A 12 YEAR OLD ALBUQUERQUE BOY IS IN THE HOSPITAL … AND HIS STEPFATHER IS IN THE METRO DETENTION CENTER AFTER ALLEGEDLY STABBING BOY LAST FRIDAY NIGHT. BOTH NEIGHBORS AND THE SUSPECT … AVELINO CHAVEZ … CALLED 911. CHAVEZ CALLED FROM A NEARBY 7-11 AND REPORTEDLY TOLD THE STORE CLERK HE'D STABBED THE BOY.
POLICE SAY WHEN THEY ARRIVED ON SCENE ON STILWELL NORTHEAST FRIDAY NIGHT, THEY COULD SEE THE BOY THROUGH THE WINDOW, LYING IN A POOL OF BLOOD AT THE BOTTOM OF THE STAIRS. CHAVEZ IS CHARGED WITH CHILD ABUSE WITH GREAT BODILY HARM.
