A New Mexico girl whose reported disappearance on Sunday sparked an AMBER Alert was found dead on Wednesday following a three-day search. Two sources who were reportedly involved in the search effort told the Rio Grande Sun that Renezmae Calzada, 5, was discovered in the Rio Grande river near Santa Clara Pueblo. Calzada was said …
The parents of a one-year-old boy in New Mexico who underwent a liver transplant last year were arrested Monday for allegedly failing to take their son to his follow-up doctor’s appointments. KOAT reported that Kyla and Jason Witterman were charged with child abuse for not only forgoing their son’s doctor’s appointments after his April 2018 …
Authorities in California say three of four suspects in a foiled kidnapping attempt are behind bars and the victim is safe. According to the Farmington Daily Times, a man was allegedly kidnapped on Sunday by three men and a woman who brandished multiple weapons while forcing him into their car. The suspects went on to …
Two women are on trial this week in New Mexico on allegations that they left two kids inside of a vehicle during a hot summer day in 2017. Maliyah Jones, who was just two months shy of her second birthday, was found dead on the July day. Another child, 2-year-old Aubrianna Loya, was critically injured …
The discovery of Anastazia Zuber’s body reportedly comes two weeks after her father claimed she drowned in a bathtub
Authorities in New Mexico say a custodian at the Barcelona Elementary School in Albuquerque is facing criminal charges after allegedly chasing a group of kids around campus at gunpoint. According to KRQE, Ray Lopez was arrested on Thursday on suspicion of counts including aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and unlawful carrying of a weapon …
A man and woman are facing criminal charges as an 8-month-old baby fights for her life following a shooting at a New Mexico motel. According to KOAT, the young victim’s mother, 18-year-old Shayanne Nelson, exited the Zia Motel room in Gallup recently with blood all over her. She reportedly claimed in an interview with authorities …
A New Mexico court is deciding whether a man who was 15 when fatally shot his parents, brother, and two sisters will walk free nearly six years after the grisly quintuple slaying. Per the Albuquerque Journal, Children’s Court Judge John Romero is tasked with determining if convicted murderer Nehemiah Griego, now 21, is rehabilitated and can be reintroduced …
FBI agents shut down New Mexico’s National Solar Observatory earlier this month as they conducted computer forensic searches for child pornography, a federal search warrant has revealed. Reuters reports that federal authorities closed the observatory in Sunspot on September 6 as they investigated claims that a janitor used the facility’s wireless internet and his personal laptop …
A New Mexico mother is facing charges after police say her 2-year-old daughter wandered outside of the family’s locked home by herself Thursday night, while her mother slept. Doña Ana County sheriff’s deputies arrested 27-year-old Alexis Valdivia after responding to a 911 call by a neighbor, who reported seeing a toddler outside by herself just …
By MORGAN LEE, Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — The FBI on Friday arrested five former residents of a ramshackle compound in New Mexico on firearms and conspiracy charges as local prosecutors dropped charges in the death of a 3-year-old boy at the property. Taos County District Attorney Donald Gallegos said his office will now …
The remains of a young child recovered from a compound in New Mexico has been identified as the missing toddler son of one of the men arrested in coordination with holding a number of abused and malnourished children. As CrimeOnline previously reported, 39-year-old Siraj Ibn Wahhaj was arrested on suspicion of operating an Islamic extremist …
