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No Bond For Las Cruces Man Accused Of Killing Mother With Sword

Joshua Hunt

  Las Cruces—Joshua Hunt has been indicted for 1st degree Murder and Tampering with Evidence. District Court Judge Marci Beyer issued a “No Bond” set for the fatal slashes Hunt is accused of inflicting on his mother with a sword while she slept on July 18, 2014.

Hunt woke his wife on the morning of July 18th saying he had killed his mother.

Lisa Cano

  Hunt along with his wife and children had lived with his mother, Lisa Cano, for two years at the time of the murder.

This marks at least 3 violent crimes in the last 2 months (since June 1, 2014) that have received either $1,000,000 or No Bond by local District Court Judges.