My mom has lived in Santa Fe for over 20 years, having also moved there after college and working at the capitol with a significant interlude in Phoenix.
He apparently lived off Hyde Park on the way up to the ski area. This is truly baffling, given carbon monoxide being ruled out. But we at least now get a Feb. 17 date of death.
There were many animals. Only the one locked in a kennel died because the bodies were found many days later. So, her death is the pertinent mystery.