HORRIFIC MURDER OF
10-YEAR-OLD VICTORIA
MARTENS.
JESSICA KELLEY COULD
FACE UP TO 50 YEARS IN
PRISON - MAY ONLY SERVE
20 -
AFTER A JUDGE ACCEPTED
HER LATEST PLEA DEAL.
ITS A DEAL -- THAT
PROSECUTORS HOPE TO BANK
ON - AS THEY SHIFT THEIR
FOCUS TO THE ONLY MALE
SUSPECT CHARGED - FABIAN
GONZALES.
THEY ALSO HOPE TO
IDENTIFY A FOURTH
SUSPECT SOON..
KELLEY PLEAD )NO
CONTEST.....TO SIX
CHARGES INCLUDING CHILD
ABUSE RESULTING IN DEATH
FOR HER ROLE IN
VICTORIA )S MURDER IN
2016.
TODAY...Mostly sunny.
Highs in the mid 40s.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear.
Lows in the lower 20s.
NOW TO WASHINGTON D-C
WHERE THIS EVENING,
PRESIDENT TRUMP WILL
MAKE A TELEVISED APPEAL
TO THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE
PRESIDENT )S KEY
DEMAND... OF 5-
PLUS-BILLION DOLLARS FOR
A
WALL ALONG THE U-S AND
MEXICO BORDER.
DEMOCRATIC LEADERS HAVE
DENOUNCED THE SPEECH AS
A POLITICAL STUNT.
TRUMP WILL LIKELY
ADDRESS THE PARTIAL
SHUTDOWN, THE BORDER
CRISIS AND THE DEADLINE
FOR FEDERAL WORKERS )
PAYCHECKS.
THE PRESIDENT WILL ALSO
BE VISITING THE SOUTHERN
BORDER
THURSDAY, AS HE TRIES TO
MAKE THE CASE FOR HIS
BORDER WALL.
NEW THIS MORNING,
REPUBLICAN CONGRESSIONAL
DISTRICT TWO CANDIDATE,
YVETTE
HERRELL,
SAYS SHE WILL NOT
CONTEST HER LOSS TO
DEMOCRAT XOCHITL TORRES
SMALL..
UNDER STATE LAW, HERRELL
FACED A MONDAY DEADLINE
TO FILE A COURT
CHALLENGE CONTESTING THE
RACE.
YOU )LL REMEMBER AFTER
CLAIMS OF IRREGULARITIES
BY HERRELL,
A STATE JUDGE ALLOWED
HER CAMPAIGN TO INSPECT
THE
ABSENTEE BALLOTS.
HERRELL SAYS ON
FACEBOOK,
SHE NEVER INTENDED TO
CONTEST THE ELECTION.
AND WILL RELEASE HER
FINDINGS.
FORMER STATE AUDITOR
WAYNE JOHNSON IS NOW
BEING CONSIDERED
FOR THE POSITION OF
TORRANCE COUNTY
MANAGER..
JOHNSON )S NAME APPEARS
ON THE TORRANCE COUNTY
COMMISSION )S AGENDA,
AS CONTRACT FOR WAYNE
JOHNSON, RELATED TO
COUNTY MANAGER...
JOHNSON WAS APPOINTED
STATE AUDITOR BY
GOVERNOR SUSANA
MARTINEZ,
AFTER NOW MAYOR TIM
KELLER WAS ELECTED AS
THE MAYOR OF
ALBUQUERQUE.
HE RAN FOR RE-ELECTION
BUT LOST HIS BID FOR
AUDITOR TO DEMOCRAT
BRIAN COLON..
NEW THIS MORNING - FIVE
SANTA FE POLICE OFFICERS
WERE REPORTEDLY
FIRED IN 2018... BUT THE
CITY ISN )T SAYING (WHO
OR WHY.
THAT )S ACCORDING TO THE
ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL -
WHO
REPORTS THAT THE SANTA
FE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS
26 VACANCIES.
MAYOR ALAN WEBBER TELLS
THE JOURNAL THE
VACANCIES WERE
DUE TO OFFICERS
RETIRING... LEAVING FOR
OTHER JOBS ... AND
THROUGH
TERMINATION.
THE JOURNAL REPORTS, A
CITY SPOKESPERSON WOULD
NOT IDENTIFY THE
OFFICERS OR REVEAL THE
REASON BEHIND THEIR
FIRINGS.
