consider getting some help
24/7 you
know I
appreciate are you going to come back
and check we can when when an
82-year-old woman was left alone with
her alleged soon to be Killer by
officers as she continued to beg them to
stay the horrific circumstances in which
they find her later only accentuated
their lack of attention to her desperate
cries man do you feel safe would you do
me a favor and help get me out of this
[ __ ] get out of here go away as
officers in Rio Rancho investigated the
heroine crime a stark question emerged
could they have saved her you CA this
it's your fault on the morning of April
5th
2023 emergency services in Rio Rancho
New Mexico received an alarming 911 call
from Henry cardana about a hospice
patient under his care can you tell me
exactly what's happened yeah she's a
hospital uh hospice patient and she's
getting uncontrollable trying to cry all
the bed and I can't control her anymore
she for her own safety get the hell out
of here and she breathing yes she's
breathing she
beiger I understand that and I I
recognize her it's extremely frustrating
I get it I'm sending help to you now I
need to ask you some questions for
responders okay do she have Henry does
she have any medic conditions anything
we need to know about she got a whole
bunch of medical conditions get her the
hell out of here okay sir does she need
an ambulance are just policed she needs
to get out of here I don't care how the
call is troubling and Henry's
frustrations are obvious however it's
only when he hands the phone over to the
woman in his care that the call takes a
Sinister turn well he's trying to throw
me out but I'm in hos I'm bed fast okay
are you hurt at all no not really okay
you're you're not hurt hun well I
wouldn't want to say do you feel like
you're in danger
ma'am yeah do you know if there's any
weapons there in the home yeah what type
are there guns there mhm okay are they
with you or with him I would want to say
okay the woman is clearly trying to
communicate with the 911 operator
without tipping Henry off to what
exactly she's saying she does however
offer one one clear detail he's been
drinking this morning oh hot
unfortunately something happens to the
connection and she realizes there's no
longer anyone listening on the other end
of the line ma'am
ma'am despite the inconclusive end to
the 911 call two Rio Rancho police
officers accompanied EMS to the home of
86-year-old Henry cardana and
82-year-old junan fanel that morning but
neither of the officers could have
imagined how a visit with this elderly
couple would lead to the most horrific
incident later that day you got the work
saying she doesn't
feel we have a my partner's on the phone
with her that's social work right now
we're going try toig something out okay
the deal you guys all right yeah should
be good okay so her social workers be
here I'm not too sure about that so my
partner is on the phone with her social
worker so we can try to figure something
out wonderful I Echo what the fire said
um I understand it's you are taking on
you have undertaken a huge
responsibility and a huge burden and
this is my first time out here so I I
don't know any of the backstory we've
had everybody out here I I am going to
Echo what fire is saying is that maybe
you have reached your your threshold
I've reached kind of mine you want to
talk to a couple of friends and find out
how far I've gone with her they can't or
believe it no I I I don't need to I
believe that you please sit down you
make me more
comfortable I believe that
she but I think at this point I think
like I said I'm going to Echo the fire I
think you may have to reach out to more
advanced care cuz when when it all when
it also all comes down to it you have to
take care of your own
health because if you're not healthy how
are you going to take care of her told
that before much of this encounter will
undoubtedly be viewed through the lens
of what happened later that day but even
without that context Henry's exhaustion
is clear to see this couple is suffering
with only minimal assistance and the
officer tries to get them to see that
the situation is not sustainable and
again if she does if she does have
another fall I I think I saw was it last
week she had a fall yeah if she has
another fall are you strong enough and
able bodied enough to pick her up can't
straighten her out in bed she need
straighten out a bed I don't have the
straighten to straighten out in bed you
don't have any family in town
I are they here in RI Rano or in
Albuquerque
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Rano haven't seen him in two years since
since Co started we been shut up I mean
we're alone here with that disturbing
Peak into Henry's perspective the other
officer comes in and reports that a
social worker is looking for a long-term
facility where junan can receive more
attentive
care however she doesn't seem interested
in that solution so she
said okay well okay that's just what she
told me I'm just relaying the message so
she said that she would talk to you and
and uh she said that you need to calm
down when you talk to her I guess cuz I
know you're frustrated I know I haven't
SLI in four days which
oh so that's what she said so she said
said that she would contact you or you
can call her and uh she'll talk to you
about the plan wonderful all right
everybody wants to talk about something
but nobody does anything so Erica said
you can give her a call whenever uh I
called her ear yeah she said yeah she
she said you called her about 7:00 or so
well whatever the time it was yeah been
