A UNM senior is on life support and is in critical but stable condition with severe head injuries at University Hospital after he was bludgeoned outside of his apartment early in the morning on Aug. 11.
Bryan Christensen was discovered around 3 a.m. in a parking lot outside of his apartment in the 100 block of Stanford Ave., directly behind the Frontier restaurant and less than a block from campus.
"It does not appear that robbery was a motive but there is no established motive at this time," said Albuquerque Police Department Det. Jeff Arbogast.
A security guard at the Frontier called police after discovering Christensen.
Arbogast said the injury Christensen suffered was caused by blunt force trauma to the head but he added that detectives have no idea what was used to inflict the injury.
"We have an idea that he came home around 2:30 in the morning and while getting out of his car, it appears he was attacked," said Art Christensen, Bryan's father. He said that there might have been two men who initially alerted the security guard about Bryan.
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"Police want them to come forward to tell what they know," he said
Bryan Christensen, 22, is an environmental science major who has played the trombone for Sound Pack, a pep squad for Lobo basketball, and was a member of UNM's marching band for two years. He graduated from Eldorado High School in 1999.
Arbogast is asking the community to contact police if anyone knows anything about the assault.
He said detectives have interviewed those close to Christensen and are withholding some details of the case to protect their investigation.
Anyone who may have information concerning the case are asked to contact Albuquerque police at 843-STOP.
Art Christensen said rewards are being offered by Bryan's landlord, the Albuquerque Press Club and Eldorado High school for anyone with information on the case that will help lead to a conviction.
Art Christensen said his son has undergone two surgeries since being admitted to the hospital and that he and his wife have been constantly by his side.
"When someone does violence like this it puts a big hole in the family that you could drive a truck through," he said.
