A 15 YEAR OLD MEADOWLAKE BOY MAKES HIS FIRST COURT APPEARANCE ON CHARGES THAT HE KILLED HIS 12 YEAR OLD FRIEND. A JUDGE IN LOS LUNAS ON THURSDAY ORDERED THAT BRANDON VILLALOBOS REMAIN IN CUSTODY. PROSECUTORS WILL HAVE TEN DAYS TO DECIDE IF HE'LL BE CHARGED AS AN ADULT IN THE DEATH OF ALEX MADRID, WHOSE BODY WAS FOUND UNDER A MATTRESS IN A FIELD EARLIER THIS WEEK.
THE ATTORNEY FOR VILLALOBOS SAYS HER CLIENT DOESN'T UNDERSTAND THE CHARGES HE FACES DUE TO LOW MENTAL FUNCTIONING.
