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A missing New Mexico infant has been found and a suspect in her | |
disappearance is in custody, FBI says | |
By Paradise Afshar, CNN | |
Updated: | |
7:26 PM EDT, Mon May 6, 2024 | |
Source: CNN | |
A 10-month-girl police said was abducted Friday from a New Mexico park | |
where her mother and another woman were discovered dead has been found | |
and a suspect is in custody, the FBI announced Monday morning. | |
The bureau did not provide further details on Eleia Maria Torres’ | |
condition and the suspect was not immediately named. | |
Eleia’s 5-year-old sister was also found injured at the park and is | |
recovering, police said Sunday. | |
Investigators discovered the infant was missing after responding to a | |
call shortly before 4:30 p.m. Friday about two women found dead at the | |
park near Clovis, a city in eastern New Mexico that is more than 200 | |
miles east of Albuquerque and about 100 miles southwest of Amarillo, | |
Texas. | |
The women, both 23, were found with “apparent gunshot wounds” on | |
the ground near a minivan, the police statement said. | |
They were identified by investigators as Samantha Cisneros, Eleia’s | |
mother, and Taryn Allen. | |
The 5-year-old was found “suffering from an injury to her head,” | |
police said, and was rushed to a hospital for treatment. | |
The fathers of both children have been working with the investigation | |
team, police said at a news conference Sunday. | |
At the scene, officers also discovered “an infant car seat, an infant | |
stroller and a small baby bottle at the scene,” and began searching | |
for a young child, police said. | |
“Through interviews with family members, investigators learned | |
Samantha Cisneros was the mother to the young female child found at the | |
scene and was also the mother to a 10-month-old child, Eleia Maria | |
Torres,” the news release said. | |
The FBI helped local police with the investigation. | |
This story has been updated with additional information. | |
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