A nationwide manhunt continued Wednesday for Santa Fe County fugitive Arthur "Arturo" Anaya, who police say fled on foot after fatally shooting two people at his property during a confrontation over rent money.

A warrant for Anaya, 54, a convicted felon with a lengthy criminal history over the past 25 years in Santa Fe, has been issued on two counts of murder. A nationwide alert has been issued for Anaya, who is considered armed and dangerous.

"We have no information to say whether he is still in [the Santa Fe area] or if he left," said sheriff's Maj. Ken Johnson.

Theresa Vigil, 51, was pronounced dead Tuesday at Christus St. Vincent Regional Medical Center from a gunshot wound to the head. Investigators say she was shot Monday in the trailer home she rented from Anaya at 22 Paseo Galisteo, south of Rabbit Road.

Police say Austin Urban, 16, died at the scene of Monday's shooting after being shot in the mouth.

Urban was dating Vigil's 17-year-old daughter, Natalie. All three had lived in the mobile home on Anaya's property for about five months. The two teens both worked at the Smith's grocery store at 2308 Cerrillos Road.

The arrest warrant states a telephone argument preceded Monday's shooting as Anaya reportedly demanded rent money from Theresa Vigil, who told him she couldn't pay until Friday. After the phone call, Anaya allegedly walked from his house to the mobile home, carrying a black handgun, and began arguing with Theresa Vigil. At one point, he reportedly punched both Theresa Vigil and Natalie Vigil in the face.

When Urban walked out of a back bedroom and confronted Anaya, the warrant states, Urban and the man got into a fight, and Urban was shot in the mouth. Theresa Vigil, who had fallen on the floor after being punched, then stood up and was shot in the forehead, the police document states.

Police have not said whether they have found the gun used in the shooting or whether they know whose gun it was.

According to court sentencing documents for one of Anaya's past felony convictions -- he was sentenced in 2005 to 18 years in prison -- he was supposed to be on probation through 2014. However, he was taken off supervised probation in 2010, shortly after his early release from the Department of Corrections.

Anaya spent four years in prison following his sentencing. He was given 10 years of credit for his time in custody prior to the trial -- including probation and a lengthy stay at a state-run medical facility in Las Vegas, N.M. -- and he earned early release in 2009 for "good time" served. Then, in 2010, defense attorney Sydney West argued for Anaya to be taken off supervised probation. It is unclear why that request was granted by both the First Judicial District Attorney's Office and by state District Judge Michael Vigil -- the same judge who previously sentenced Anaya to 18 years in prison.

At the time of the 2005 sentencing, reports on Anaya suggested he was responding well to treatment he was receiving at the state medical facility for a mental disability. He was responding well enough to that treatment that he was deemed competent to stand trial, where a jury convicted him of several violent felonies stemming from a 1990s crime spree.

Now, nearly seven years later, Anaya is on the run trying to avoid going back to prison.

A family friend of the Vigils spoke to The New Mexican on Tuesday and said the family had planned to release a statement later in the day, but neither the friend nor a family member returned a phone call to comment.

Natalie Vigil is believed to be the only eyewitness to the shootings, although another teenage friend was also in the home.

After the shooting, according to court records, Anaya reportedly told Natalie Vigil to put the bodies of her mother and boyfriend in the trunk of her car.

When she argued that they were still alive, the document states, Anaya threatened to shoot her, too, if she told anyone about what had happened. At one point, he reportedly took Natalie Vigil's cellphone so she couldn't call or text message anyone.

Natalie Vigil and a teenage boy in the home eventually persuaded Anaya to give her the keys to her car so she could take her mother to the hospital. Urban was left at the scene.

Anaya was last seen wearing blue jeans, a brown jacket with a blue collar, brown boots and prescription eyeglasses. Jail records indicate Anaya is 5-foot-6 and weighs 190 pounds, and has graying hair and brown eyes.

"He is considered to be armed and dangerous and violent according to his prior criminal history," said a sheriff's department statement released Tuesday.

Anaya's lengthy criminal history, according to jail and state court records, includes convictions on charges of aggravated battery, armed robbery, false imprisonment, aggravated burglary, aggravated assault, attempted armed robbery, battery of a police officer and being a felon in possession of a handgun.

Investigators asked that anyone with information regarding Anaya's whereabouts call 911 or the Santa Fe County Sheriff's Office at 428-3720. A $1,000 reward is being offered for information leading to Anaya's arrest.

Meanwhile, family and friends of the Vigil family have set up a memorial fund to help with funeral costs in the name of Theresa Vigil at First National Bank of Santa Fe.

Reporter Geoff Grammer contributed to this report.

Nico Roesler can be reached at 986-3089 or nroesler@sfnewmexican.com.