CNM and NMSP collaborate on class tackling cold cases
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Local college students are about to help police crack cold cases in our state. It's part of a new course teaming Central New Mexico Community College students with New Mexico State Police. In July 1989, the body of Janis Pulliam was discovered in Elephant Butte Lake. Her car was found abandoned at []

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