A JUDGE HAS DENIED A DEFENSE REQUEST TO MOVE THE VICTORIA MARTENS CASE OUT OF ALBUQUERQUE, AND HAS ALSO RULED THAT THE THREE PEOPLE CHARGED IN THE GIRL’S DEATH WILL BE TRIED SEPARATELY. PROSECUTORS SAY THE 10 YEAR OLD WAS DRUGGED, RAPED AND MURDERED LAST YEAR…ALLEGEDLY BY HER MOTHER MICHELLE MARTENS, THE MOTHER’S BOYFRIEND FABIAN GONZALES…AND HIS COUSIN JESSICA KELLEY.
THE JUDGE HASN’T DECIDED IN WHAT ORDER THE THREE DEFENDANTS WILL BE TRIED.