Restaurant employee murdered
KOB Albuquerque, NM
Aug. 12, 2008. 09:16 AM EST
AN ALBUQUERQUE WOMAN IS DISTRAUGHT AND IN DISBELIEF TONIGHT. THAT'S BECAUSE HER HUSBAND WAS M... More »
AN ALBUQUERQUE WOMAN IS DISTRAUGHT AND IN DISBELIEF TONIGHT. THAT'S BECAUSE HER HUSBAND WAS MURDERED IN BROAD DAYLIGHT -- RIGHT OUTSIDE THE FAST FOOD RESTAURANT WHERE HE WORKED.. SHELTON DODSON TALKED WITH THE VICTIM'S WIFE. HE'S LIVE WITH OUR TOP STORY... SHELTON: THIS MORNING ART DEWEES WOKE UP BEFORE SUNRISE SO HE COULD OPEN UP THIS SONIC AT CENTRAL AND SAN PEDRO. AROUND 9:30 -- JUST AFTER THE MORNING BREAKFAST RUSH -- DEWEES TOOK OUT THE GARBAGE... THAT'S WHEN SOMEONE ATTACKED AND MURDERED HIM: : 'I can't believe that somebody did this to him. I don't know where I'm going from here.'SURROUNDED BY HER SON AND GRANDSON NANCY DEWEES SEARCHES DESPERATELY FOR ANSWERS AS TO WHY SOMEONE WOULD KILL HER HUSBAND OF 24-YEARS. : 'I didn't get to see him this morning before he came to work, last night was the last time I talked to him. And I keep expecting to see him at my door now... it was a senseless murder.' 52-YEAR-OLD ART DEWEES WORKED AS AN ASSISTANT MANAGER AT THIS SONIC AT CENTRAL AND SAN PEDRO... AN AREA LONG KNOWN FOR ITS CRIME. DEWEES TOLD HIS WIFE THAT EVERYDAY HE WOULD SEE VAGRANTS WALK THROUGH THE BACK ALLEY... BUT THAT HE GOT TO KNOW MOST OF THEM AND SHOWED THEM RESPECT AS WELL. : 'Everybody who hangs out in this alley usually likes him because he was never mean to them. He would even bring aluminum cans from home and give them to them so they could go sell them. That's the kind of person he was.' POLICE HAVE NOT RELEASED AN OFFICIAL CAUSE OF DEATH BUT CO- WORKERS SAY DEWEES WAS STABBED TO DEATH ... HIS BODY FOUND BESIDE A DUMPSTER. SO FAR POLICE HAVE NO SUSPECTS... SO... NANCY DEWEES HAS A PLEA FOR ANYONE WHO KNOWS ANYTHING ABOUT HER HUSBAND'S MURDER. : 'My husband was a good man and he wouldn't hurt anybody and they could be in my place right now. So it anybody has anything out there to offer please, please come forward.' WHETHER THE MOTIVE WAS ROBBERY IS UNKNOWN. NANCY SAYS HER HUSBAND DEFINITELY HAD HIS WALLET WITH HIM TODAY... BUT DETECTIVES ARE NOT SAYING IF THAT WALLET WAS FOUND ON THE VICTIM. REPORTING LIVE FROM CENTRAL AND SAN PEDRO.., SHELTON DODSON, EYEWITNESS NEWS FOUR. RIGHT NOW « Less
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