up since
3 don't know what you you guys could do
yeah well we we're you want to sit here
and make sure I don't kill her F no no
you're fine
just that the officers treat this Veiled
Threat as a bad joke but junan isn't
laughing and you you just don't want to
go anywhere else huh no and this is my
home too that's that's understandable
but um you also have to take have a
little patience with your husband is
this your hus not my husb partner your
part partner okay I'm sorry um you have
to have some patience with him he's
doing the best he can and you can also
understand the frustration he's having
that he's trying CU he's he's also
Limited in what he can do for you as
well so it's frustrating for him so I'm
sure he wants to help but there's only
so much that he can do you understand
what I'm saying understand that and I
I'm sure you both get frustrated when it
you know and well I get very tempers get
a little bit he starts screaming at me
at 6:00 in the
morning 3:00 so why is it that you don't
want to go somewhere else where you can
get uh bet like 24-hour assistance she's
been in various nursing homes oh I see
and if she has to wait more than 5
minutes or something she goes ballistic
oh same thing here I can't jump like a
little boy I'm
on that's not very nice I get to the
point I can't take so so you both have
to be patient man you got to be patient
with him patient understand I know
you're frustrated in America mentioned
that you have firearms you're you're a
firearm Firearms guy huh oh yeah nice
I'll tell you where where they are
they're loaded they're ready to go you
want to see them no we're good with that
we don't need to see them I see there's
one probably right there in that case
and I see one over there that's oh okay
what kind of firearms do you have were
you a hunter I'm not going to tell you
were you a hunter I'm not going to tell
you no oh I am I'm a Defender oh there
you go I'm
both I like I like folks that have guns
okay I have yeah that's why I'm just
conversation is all and after 8:00 at
night when I answer the door I have a
gun in my hand there you go we got to
protect yourselves when it's dark yeah
for sure sounds good as the conversation
continues Henry's darker side emerges
for at least a brief moment perhaps even
more disturbing however is how desperate
junan is to keep police from leaving all
righty we're going to get out of here um
Eric said you can give her a call
whenever you get a
chance I
apprciate here day yeah and that's why
you stay we can't ma'am yeah we can't
yeah he let them babies sit you give me
a day off okay doesn't work that way
yeah and that's why I'm saying you might
consider getting the assistance from ER
cuz Erica is willing to get you
somewhere I don't want to go somewhere I
know I I I get it but you know you can't
get this is my home I know my things my
paintings my things are here I get it
and he's in charge of he's my POA and
supposed to be taking care of me yeah
but but he's limited he can't he can't
do a lot of things that other people can
do understand that and I don't ask
anything unreasonable of you okay are
you all going to be okay F all right
everybody call kill oh don't you didn't
hear that right did you say I said
you're fine until I kill
you all right he's threatened to do
that no won Happ no yes he has the
police in this instance missed an
opportunity to separate Henry and junan
and speak to them individually about
these threats a few questions might have
told them whether these were words of
warning or merely dark banter between
two bickering and frustrated
Partners so far Henry and junan have
been asking for help in their individual
ways something that becomes rather
evident in the concluding moments of the
visit all righty folks we're going to
get out of here okay okay F you have any
questions while we're still here you
have any questions about are you a man's
man do you feel safe are you a man's man
or a woman's men I'm not sure what that
means are you going to listen to Macho
Macho you Macho I listen to everybody
hey they're like this they're Macho okay
we going to take care of you that's what
they're here
for the police assure her that they are
there to listen to both sides but this
seems to be exactly what junan has
doubts about will they take an old
woman's fear seriously or have they
already decided that Henry the
self-described defender is their kind of
guy all righty folks we're going to get
out of here okay if you do need us give
us a call all right all right sir you
bet it's Henry right right okay oh you
can't my hand I can I sure can hey doggy
your doggy's blocking the way over here
he's he's taking care of you and if you
ever want to drop in unexpected take
feel free and and consider consider
getting some help
24/7 you know I know this is your home
but it's something to
consider there comes a time when and you
know we all need help that's all can I
have a
card sure are you going to come back at
Jack we can if you need us yes when if
you driving by one stoping
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please check on whatever you and on you
oh okay okay never thought about that
but just as the officers begin to leave
junan comes up with a list of tasks for
the officers to help with would you do
me a favor and help get me out of this
ditch get you out of where I'm sinking
down into the the bed the bed's not
going anywhere it's going under the the
take a look I think it's okay no it's
fine everything looks good there she
thinks the bed is s I want to be put up
is that's the car the first name is
