An investigation continues into the death of a prominent Tucson couple, linguists and artists community leaders, whose bodies were found in the Rio Grande River in Sierra County, New Mexico.
Muriel MacAskill Fisher, 73, was found on June 18 by people riding a jet ski in the Rio Grande near Williamsburg, New Mexico. Her husband, Paul Fisher, 70, was found the same day near Truth or Consequences, New Mexico.
The Sierra County Coroner’s Office and the University of New Mexico’s Office of Public Records and Archives told The Star on Thursday that an investigation is ongoing but a cause of death has not been determined.
The Sierra County Sheriff has not responded to multiple emails and phone calls from Starr seeking information about the incident.
Sierra County Sheriff Joshua Baker told the Sierra County Surveillance Department that the suspect has not been hunted and is not believed to pose a danger to the public, sources said. Article on June 29 By Francis Luna.
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Authorities found the couple’s rental car on Riverside Drive in Truth or Consequences, according to the report.
Muriel Fisher
File photo of the University of Arizona
Adrian Halpert, owner of Patagonia’s Global Arts Gallery and a longtime friend of Paul and Muriel, said, “I don’t know what happened, but I’m glad they met each other.” “The ripples of their essence run deep and wide. …I’ve never known people like them. They enhanced each other’s creativity.”
The Fishers have lived in Tucson for over 40 years. Muriel, a Gaelic linguist and former Senior Fellow in the Department of Linguistics and Gaelic at the University of Arizona, received the National Science Foundation’s Award for Excellence in Community Linguistics in 2014.
She has taught her native Gaelic privately for many years at Tucson Gaelic School, Pima Community College, and UA.
A longtime leader of Tucson’s arts community, Paul served as director of art education for the Tucson Pima Arts Council from 1990 to 1996. He acted as Tucson Water’s conservation mascot “Pete Savik” in his late 1970s.
“(Paul and) I were both part of the Artisan Resident Program of the Arizona Arts Commission,” said Tom Lewis, who has known Fishers for decades. “He then served as Executive Director of Arts His Integrative Solutions, which was derived from the program I worked for.”
“Paul and Muriel always had that wonderful charm that people from the British Isles have always had,” Lewis said. Muriel was from the Isle of Skye, Scotland, and Paul was from England.
“They were always very patient and funny people,” Lewis said.
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