Tags : Crime, Sister Marguerite Bartz
Car of Slain New Mexico Nun Found in Undisclosed Location
Navajo, NM (AHN) – New Mexico authorities report they have found the car of a nun who was found dead early this week. At present officials are not releasing details of the find or where the beige 2005 Honda CR-V was discovered.
Sister Marguerite Bartz’s body was discovered on Sunday in her convent in Navajo, New Mexico. Investigators say the 64 year-olds home had been broken into and her car stolen. It appears Bartz was killed sometime between Saturday night and Sunday morning. After she did not show at Sunday Mass, a colleague went to check on her and discovered the grisly scene.
Bartz, who was born in 1945 in Plymouth, Wisconsin, entered the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament in 1966 from Beaumont, Texas, and professed final vows in 1974, according to the diocese. She held a bachelor’s degree from Xavier University in New Orleans, Louisiana, and garnered a master’s degree in religious education from Loyola University of New Orleans.
Bartz served throughout New Mexico and in places such as Massachusetts and Louisiana. She was one of more than a dozen Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament. The order is currently ministering within the Diocese of Gallup, which covers more than 55,000 square miles throughout New Mexico and Arizona.
FBI, state, and local investigators are still continuing the investigation and searching Bartz’s residence and car for clues.
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