Officer rodella that's my my friend
right here and the second name is
officer that's me okay okay would you
please put my bed up how do you want I
don't want to you want to bit up or do
you want it down a little bit so good
top right that one right there that's
the other
one top left this one no other way to go
through She Wants It Up
Down Henry seems to regard this as an
opportunity for the police to see what
he deals with on a daily basis
and perhaps that is exactly what we're
witnessing on the other hand one must
wonder if junan is actually looking for
ways to stall and thus prevent the
officers from leaving you want to be up
a little
bit that
good I have to have you'll help me
with what's that oh this
thing there
what Happ your
phone and he agreed in front of you to
always leave the phone where I can reach
it Henry huh did you agree to that what
so always leave the phone where I can
reach it you bet just in case not that
you can do anything with it but it's
there okay after obtaining this
agreement and getting the bed adjusted
to her liking junan asked the officers
to help straighten out the pad beneath
her how's that it's okay except right
here on
top right I mean just
on I'm sorry it's okay that's all right
let's see it looks like it's straight
now look we're okay there must be
something under
there yeah everything's
fine oh you got it there you got it
there we go how's that
good on this side see they're ready to
go they got other things to do excuse me
just pull it on this side a little bit
and you'll be fine I'll grab it I'll
grab it quick what is it the uh I think
it's okay day
yeah I think we're good thank you you're
welcome Henry we'll see you good luck
good
luck I need that bye-bye now you take
care now all right thanks you and give
Erica said you give her a call whenever
whenever you're calm she said so you
look fine to that's not going to be calm
you and just don't talk too loud I know
you have a loud voice anyway just talk
to that way she doesn't get home get me
a coat from the
refrigerator still not done please
please get out of here go
away the officers don't stick around to
make sure junan gets her soda but that's
unlikely to be among their biggest
regrets from this visit a few hours
later in the afternoon of that fateful
day on April 5th
20123 police and Rio Rancho New Mexico
rushed to the scene after a 911 caller
reports something very concerning about
their elderly neighbor summer winds in
Western Hills wind H here fast all right
what's going on there there's somebody
that's really they're scaming hollering
somebody got I don't really know just
get somebody over here police arrive to
find Henry cardana in an inconsolable
and nearly incoherent State lying
helpless and bloody just inside his
doorway who else is in there who else is
inside the
house
okay's go ahead and start EMS
you anything on you any guns what are
you
sure the police department's footage is
somewhat redacted but junan who was
lying on the bed in the living room
earlier that morning is now dead with
Henry on the floor in a dreadful State
the cops work quickly to find out if
there are any suspects or victims in the
deeper recesses of the home attention
inside the residence here R your Police
Department step out your hands open
empty
moving in the
closet clear as the police inside secure
the Residence One Cop steps out to talk
with the witnesses is in the driveway
what happened do you guys were you guys
here when this happened oh no I had
called Henry and I noticed that he was
crying when I called him that was just
minutes ago that we were coming over do
Henry the one laying on the ground yes
okay did you guys see what happened no
no you guys came here after the fact
after the neighbors were here before one
officer rushes next door to talk to the
first two people on the scene that day
the neighbors who called 911 they off
for chilling new information what
happened I don't have any idea he was
holler come on in sure he was hollering
and screaming the old man over there yes
yeah and my wife went was the outside
holler screaming yep out the porch no he
was sitting in the doorway in the
doorway and he he was calling for help I
went out cuz I heard this funny noise I
thought didn't realize it was a person
so I got outside and he kept saying help
help so I went over and I said Henry
what's the matter call 91 he says call
911 all right is it a male or female
that is screaming in
holl oh two is a male and a female out
there okay he's saying they killed her
get somebody here he said he killed her
that's what he said but he was
hysterical I couldn't couldn't get him
to calm down after that he was just ring
on the floor just the neighbors clarify
that they're only reporting what Henry
told them but given Henry's emotional
distress and the chaos of the scene
police can take nothing at face value
he's had a lot of trouble with
her so statement that came out of his
mouth was I killed her okay yes but
I I don't know heans he probably you
know that would have happened if he
would have picked her up and drop her I
mean he you don't really know did you
did you happen to see her or anything I
went over to the bed to look at her and
she was obviously unresponsive I yeah I
mean she I did didn't even try to talk
to her or anything I just went over and
looked at the bed saw that she was
covered in blood okay and her eyes were
closed and she didn't look like she the
officer has to get back to the crime
scene but before he leaves the neighbor
has one last question oh what is you
know not good I mean he's like I said
