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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Police on Wednesday released the names of three recent homicide victims across Albuquerque.

Albuquerque Police Department spokesman Gilbert Gallegos identified Ronnie Ross, 50; Antonio Torres, 18; and Samuel Almanza, 28, as three killed amidst a rash of homicides over the past few weeks.

Officers discovered Ross’ body with “massive trauma” on March 18 in some landscaping rocks off Menaul NE, just west of Interstate 25.

Police have not said how he died or identified any suspects or leads in his death.

The day after Ross was found, police responded to a shooting at the Smith’s grocery store, near Constitution and Carlisle NE, and found Torres shot to death in a nearby alley.

Police have not said what led to the shooting or identified any suspects in his slaying.

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Two days later, a housekeeper at the Econo Lodge, near Iliff and Coors NW, discovered Almanza’s body while cleaning a room.

Police have not said how Almanza died or identified any suspects in his death.

The city has had 17 homicides reported so far this year, with four resulting in an arrest.