NO DECISION YET ON WHETHER TRACY ANN PENA AND JORDAN NUNEZ WILL BE HELD WITHOUT BAIL PENDING THEIR TRIAL. THEY’RE TWO OF THREE SUSPECTS ACCUSED OF KILLING PENA’S 13 YEAR OLD SON, JEREMIAH VALENCIA. BOTH PENA AND NUNEZ ARE CHARGED WITH CHILD ABUSE RESULTING IN DEATH, TAMPERING WITH EVIDENCE AND CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT EVIDENCE TAMPERING IN JEREMIAH’S DEATH.
THE SANTA FE NEW MEXICAN REPORTS THE TWO APPEARED IN COURT IN SANTA FE ON WEDNESDAY AND WILL STAY LOCKED UP UNTIL ANOTHER BAIL HEARING AFTER THE CASE IS BROUGHT TO A GRAND JURY THIS MONTH.
THE THIRD SUSPECT, THOMAS FERGUSON, FACES THE SAME CHARGES AND IS BEING HELD WITHOUT BAIL FOR ALLEGED VIOLATION OF HIS PROBATION IN ANOTHER CASE.
