ALBUQUERQUE POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING THE DEATH OF A NINE MONTH OLD GIRL. APD’S SIMON DROBIK TELLS NEWSRADIO KKOB THE CALL CAME IN MID-MORNING ON TUESDAY. OFFICERS WERE SENT TO THE SAN MATEO INN AND SUITES, IN THE 24-HUNDRED BLOCK OF SAN MATEO NORTHEAST, WHERE AT CHILD HAD DROWNED.
DROBIK SAYS IT BECAME A CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION WHEN A WITNESS MADE INCONSISTENT STATEMENTS. THAT PERSON, AN ADULT MALE IDENTIFIED AS THE GIRL’S FATHER, HAS BEEN ARRESTED. HE’S BEEN CHARGED WITH CHILD ABUSE RESULTING IN DEATH.
TUESDAY’S INCIDENT FOLLOWS RECENT CASES OF A CHILD BEING BEATEN TO DEATH, AND ANOTHER BEING SHOT AND CRITICALLY WOUNDED IN ALBUQUERQUE.
