Three suspects have been arrested in the death last month of a 38-year-old disabled woman who had been in the care of a state-run New Mexico program for children and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities, authorities said Wednesday.Special agents with the state Attorney General's Office arrested the three women with help from the New
New Mexico police arrested three suspects arrested in the death of a disabled woman in a New Mexico program intended to help those with developmental and intellectual disabilities.
New Mexico's top prosecutor says caregivers tortured a 38-year-old developmentally disabled woman before her death. Attorney General Raúl Torrez detailed the woman's injuries during a news conference Thursday, saying she died after being found in the back of a van as the caregivers tried to take her to Mexico so her wounds could be treated. Three people were arrested and charged Wednesday with abuse and neglect following an investigation that began with the April stop at the U.S.-Mexico border. The case spurred a statewide review and prompted social workers to check on thousands of developmentally disabled people who receive care through a federally-funded waiver program.