APD and City Hall Statement on Child Abuse Cases

QUESTIONS ARE BEING ASKED AT THE ALBUQUERQUE POLICE DEPARTMENT SURROUNDING THE DEPARTMENT’S CONTACTS WITH A COUPLE AND THEIR CHILDREN CAUGHT-UP IN A DISTURBING CASE. WAS ANYTHING MISSED?

THE ALBUQUERQUE POLICE DEPARTMENT HOPES TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION IN ITS DEALING WITH A COUPLE NOW ACCUSED OF SEX-TRAFFICKING THEIR SEVEN YEAR OLD DAUGHTER. THE DEPARTMENT IS CARRYING-OUT AN INTERNAL AFFAIRS INVESTIGATION, LOOKING AT WHAT ITS OFFICERS DID, OR DIDN’T DO, WHEN IN CONTACT WITH JAMES STEWART,TERRI SANCHEZ AND THEIR CHILDREN.

THE FORMAL INVESTIGATION, WHICH BEGAN LAST FRIDAY, WILL ALSO LOOK AT OTHER ACTIONS BY APD PERSONNEL CONNECTED TO THE CASE.

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