A 16-year-old in New Mexico has been charged with murdering four relatives after allegedly confessing to the crime and stating that a voice commanded him to kill his family.
A New Mexico teenager accused of murdering four relatives told investigators he heard a voice that ordered him to kill his family, a state police spokesperson said Wednesday. The 16-year-old, whom NBC News is not identifying because he is a minor, faces four counts of first-degree murder in connection with the killings Saturday in Belen, about 30 miles from Albuquerque.
The boy is being held in a juvenile detention center in Albuquerque but could be charged as an adult later, the 13th Judicial District Attorney’s Office said. It was not immediately clear whether he had an attorney. The suspect called 911 around 3:30 a.m. Saturday and told the dispatcher he had killed his family, state police said in a statement over the weekend. It described him as “extremely intoxicated” and said he exited a residence and surrendered when officers arrived. The officers found four people dead inside the home and a handgun in the kitchen, state police said. A motive had not yet been determined, Ricardo Breceda, a public information officer for the New Mexico State Police, told NBC News on Wednesday. The suspect told agents that a voice told him to kill his family, Breceda said. The suspect made the statement Sunday when he was sober, said Breceda, who added that the gun used in the shootings had been purchased by the teen’s father, who was one of the victims. Breceda said authorities were not sure whether the boy had a history of mental illness. State police identified the victims as Adriana Bencomo, 35; Leonardo Leyva, 42; Adrian Leyva, 17; and Alexander Leyva, 14. 'She absolutely loved being a mom' Bencomo had been a volunteer firefighter and was a doting mother, said those who knew her. News of the murders stunned her current and former colleagues at the City of Rio Communities Fire Department, where she volunteered. “She absolutely loved being a mom,” said Ashley Romero-Reynolds, a former volunteer who now lives in Ohi
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