By Associated Press - Monday, May 4, 2015

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - Authorities say a Roswell woman is accused of abandoning her son at a cemetery last weekend.

They say Loraine Olivas is being held at the Eddy County Detention Center on suspicion of child abuse, abandonment and interference with a child abuse investigation.

It was unclear Monday if she has a lawyer yet.



KOB-TV reports that an Amber Alert was issued for the boy while police searched for Olivas on Saturday.

A short time later, a woman called police after finding the child wandering and crying alone at Lake Arthur Cemetery.

Carlsbad police located Olivas about 5 miles out of the town after she ran out of gas.

A criminal complaint states Olivas told police she left the child at his father’s house, but the man says that did not happen.

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Information from: KOB-TV, https://www.kob.com

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