U.S. Attorney’s Office Secures Guilty Plea in Fatal DUI Case Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of New Mexico Dateline: Albuquerque, New Mexico Date: 15 July 2024 Subjects: American Government , Crime

ALBUQUERQUE – A Sanostee man pleaded guilty in federal court to two counts of involuntary manslaughter stemming from a fatal drunk-driving crash on the Navajo Nation that killed two people in August 2023.

According to publicly available court documents, on the morning of August 12, 2023, Leonardo Robbie Duncan, 33, was driving on Navajo Route 36 near Upper Fruitland, New Mexico, which is within the exterior boundaries of the Navajo Nation. Duncan was drunk and driving in an unsafe manner when he crossed into on-coming traffic and crashed head-on into the front passenger side of Jane and John Doe’s vehicle.

Instead of checking on Jane and John Doe and rendering aid, Duncan fled on foot. Jane and John Doe died shortly after. When Duncan turned himself in six hours later, he was still intoxicated with a blood-alcohol content of 0.08.

Duncan will remain in custody pending sentencing, which has not been scheduled.

At sentencing, Duncan faces up to eight years in prison and up to three years of supervised release.

U.S. Attorney Alexander M.M. Uballez and Raul Bujanda, Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Albuquerque Field Office, made the announcement today.

The Farmington Resident Agency of the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Albuquerque Field Office investigated this case with assistance from the Navajo Police Department and Navajo Department of Criminal Investigations. Assistant United States Attorney Jena Ritchey is prosecuting the case.

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Updated July 15, 2024

Press Release Number: 24-243

Date	Document	Details
11 July 2024 filing date	United States of America vs. Leonardo Robbie Duncan	Plea Agreement ( PDF) 470KB · 12 pages Court: United States District Court, District of New Mexico