WE COULD SOON FIND OUT
IF THE MAN CHARGED IN
THE DEATH OF HIS ONE-
YEAR-OLD - WILL STAY
BEHIND BARS UNTIL TRIAL.
POLICE SAY DAVID ZUBER
AND THE GIRLS MOTHER,
MONIQUE ROMERO
ARE ACCUSED OF LEAVING
ONE- YEAR-OLD ANASTAZIA
AND HER
SISTER ALONE IN THE
BATHTUB... WHERE
ANASTAZIA DROWNED.
ZUBER ALLEGEDLY BURIED
THE GIRL )S BODY IN THE
BACKYARD OF A
FRIEND )S HOME.
HE WAS IN COURT
YESTERDAY AFTERNOON -
WHERE THE STATE FILED A
MOTION TO KEEP HIM
LOCKED UP UNTIL TRIAL.
TWO FORMER SAN JUAN
COLLEGE INSTRUCTORS ARE
EXPECTED IN COURT NEXT
WEEK AFTER BEING
ARRESTED--
ACCUSED OF FRAUD AND
EMBEZZLEMENT.
THE SAN JUAN COUNTY
SHERIFF )S OFFICE SAYS 64
YEAR-OLD DANIEL
UHL AND 49-YEAR-OLD
STEVEN GERENCSER STOLE
200-THOUSAND
DOLLARS FROM THE SCHOOL
OF ENERGY.
INVESTIGATORS SAY THE
TWO HELD DRILLING
CLASSES AT OTHER
COLLEGES... WITHOUT
ANYONE KNOWING ABOUT IT.
THE MEN ALLEGEDLY BILLED
STUDENTS FOR THE CLASSES
AND GAVE THEM A
CERTIFICATE FROM SAN
JUAN COLLEGE...and THEN
POCKETED THE
MONEY.
TODAY...Mostly sunny.
Highs in the mid 40s.
.TONIGHT...Mostly clear.
Lows in the lower 20s.
THE START OF THE 20-19
LEGISLATIVE SESSION IS
DEVELOPING NEWS...
A CALIFORNIA LAWYER WILL
LEAD THE STATE
DEPARTMENT CHARGED WITH
PROTECTING NEW MEXICO )S
KIDS...
+
BRIAN BLALOCK
IS THE NEW C-Y-F-D
SECRETARY APPOINTEE..
UNDER GOVERNOR
MICHELLE LUJAN GRISHAM.
THE NEW SECRETARY WAS
RECENTLY LIVING IN THE
SAN FRANCISCO
BAY AREA...WORKING FOR
AN ANTI- POVERTY
NON-PROFIT. HE
HELPED LAUNCH A
MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR
HOMELESS YOUTH HELP-
INITIATIVE.
POSSIBLY THE FIRST THING
ON HIS LIST -- FILLING
HUNDREDS OF VACANT
POSITIONS..
TONIGHT A NATIONAL
TELEVISION SHOW - SET TO
SHOWCASE THE HARROWING
MOMENTS OF A DEADLY
POLICE SHOOTING IN
ALBUQUERQUE
they )re shooting,
they )re shooting!
gunshots
IT )S ON
INVESTIGATION
DISCOVERY )S HIT SERIES
"BODY CAM".
IN 2013 --
CHRISTOPHER CHASE OPENED
FIRE ON AN A-P-D
OFFICER, STOLE A
POLICE CAR, AND TOOK
THEM ON A 14-MILE CHASE
THROUGH THE CITY. HE
ENDED UP SHOOTING THREE
OFFICERS AND A DEPUTY...
BEFORE
POLICE ULTIMATELY SHOT
AND KILLED HIM. THE
EPISODE AIRS TONIGHT ON
I-D AT 8 P-M.
NOW LET )S GET A LOOK AT
THAT MORNING DRIVE...
TAKE A LOOK AT THIS
SNOWMAN - OR BATMAN --
BUILT BY A NEW MEXICO
DAD.
IT )S GETTING A LOT OF
ATTENTION ONLINE THIS
MORNING - WITH
MORE THAN 500 SHARES ON
FACEBOOK ALONE.
ALAN WOLFARD BUILT THIS
8-FOOT TALL BATMAN IN
HIS FRONT YARD IN
BLOOMFIELD AFTER STORMS
LAST WEEK.
