Homicide not suspected, officials said
Local police want the public’s help in locating next of kin or extended family in a case involving a white male found dead about two weeks ago.
Joey Guillen, an investigator with the McKinley County Sheriff’s Office, said a person who was scouting elk in McGaffey on Aug. 11 discovered the body of 62-year-old Antel Takacs.
Guillen said the body was found along with what investigators believe to be Takacs’s car, which bore Arizona plates. The vehicle associated with the incident was a 1997 maroon four-door SUV.
Various papers and an identification card were also found at the scene.
“We are asking for the public’s help in notifying family or next of kin,” Guillen said. “This appears to be a medically related death.”
Guillen said the doors of the vehicle were open, and medical reports were located near the body. Investigators believe the man could have suffered from heart trouble and possibly had a heart attack.
Investigators have pieced together some facts, and believe Takacs lived out of his car. They also believe he was divorced for about three or four years. He was about 5-foot-10 and weighed around 195 pounds.
“There was no foul play associated with this,” Guillen said. Anyone with information about the matter can call the McKinley County Sheriff’s Office at (505) 863-1400.
By Bernie Dotson
Sun Correspondent
