AN INVESTIGATION CONTINUES IN VALENCIA COUNTY INTO WHAT WAS A SUSPICIOUS DEATH BUT IS NOW A HOMICIDE INVESTIGATION. SHERIFF'S DEPUTIES WERE SENT TO A VACANT LOT IN MEADOWLAKE WEST OF LOS LUNAS TUESDAY AFTERNOON, WHERE A BODY HAD BEEN FOUND. THE VALENCIA COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE HAS IDENTIFIED THE BODY AS THAT OF A 12 YEAR OLD BOY … BUT THEY DON'T YET KNOW HIS NAME.
DEPUTIES ALSO SAY AN ARREST HAS BEEN MADE. THE ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL REPORTS A 15 YEAR OLD BOY WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY.
THE OMI WILL DETERMINE HOW THE BOY DIED.