Crimes & Investigations

A violent home invasion in Alamogordo has exposed a deepening crisis in New Mexico’s juvenile justice system, where overcrowded facilities and staffing shortages are forcing courts to release accused teenage offenders back into the community. As fear and frustration spread, residents and law enforcement leaders are asking how years of political inaction allowed the system to reach a breaking point.

After years of standing in trial, a man was acquitted of charges of murder occured when he was still a teenager.

A candlelight vigil at Santa Fe Plaza drew mourners from across New Mexico to remember Juniper Blessing, a 19-year-old student killed in Seattle. Friends, advocates and community leaders transformed grief into a public call for compassion, remembrance and justice as investigators continue probing the fatal stabbing.

A fatal shooting near the University of New Mexico campus is being investigated as a possible planned ambush after four suspects were taken into custody in the killing of 23-year-old Eden Rock. Police say surveillance footage showed the men hiding behind a dumpster before attacking and shooting the victim in an alley south of Central Avenue.

Patrick Corr, former teacher at John Adams Middle School has been found guilty for sexually abusing his student.