Santa Fe police say popular musician was murdered by her husband

Santa Fe police say a popular Tejano music singer was killed by her husband in what has been ruled a murder-suicide. "The person I looked up to wasn't there anymore," said Candace Vargas, a friend of Ernestine Saucedo.Saucedo, 32, and her husband, Jessie Saucedo, 34, were both found shot to death in downtown Santa Fe inside a parked SUV on Thursday afternoon. "I was shocked. I honestly, even talking to you now, I'm still a little shocked," said Andrea Maestas, a former security guard at Saucedo's high school.Investigators say it appears that that Jessie Saucedo shot his wife twice in the upper chest before turning the gun on himself. Ernestine Saucedo was a state employee and a New Mexico star in the New Mexico music scene. Police say she performed under her maiden name, Ernestine Romero. "I don't know how New Mexico and Tejana music is going to move on from Ernestine," Vargas said.A vigil for Saucedo will be held at the Roundhouse on the west side (the Public Education Department Building) in Santa Fe on Sunday at 9 p.m.

Santa Fe police say a popular Tejano music singer was killed by her husband in what has been ruled a murder-suicide.

"The person I looked up to wasn't there anymore," said Candace Vargas, a friend of Ernestine Saucedo.


Saucedo, 32, and her husband, Jessie Saucedo, 34, were both found shot to death in downtown Santa Fe inside a parked SUV on Thursday afternoon.

"I was shocked. I honestly, even talking to you now, I'm still a little shocked," said Andrea Maestas, a former security guard at Saucedo's high school.

Investigators say it appears that that Jessie Saucedo shot his wife twice in the upper chest before turning the gun on himself.

Ernestine Saucedo was a state employee and a New Mexico star in the New Mexico music scene. Police say she performed under her maiden name, Ernestine Romero.

"I don't know how New Mexico and Tejana music is going to move on from Ernestine," Vargas said.

A vigil for Saucedo will be held at the Roundhouse on the west side (the Public Education Department Building) in Santa Fe on Sunday at 9 p.m.