{"id":156654,"date":"2026-02-09T05:56:11","date_gmt":"2026-02-09T05:56:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/156654\/"},"modified":"2026-02-09T05:56:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T05:56:11","slug":"musician-murdered-back-in-2019-in-west-el-paso","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/156654\/","title":{"rendered":"Musician murdered back in 2019 in West El Paso"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">EL PASO, Texas (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ktsm.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:KTSM;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">KTSM<\/a>) \u2014 El Paso Police and Crime Stoppers of El Paso want your help in providing information to help solve a murder of a local musician back in 2019 in West El Paso.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">This is this week\u2019s \u201cCrime of the Week,\u201d as publicized by Crime Stoppers.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Chet Woodward Photo courtesy of Crime Stoppers of El Paso\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"408\" height=\"408\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/6bbb2debc3defb2e1ffa5a09e4228dc6.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Chet Woodward Photo courtesy of Crime Stoppers of El Paso<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">As he waited for a streetcar to go home, 63-year-old Chet Woodward was fatally stabbed on the night of Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2019. He had just left the\u00a0Rockin\u2019 Cigar Bar, and moments later, at about 10:45 p.m., police responded to a call of an unconscious man. <\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Woodward was found stabbed and was taken to the\u00a0hospital, but\u00a0died from his injuries.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Courtesy of Crime Stoppers\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"201\" height=\"399\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/e3b1eda0fb7c8bc09a8a0279bbeb5b9f.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Courtesy of Crime Stoppers<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Courtesy of Crime Stoppers\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/fbba48af4d25c28eb04a897be095582e.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Courtesy of Crime Stoppers<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Detectives\u00a0located\u00a0video of a man wearing a dark Levi\u2019s hooded jacket. This man is believed to have crucial information on the murder, Crime Stoppers said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Woodward was a blues musician who frequented the Cincinnati Bar District and was well-known by many patrons. <\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Anyone with any information on this murder should call Crime Stoppers of El Paso\u00a0immediately\u00a0at (915) 566-8477 (TIPS) or visit online at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cselpaso.org\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:www.cselpaso.org;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">www.cselpaso.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">You will remain anonymous, and if your tip leads to an arrest, you may qualify for a cash reward.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Copyright 2026 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ktsm.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to KTSM 9 News.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"> For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to KTSM 9 News. <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) \u2014 El Paso Police and Crime Stoppers of El Paso want your help in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":156655,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[64532,64533,4223,138,140,139,1785,2264],"class_list":{"0":"post-156654","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-el-paso","8":"tag-chet-woodward","9":"tag-cigar-bar","10":"tag-crime-stoppers","11":"tag-el-paso","12":"tag-el-paso-headlines","13":"tag-el-paso-news","14":"tag-el-paso-police","15":"tag-west-el-paso"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156654","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=156654"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156654\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/156655"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=156654"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=156654"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=156654"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}