THE CHARGES AGAINST THE FIVE PEOPLE ARRESTED AT A COMPOUND IN NORTHERN NEW MEXICO HAVE BEEN DROPPED. ON WEDNESDAY MORNING, A JUDGE DISMISSED THE CHARGES AGAINST THREE OF THE SUSPECTS, SAYING THE STATE FAILED TO SCHEDULE A PRELIMINARY HEARING WITHIN THE 10 DAYS REQUIRED BY LAW.
THEN WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON,THE OTHER TWO PEOPLE, SIRAJ WAHHAJ AND JANY LEVEILLE, HAD THEIR CHARGES OF CHILD ABUSE RESULTING IN DEATH DROPPED. THE JUDGE RULED THOSE CHARGES WERE NOT FILED BY THE PROPER AUTHORITY.
THE CHARGES THAT WERE DISMISSED CAN BE REFILED AND THE TAOS DISTRICT ATTORNEY SAYS HE DOES PLAN TO REFILE CHILD ABUSE CHARGES AGAINST ALL FIVE SUSPECTS.
