The Beat has just learned that the Western New Mexico Museum theft has been solved. 

The artifacts were recovered in good shape and the suspect  will be charged. 

The artifacts are in held in evidence, and they are still part of the investigation. 

The case was completely under the jurisdiction of the  WNMU Police Department.

[Editor's Note:The  Beat posted the following articles on the day after the theft and the day after that.. But then WNMU requested we remove them.So I did, but these are the articles soon after the theft was discovered. And they are NOWr e-published and readable. These are dated Nov. 2 and the second  article Nov. 3. I just wanted readers to know we were on top of it, but the person who sent the first one evidently was not authorized to?????]

https://www.grantcountybeat.com/home/news-articles/artifacts-stolen-at-wnmu-museum 

https://www.grantcountybeat.com/home/news-articles/wnmu-museum-broken-into-pots-taken