he's the neighbors seem convinced that
Henry was nothing if not a deeply
devoted caretaker to an but the chaotic
scene at the house this afternoon stood
in stark contrast to this belief where
the police are now finishing up inside
and putting the only possible suspect in
handcuffs all right sir I'm going to
have you put your hands behind your
back shoulder I got I got you I got you
we're going slow we're going slow we're
going slow I'm going
slower shoulder no
shoulder I got
you no shoulder
I got it I got
it did I do
that you
were I was not here earlier now took
care of
Meer they were here earlier they took
care of me you earlier yes sir okay sir
you're going to roll towards me all
right I
know roll up sit up
Sir you're hurting why are you hurting I
need you to sit up sir sit up I I can't
do
anything there we go there is
leg I need breathe I can't breathe okay
I'm going to have you stand up right
amance right outside for here we go one
on your
feet I don't
know God why you hurting me to the front
door we're going to step outside out in
front of the house Henry gets checked
out by EMS and complains about the
handcuffs
I'm not going anywhere so I got him on
pretty loose they not loose who whose
carck no that hurts you're hurting got I
got you I got you please don't
don't L up L up L
up thank you help okay I do that no one
answers and Henry's mood swings wildly
from one extreme to the next so nobody
else is inside house adise to do that I
can't call your attorney call the
attorney I won't say a word okay that's
that's your right don't hurt
me good Henry's defiant anger dissolves
into tears as police attempt to get a
fix on what exactly they're dealing with
here so Phil and I we right on scene
first so we come in he's on the floor
right here all that blood down here is
his so we came in his so he was just
roll on the floor
crying there he stated that he shot her
so she's laying in the bed dude she's
got a gunshot
wound he did he himself
said well he was stting right here too
that she told him to do it and the gun's
sitting right there on the bed right
next to her on the left gun is right
here there we we cleared the house we
out
she confirm that she's not going to get
the gun there nobody in the
house
everything family whoever the two that
were in here said that in the house when
we walked in they said she shot in the
head he did the officers begin to get a
better idea of what happened here this
afternoon but that understanding is far
from complete there's an enormous
missing piece to the puzzle although
some of the arriving officers may know
that better than others
oh I've been here before finally as the
officers from the morning's visit arrive
at the scene the team begins to make
sense of why Henry may have in fact
committed the harrowing crime perhaps
that's why they find Henry in a less
than Cooperative mood when they try to
mirandize him that afternoon I want a
lawyer one will be appointed to
represent you before no I a lawyer
already yourself you can decide I
already asked for a lawyer what did you
hear and not answer any you didn't hear
me at all you're not listening you
didn't help me at all earlier it's all
your fault you guys cost this do you
understand the right no I didn't hear a
word you said do you want to stop I
didn't hear a word you said okay I would
be happy to read it for you again if I
don't hear you at all listen to it I
don't hear you at all I'm sorry okay
stop yelling for a and I will I won't
stop yelling you CA this you didn't stop
being this morning it's your fault not
yours personally Henry is all over the
place even dropping into an apologetic
tone for a brief moment however it's
only a matter of seconds before he veers
once again into a kind of irate
despair there's a car over there we'll
figure that out I don't know who it is
figure it out right now that's my listen
to my important things are right my dogs
listen to me I'm going read
Y no no condition you can't talk to me
I'm no condition to
me no oh
no Sheed Henry's last statement only
opens up the door to more questions
perhaps the best guess we can make is
that Henry is trying to make sense of
what happened himself think she knew
it's coming I think she knew that was
going to happen about that Henry may not
be far from the truth certainly it was
clear in the 911 call that morning that
junan was deeply concerned about her
safety Henry's Cooperative demeanor with
the officers from the morning has now
soured into belligerence this afternoon
why is my attorney not on the phone I've
read through Miranda but he was yelling
and screaming at me the whole time so
it's not really a good Miranda but his
name what what is your name sir is it
Henry Henry right yeah what what what's
your name sir my name is Henry Henry
this is what we're going to do okay no
no whatever you do is not okay call
Molly let her know what happened I'm I'm
not asking you I'm telling you so I'm
telling you and that's not how this
works no that's how it works no yes said
how it works we're going to put you in
the back of a police unit I know that
okay I'm just letting you know are you
hooked up to oxygen right now I need
oxygen where's your tank at inside I
don't have a take I use it's a portable
are you okay to take the portable have
you guys seen how big it is I don't
know well if you let me go I'll show it
to you the police declined to take Henry
up on that offer and it's not long
before his anger
returns God damn it why are you freezing
me you know what the temperature is out
here well you better find out because
you're freezing