HE SAYS IT TOOK HIM
ABOUT THREE HOURS TO
BUILD...
AS HIS KIDS AND UNCLE
BROUGHT HIM BIG BUCKETS
OF SNOW.
WOLFARD SAYS HE HAD TO
PULL OUT LADDERS ONCE
HIS CREATION GREW
PAST FIVE-FEET...
THE FIVE FACTS IN 90
SECONDS.
TODAY...Mostly sunny.
Highs in the mid 40s.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly
cloudy. Highs in the mid
40s.
TIME NOW FOR THE FIVE
FACTS ---
AT NUMBER FIVE --
MEOW WOLF NOW WANTS TO
HELP FEDERAL EMPLOYEES
IN THE
MIDST OF THE PARTIAL
SHUTDOWN.
THE INTERACTIVE EXHIBIT
IS OFFERING THEM (FREE
ADMISSION UNTIL
THE SHUTDOWN IS OVER.
MEOW WOLF IS ENCOURAGING
OTHER BUSINESSES IN NEW
MEXICO TO
HELP THEM OUT AS WELL
BECAUSE THEY AREN )T
WORKING - (AND ARE NOT
BEING
PAID.
IF YOU )RE A FEDERAL
EMPLOYEE -- ALL YOU HAVE
TO DO IS SHOW YOUR
WORK I-D OR BADGE FROM
YOUR AGENCY TO GET IN.
AT NUMBER FOUR --
WE COULD SOON FIND OUT
IF THE MAN CHARGED IN
THE DEATH OF HIS ONE-
YEAR-OLD - WILL STAY
BEHIND BARS UNTIL TRIAL.
POLICE SAY DAVID ZUBER
AND THE GIRLS MOTHER,
MONIQUE ROMERO
ARE ACCUSED OF LEAVING
ONE- YEAR-OLD ANASTAZIA
AND HER
SISTER ALONE IN THE
BATHTUB... WHERE
ANASTAZIA DROWNED.
ZUBER ALLEGEDLY BURIED
THE GIRL )S BODY IN THE
BACKYARD OF A
FRIEND )S HOME.
HE WAS IN COURT
YESTERDAY AFTERNOON -
WHERE THE STATE
FILED A MOTION TO KEEP
HIM LOCKED UP UNTIL
TRIAL. MEANWHILE, THE
COUPLE )S TWO OTHER
CHILDREN HAVE BEEN
PLACED IN C-Y-F-D
CUSTODY.
AT NUMBER THREE--
AT NUMBER TWO --
A MAJOR WEST SIDE ROAD
IS BACK OPEN AFTER A
DEADLY CRASH,
TODAY, WE EXPECT MORE
DETAILS FROM POLICE
ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED.
HERE )S WHAT WE KNOW SO
FAR...
APD SAYS THREE CARS
CRASHED NEAR COORS AND
MONTANO, SENDING
ONE WOMAN TO THE
HOSPITAL WHO LATER DIED.
THAT STRETCH OF COORS
WAS CLOSED OVERNIGHT AS
POLICE
INVESTIGATED.
AND AT NUMBER ONE --
IT )S ONTO THE SENTENCING
PHASE FOR THE FIRST OF
THREE SUSPECTS IN
THE BRUTAL MURDER OF
10-YEAR-OLD VICTORIA
MARTENS. JESSICA KELLEY
COULD FACE UP TO 50
YEARS IN PRISON AFTER A
JUDGE
ACCEPTED HER LATEST PLEA
DEAL.
THAT DEAL COULD BE
CRITICAL FOR HOW THE
CASE MOVES FORWARD.
PROSECUTORS SAY THEY )LL
NOW FOCUS ON THE ONLY
MALE SUSPECT CHARGED
-- FABIAN GONZALES.
THEY ALSO HOPE TO
IDENTIFY A FOURTH
SUSPECT SOON AND THEY )RE
BANKING ON
KELLEY TO HELP OUT.
KELLEY PLEAD )NO
CONTEST.....TO SIX
CHARGES INCLUDING CHILD
ABUSE
RESULTING IN DEATH AND
TAMPERING FOR HER ROLE
IN VICTORIA )S MURDER
IN 2016.
WHILE KELLY FACES UP TO
50 YEARS IN PRISON, SHE
COULD BE OUT IN 20 FOR
GOOD TIME SERVED.