Montoya admits to double ABQ homicide

ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) - An arrest has been made in the shooting deaths of a man and woman found inside a northeast Albuquerque home Monday and there may be a connection to the University of New Mexico.

Albuquerque police say a man's confession to an attorney led them to a murder scene in new Mexico.

Police have arrested 37-year-old Ralph Montoya and booked him into jail on two counts of murder.

According to an arrest warrant, Montoya walked into an attorney's office Monday and said he killed two people the day before and that he was turning himself in.

The report said Montoya also told the attorney where the bodies were located.

Police went to a home in southeast Albuquerque. Officers looked through a front window of the home and saw two bodies, a 54-year-old man and a 43-year-old woman, on the floor.

A man at the crime scene told News 13 that the home belongs to a UNM professor and we have confirmed it is owned by a man with the same name as a UNM professor, but police are not releasing the identities of the victims at this time.

Police say the victims were in a relationship with each other, and the woman was Montoya's ex-girlfriend.

This isn't the first time Montoya has been in trouble; back in January, he was charged with burglary, kidnapping, aggravated assault and domestic violence. It's not known if those charges involved any of the victims discovered Monday.