Discusses the unsolved murder of eighteen-year-old Ovida "Cricket" Coogler in Las Cruces, New Mexico, and how the event launched a series of court inquiries that would reshape the landscape of New Mexico politics, exposing corruption and generating rumors for years.
Content Note
Cricket's locale -- Cricket -- Sheriff Alfonso Luchini "Happy" Apodaca -- Cricket's last hours -- The body is found, shoeless -- The body handlers -- The Doña Ana County Grand Jury -- Politics and payoffs -- Happy Apodaca's troubles compound -- Jerry Nuzum -- Dan Sedillo -- Wesley Byrd and the torture trial -- Interesting persons -- What happened to people after the case.