DON FLUITT was a retired firefighter who was killed by his ex-wife’s new husband in late 2016.
On Saturday, March 19, 2022, Fluitt’s murder investigation is set to appear on Dateline.
Born on September 15, 1962, Don Fluitt was 54 years old when he was murdered.
A former Bernalillo County firefighter, Fluitt was once married to Christine White.
White and Fluitt were reportedly in a custody battle over their daughter together, who was 11 years old at the time of his death.
According to his obituary, Fluitt and his youngest daughter volunteered to feed the homeless each week at an event entitled Spaghetti Sunday.
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“There is no way to capture in words the tremendous positive impact Don had on this community,” the obituary reads.
He was born in Los Angeles, California, and had three children in total: Tiffany, Josh, and Siena.
On December 29, 2016, Don Fluitt was found dead in his garage in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
After Fluitt’s daughter could not get a hold of him via telephone, two of his co-workers arrived at his home to check on him and located his body.
Surveillance footage from a neighbor’s camera shows a man knocking over Fluitt’s garbage can and entering his garage.
DNA evidence found at the crime scene confirmed the man in the tape to be Christine’s new husband, Terry White.
White was arrested after attempting to commit suicide with his car while in Arizona.
While he was incarcerated at the Metropolitan Detention Center, White reportedly told a fellow inmate his wife had encouraged him to kill Fluit as a way “to protect his family.”
The inmate added that White “twisted his trachea, then slit his throat with a steak knife,” according to Abq Journal.
On June 14, 2017, a warrant was issued for the arrest of Christine White.
She was charged with conspiracy to commit murder.
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According to police, Christine helped plan the murder of Fluitt with her husband.
In April of 2018, the charges against her were dropped.
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