BERNALILLO COUNTY, N.M. (KRQE) – Bernalillo County District Court is shelling out hundreds of thousands of dollars after a man they were supposed to be monitoring with a GPS tracker murdered someone.

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The settlement ends a civil lawsuit that accused the district court, county commissioners, and the Metropolitan Detention Center of negligence in the 2021 death of 22-year-old Devon Heyborne.

Heyborne was shot and killed by Devin Munford, who was wearing an ankle monitor at the time while

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