Jury selection to begin in New Mexico after authorities find remains of a 3-year-old in underground tunnel
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A trial is set to begin against members of an extended family tied to a missing 3-year-old whose remains were found in New Mexico raid of their squalid encampment.
An exact cause of death was never determined amid accusations that the boy was deprived of crucial medication linked to disabilities. Federal prosecutors opted for kidnapping charges.
Two men and three women have pleaded not guilty to charges of conspiring to support planned attacks on U.S. law enforcement officers, military members and government employees. They also deny the kidnapping charges leveled against four of the defendants.
Albuquerque-based U.S. District Judge William P. Johnson has set aside four weeks for the trial, with dozens of witnesses scheduled to testify.
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