AN ACCUSED CHILD KILLER IN SANTA FE COUNTY PLEADS NOT GUILTY TO MULTIPLE CHARGES…INCLUDING FIRST DEGREE MURDER AND CHILD ABUSE RESULTING IN DEATH. THOMAS FERGUSON MADE A COURT APPEARANCE ON THURSDAY, AND A JUDGE ORDERED THAT HE REMAIN LOCKED UP UNTIL HIS TRIAL.
FERGUSON IS ACCUSED OF TORTURING, BEATING, AND KILLING 13 YEAR OLD JEREMIAH VALENCIA WHOSE BODY WAS FOUND BURIED NEAR NAMBE IN LATE JANUARY. PROSECUTORS SAY THE MURDER HAD ACTUALLY TAKEN PLACE TWO MONTHS EARLIER. ALSO CHARGED IN THE CASE ARE THE BOY’S MOTHER TRACY PENA…AND FERGUSON’S SON JORDAN NUNEZ.
