THE DEATH OF 9 YEAR OLD OMAREE VARELA HAS THE ALBUQUERQUE NAACP AND AFRICAN AMERICAN GROUPS CALLING FOR THE CYFD SECRETARY TO RESIGN … AND TWO APD OFFICERS TO BE FIRED. THEY SAY INCIDENTS LIKE THE VARELA CASE WILL JUST CONTINUE IF PEOPLE DON'T STEP UP AND SPEAK OUT.
THE TWO OFFICERS … GIL VIGIL AND SCOTT MCMURROUGH … ARE ON PAID LEAVE NOW WHILE BEING INVESTIGATED FOR NOT FILING A REPORT WHEN THEY WERE SENT TO OMAREE'S HOME IN JUNE OF LAST YEAR ON A DOMESTIC DISTURBANCE CALLS. THEY ALSO DIDN'T LISTEN TO THE 911 CALL IN WHICH A MAN AND WOMAN … SAID TO BE OMAREE'S MOTHER AND HER HUSBAND … VERBALLY ABUSING HIM.
THE BOY WAS DEAD SIX MONTHS LATER … ALLEGEDLY KICKED TO DEATH BY HIS MOTHER, SYNTHIA VARELA-CASAUS.
