August 25, 2016
10:29 PM ET
New Mexico: Brutal Killing of Girl Detailed by Authorities
On the day Victoria Martens was going to celebrate her 10th birthday, she was found dead in her family's apartment by Albuquerque police officers, her dismembered remains wrapped in a burning blanket.
Police say Victoria was injected with methamphetamine, sexually assaulted, strangled and stabbed before being dismembered.
A caller told a police dispatcher before dawn Wednesday that there was a disturbance in the apartment, said Albuquerque Police Chief Gorden Eden Jr. Officers who went to the apartment complex found the gruesome crime scene.
"This homicide is the most gruesome act of evil I have ever seen in my career," Eden said Thursday. "A complete disregard of human life."
The girl's mother, 35-year-old Michelle Martens, her 31-year-old boyfriend, Fabian Gonzales, and his 31-year-old cousin, Jessica Kelley, face charges of child abuse resulting in death, kidnapping and tampering with evidence. Gonzales and Kelley have also been charged with criminal sexual penetration of a minor.
Gonzales denied having anything to do with Victoria's death as he was led out of the police station in handcuffs late Wednesday while reporters yelled questions at him. The girl's mother said nothing as she was led out and placed into the back of a police car.
Police said Kelley was hospitalized late Wednesday and will be booked after she is released. No details were disclosed about why she was hospitalized.
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/albuquerque-police-face-charges-childs-death-41639208
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I sit here crying my eyes out, why someone tell me why? I have read so so so many articles, followed so many trials, read books, about abused children, but for some reason I can't stop crying.
I have no words for the three taken into jail, they are not people, not humanized, nothing not even trash, that is too good for them.
I feel like asking Why God Why and I never question God.
I know Victoria is in heaven, God rest her soul NO ONE will EVER be able to touch your precious body again.
RIP Little Angel Victoria :rose:
jmo