3 Bodies Found on Donaldson Ranch in N.M.
Jul 7, 4:53 PM (ET)
HONDO, N.M. (AP) - Three people were found slain on a New Mexico ranch owned by ABC newsman Sam Donaldson, authorities said Wednesday.
Sheriff Tom Sullivan said Donaldson went to the house of his ranch manager on Tuesday and discovered an "obvious crime scene."
Once sheriff's deputies searched the area, they found the bodies of a male and two females, he said. Their identities were not released.
Sullivan said Donaldson was not a suspect and was cooperating with the investigation.
Donaldson owns three ranches in New Mexico and has extensive ties to the state. He grew up on a cotton farm in New Mexico and graduated from New Mexico Military Institute in Roswell.