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Friday, June 26, 2026

Investigators in Doa Ana County used traffic cameras, GPS and old fashioned detective work to track down the vehicle and driver witnesses photographed leaving the scene of a deadly midday hit-and-run earlier this week. The investigation led them to the door of Kimberly Skaggs, 54, a high-profile New Mexico Republican Party official who was already known to police for her involvement in dangerous street racing and speeding in luxury cars. According to court records, at 2:46 p.m. on Monday June 22, deputies police responded to calls of a bicyclist who had been struck by a black Cadillac Escalade on Fairacres Road. The bicyclist later died on scene. Witnesses observed the driver of the Cadillac walking around then entering their vehicle and driving away, leaving the bicyclist on scene. A witness's photograph of the fleeing vehicle captured a partial license plate which police were able to use to track the vehicle through traffic and security cameras.

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GPS data from the vehicle led investigators to find it parked at a residence owned by Skaggs. They found fresh damage and blood splatter on the vehicle. Skaggs was arrested Wednesday and held without bail on charges of leaving the scene of an accident involving death and tampering with evidence.

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Skaggs, the state GOP's treasurer, lost her bid for a seat in the state house two years ago - a race in which "she campaigned on a tough-on-crime agenda."

Love them MAGAt values.

#1 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2026-06-26 05:04 AM | Reply

"Witnesses observed the driver of the Cadillac walking around then entering their vehicle and driving away, leaving the bicyclist on scene."

F***ing b*tch.

#2 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-06-26 05:18 AM | Reply

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