A missing New Mexico infant has been found and a suspect in her disappearance is in custody, FBI says
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A 10-month-girl police said was abducted from a New Mexico park Friday after the death of her mother and another woman has been found and a suspect is in custody, the FBI announced Monday morning.
A 10-month-girl police said was abducted Friday from a New Mexico park where her mother and another woman were discovered dead has been found and a suspect is in custody, the FBI announced Monday morning. The bureau did not provide further details on Eleia Maria Torres’ condition and the suspect was not immediately named. Eleia’s 5-year-old sister was also found injured at the park and is recovering, police said Sunday. Investigators discovered the infant was missing after responding to a call shortly before 4:30 p.m. Friday about two women found dead at the park near Covis, a city in eastern New Mexico that is more than 200 miles east of Albuquerque and about 100 miles southwest of Amarillo, Texas. The women, both 23, were found with “apparent gunshot wounds” on the ground near a minivan, the police statement said. They were identified by investigators as Samantha Cisneros, Eleia’s mother, and Taryn Allen.
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