LAS CRUCES – Canaan Bower — a Mayfield High School wrestling champ who gained national prominence after stopping a kidnapping in progress — died Wednesday in a motorcycle crash. Bower was 18. Las ...

LAS CRUCES – A Mayfield High School senior wrestling student was recently awarded the first annual Canaan Bower Memorial Scholarship, in honor of the late local hero. Bower became a household name in ...

LAS CRUCES – The wider Las Cruces community will remember Canaan Bower as the local high school wrestler who stopped a kidnapping, but his loved ones know that his heroics weren't limited to one ...

DONA ANA COUNTY, N.M. (KFOX14/CBS4) — Doña Ana County leaders shared their condolences on Friday following the death of Las Cruces resident and local hero, Canaan Bower. The residents of Doña Ana ...

EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) – The Mayfield High wrestler who was hailed as a hero for preventing a toddler’s kidnapping in 2020, was killed Wednesday night in a motorcycle wreck in Las Cruces. According to ...

LAS CRUCES - According to his father, Canaan Bower never had a bad day. "He knew his mission was to live life every day to the fullest and that's what he did," said Troy Bower. Troy Bower teamed with ...

LAS CRUCES, N.M. (KFOX14/CBS4) — A New Mexico State University professor will make a film on a Las Cruces teen who died in a crash after becoming a hero for preventing a potential kidnapper of three ...

Sep. 18—Canaan Bower made national news at 16 for his heroism. At 18, he died in a crash. Las Cruces-based filmmaker Ross Kagan Marks is bringing Bower's story to the big screen. "Canaan's story is a ...

LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) — A 16-year-old wrestling champion helped stop a kidnapping and assault near Las Cruces, New Mexico, by pinning a man to the ground until deputies arrived, authorities said.

Mayfield High School wrestler Canaan Bower stopped a suspected kidnapping at a New Mexico convenience store Wednesday. Bethany Freudenthal of the Las Cruces Sun-News reported Daniel Arroyo Beltran is ...