POLICE SAY TWO HOMELESS MEN FOUND DEAD IN A VACANT LOT ON ALBUQUERQUE'S WEST SIDE OVER THE WEEKEND WERE BEATEN TO DEATH. ANOTHER HOMELESS MAN WAS FOUND SEVERELY BEATEN AT THE SCENE AND WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL.
POLICE SAY THREE TEENS ADMITTED TO KILLING THE TWO MEN, WHO WERE SO BADLY INJURED THAT THEY COULDN'T BE IMMEDIATELY IDENTIFIED . EIGHTEEN YEAR OLD SUSPECT ALEX RIOS IS EXPECTED IN COURT MONDAY AFTERNOON. THE OTHER TWO BOYS … 16 YEAR OLD NATHANIEL CARRILLO AND 15 YEAR OLD GILBERT TAFOYA … COULD BE CHARGED WITH MURDER AS ADULTS.
THE THREE NOT ONLY ADMITTED TO POLICE THAT THEY BEAT THE MEN WITH BRICKS, A METAL FENCE POLE, AND STICKS … BUT CONFESSED TO RANDOM ATTACKS ON HOMELESS PEOPLE IN ALBUQUERQUE IN THE PAST YEAR. UP TO 50 OF THOSE ATTACKS OCCURRED IN RECENT MONTHS.
