AN ALBUQUERQUE MAN IS IN THE METRO DETENTION CENTER FOR ALLEGEDLY BEATING HIS 9 MONTH PREGNANT WIFE, THEN SHOOTING HER IN THE STOMACH WITH A BB GUN. ANTHONY RAEL IS JAILED ON 25-THOUSAND DOLLARS BOND. HE’S CHARGED WITH AGGRAVATED BATTERY.
THE WIFE … WHOSE IDENTITY IS NOT BEING RELEASED … UNDERWENT AN EMERGENCY C-SECTION AND THE NEWBORN DID SURVIVE. THE INFANT AND THE COUPLE’S THREE OTHER CHILDREN ARE NOW IN CYFD CUSTODY.
CHANNEL 7 NEWS REPORTS THE WOMAN SAYS RAEL ATTACKED HER WHEN SHE REFUSED TO HELP HIM DELIVER FLOWERS FOR WORK BECAUSE SHE WAS HAVING CONTRACTIONS.
