Farmington man charged in 2024 Kelsie Todacheeny homicide case

A Farmington man has been charged in the 2024 death of Kelsie Todacheeny, a breakthrough in a case that remained unsolved for more than two years. The charge shifts the January 2024 death of the 33-year-old from a suspicious death investigation to a homicide case.

Police found Todacheeny dead inside a home in the 2400 block on Farmington’s east side at 3:28 a.m. on Jan. 15, 2024. The Farmington Police Department publicly labeled the case a suspicious death investigation on Jan. 18, 2024, after officers responded to the residence and began examining the circumstances around her death.

The arrest came after detectives reopened the case and reviewed evidence, leading to the new charge. The man now faces second-degree murder charges in connection with Todacheeny’s death. Local reporting also described the suspect as Todacheeny’s former boyfriend, placing the case in the context of a domestic relationship that investigators had to examine alongside the death scene itself.

For Todacheeny’s family, the arrest marks the first major movement in a case that began with a dead body found before dawn in a Farmington neighborhood and then went quiet publicly for an extended period. For San Juan County residents, the case now stands as one of the city’s most closely watched homicide developments, with the key question shifting from how Todacheeny died to what evidence finally gave investigators enough to bring charges.

The case’s timeline is clear. Todacheeny was found dead on Jan. 15, 2024. Three days later, Farmington police were still classifying the matter as a suspicious death. Now, after detectives reopened the file, the investigation has advanced to a murder charge, closing one phase of an unsolved death and opening the next stage of the criminal case.