Chief Rick Needham told 7NEWS Thursday. "I mean it's a small town. People know these people. Of course, they're going to be really nervous."
Neighbors reported hearing gunshots about 4:18 a.m. at the couple's home at 530 Lyell St., Needham said.
Responding officers found Salazar's body in the driveway and Beasley's body in the home, Needham said.
Beasley's three sons, ages 2, 4 and 8, ran to a neighbor's house for help, Needham said.
Police are trying to identify a person seen leaving the area, wearing a black ski mask, black jacket, black pants and gloves. The person was about 5 feet, 7 inches tall and overweight. The gender of the individual was not known.
Someone using red spray-paint left two warnings on both sides of the house: "My drugs R not free."
Needham said it's unclear if the killings involved retaliation over drugs or if the killer was trying to throw police off. It's also possible that the attacker mistakenly chose the wrong home, he said.
While it's believed the couple was shot to death, Needham said the cause of death would have to come from Rio Grande County Coroner Rusty Strohmayer. Strohmayer, citing the ongoing investigation, said he would not disclose the cause of death until the autopsy report was completed in about six weeks.
Colorado Bureau of Investigation crime-scene investigators assisted police with processing the scene, which took two days, Needham said.
Sylvia J. Lobato, editor of the Monte Vista Journal, said the couple was well-liked and respected in town.
Friends have created a makeshift memorial outside the family's home.
Salazar was a popular custodian at Bill Metz Elementary School.
"He was loved by the faculty, liked by the kids. A guy that would give the shirt off his back to anybody and shovel snow for old ladies," Lobato said.
Beasley was studying to be a school counselor at Trinidad State Junior College in Alamosa.
"These people do not sound like people who would be involved in drugs," Lobato said.
Beasley's sons have been placed in the care of the Rio Grande County Department of Social Services, Needham said.
"I think Monte Vista is a safe place to live and work and play. It's a tragedy that didn't need to happen," the police chief said.
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"These people do not sound like people who would be involved in drugs,"

Everyday kind of folk do recreational drugs---not personally speaking, but some do, nothing surprising about that, and not likely this would have gone down over MJ but what do I now, not much, really. Don't know if they were into some heavy illicit drugs but it might not have been anything like that at all.
What if it was a case of mistaken identity? could and does happen.

Those children 2, 4 and 8 what a horror for them to witness. I'm happy to read they weren't injured or killed but now one less mama, it's terribly sad. IF the mother knowingly and willingly brought this threat to her home, shame on her. shame.