ALBUQUERQUE (AP) - A Wyoming inmate has been charged in the slaying of a man in Albuquerque 16 years ago.

Mark Allmond was charged Sunday in an arrest warrant with an open count of murder, conspiracy to commit murder and tampering with evidence, the Albuquerque Journal reported Tuesday.

Alfredo Apodaca, 43, was fatally stabbed Aug. 31, 1991, police said at the time.

Dirk Manuel, who was convicted of first-degree murder in the killing and sentenced to life in prison, said Apodaca owned him $50 from a drug purchase.

Manuel told detectives that he and a friend named Frosty sneaked into Apodaca's apartment and that Frosty took Manuel's knife and cut Apodaca four times.

Albuquerque police this spring had a DNA analysis done on blood collected from the scene of the stabbing. The DNA was entered into a national database, and police received a call from the California Department of Justice saying it matched an ex-convict named Mark Allmond.

Police tracked Allmond to Wyoming.

He is at the Wyoming State Penitentiary at Rawlins, Melinda Brazzale, public information officer for the Wyoming Department of Corrections, said Tuesday.

Allmond's probation was revoked Feb. 22 for driving a vehicle under the influence of alcohol in Laramie County, she said. Allmond was sentenced last year to 18 to 20 months in prison, Brazzale said.