ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - Prosecutors dismissed sex abuse charges against a woman accused in the 2016 killing of a 10-year-old Albuquerque girl because there isn’t enough evidence to connect her to those charges.
District Attorney’s Office spokesman Michael Patrick told the Albuquerque Journal that Kelley still faces other charges, including murder, in Victoria Martens’ death.
The girl’s mother, Michelle Martens, and Martens’ boyfriend, Fabian Gonzales, were indicted on rape and murder charges along with Kelley. Over the summer, the District Attorney’s Office dismissed many of those charges.
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Martens pleaded guilty to reckless child abuse resulting in death and faces 12 to 15 years in prison, with the possibility to cut that in half for good behavior.
Gonzales still faces charges of child abuse resulting in death and tampering with evidence.
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Information from: Albuquerque Journal, http://www.abqjournal.com
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