By Roger Lanse

Friday, June 30, 2023, New Mexico State Police officers arrested Joseph William Costello, 29, believed to be involved in the murder of Stephen Timmons on June 26, at Dragonfly Trail near the Fort Bayard National Cemetery. Costello, according to court records and Grant County Detention Center personnel, was arrested for being a felon in possession of a firearm, a third-degree felony, and on an active bench warrant for violating conditions of his release by a Deming court for an earlier charge of criminal trespass. He was booked into the GCDC that day, June 30.

Costello is being held on a no bond hold. A pre-trial detention hearing is scheduled for July 11, 2023, at 1:30 p.m. in Silver City District Court.