me I'm sorry
God go I want to cooperate Henry's
emotions continue to jump from one
extreme to the other but even amidst
this internal struggle he realizes
something about the officer standing in
front of him I want to know whose car
that is because I think if it's there
they take care of my dog what the hell
there's somebody in my house with that
car nobody your house we went through
your house there's nobody in your house
you were here earlier were you not did I
did I not ask you for help
and you did not help me did
you whether or not that's true will be
for others to
decide as lucid and direct as Henry was
that morning he is anything but this
afternoon indeed he hardly seems capable
of grasping what
occurred
happen did it
happen you're not going tell me did it
happen I don't know what happened
can you listen a little bit
more just a little bit more they should
be think it's cold don't you know it's
cold out here I know I'm standing in it
too well damn it put a blanket over
there some goddamn
thing before the officers can make Henry
comfortable it's time to walk him down
to the road the exertion combined with
the emotional toll of the day proves too
much for Henry to
Bear Henry stop this I can't hold you up
all day you got to help out a little bit
Henry
Stop's Henry Henry do you know your date
of birth Henry can you hear me Henry I'm
just asking for your date of birth buddy
are you willing to give that to
me Henry what's your birthday what
what's your birthday what's your
birthday what's your birthday Henry
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huh who am I talking to Henry focus on
me okay hey what's your name who are you
my name is Officer W okay I'm with Ral
police for me okay who was here
earlier somebody I want to talk to
somebody so was here earlier he Henry
before no they were here earlier I want
to know I I don't know who was here
earlier sir well you find out Henry can
I just get your birth no I'm not
comfortable I want to find out who was
here earlier okay please
please I want to talk to them the
officer who was here this morning has
made himself scarce leaving Henry with
only one final thing to say before being
transported to the
hospital the fire department takes Henry
to the hospital where he'll spend the
afternoon being evaluated before being
booked into jail police speak to Jun
an's ex-son-in-law Michael who although
he lives in another state has chilling
in it into the tragedy he reveals to
detectives that he was on the phone with
junan at the very moment the incident
took place I talked to junan for another
10 15 minutes and then junan said to me
plain as day he's pointing a gun at my
head and that's the last words she said
to me did you hear any muffling I heard
a noise but it wasn't like a gunshot it
was like a a scraping sound but but
immediately after that Henry started
screaming hysterically screaming for a
about 20 minutes cuz I listened for 40
40 minutes and I'm yelling into the
phone somebody pick up the phone I heard
the Neighbors come in I heard the
ambulance come in the police come in and
nobody ever picked up that phone Michael
also has a theory on what happened
between the couple although his take on
the situation is a bit more direct the
dynamic with junan Tel is is she has
absolutely no patience or time and the
world revolved around her and had to be
done now
and it's my opinion but I feel she was
she contributed to her demise with her
acid tongue while that may sound harsh
Michael believes there's more than
enough blame to go around I just feel so
sorry for him he never should have been
settled with this never and I'm so
surprised that the social worker let
that happen God I can't believe that
Michael's sympathies for Henry further
highlighted what Henry was now
complaining about at the hospital
hospital he seems to insist that police
did not do enough while they were at his
house that morning but can't you call in
to find out who I saw earlier
this appreciate
that yeah because they were talking to
me about the condition I was in and a
problem I was having with the lady that
it was a problem with lady okay yeah
okay they have more information on that
in I want to know what they at the
time was very important I was very upset
at the point and they were supposed to
be helping
me remember I don't know their names but
it was earlier this morning was it a man
or a woman two women two men two men two
men okay one second I mean something
went wrong God
WR there can be no denying the truth of
Henry's words here at the end of the day
however it is Henry alone who must bear
the crushing reality of what happened
did something really happened that's
what the other officers are trying to
find out oh
no no couldn't have no I did no no it
didn't happen
your voice okay Hospital whether or not
Henry can bring himself to face the
truth of what happened it doesn't change
the fact that junan has died junan fanel
82 was shot and killed on April 5th
2023 and Henry cardana 86 was charged
with first-degree
murder this charge was eventually
modified to a second deegree murder
charge and Henry was released from jail
to await trial on house ofest rested
with GPS monitoring for their part Rio
Rancho police issued a statement saying
that the responding officers that
morning found Henry's troubling remarks
quote to be insincere and made in just
on March 11th
2024 nearly one year after the tragedy a
motion for settlement was filed in
judicial court backed by both
prosecutors and defense meaning that the
case against Henry Cardon will likely
end in a plea agreement