IT’S 33 YEARS IN PRISON FOR EMILIO MARQUEZ … THE MAN WHO PLEADED NO CONTEST TO THE SHOOTING DEATH OF CENTRAL NEW MEXICO COMMUNITY COLLEGE STUDENT JARED CLARK IN EARLY JUNE.
SENTENCING FOLLOWS MARQUEZ ACCEPTING A PLEA DEAL IN SEPTEMBER THAT COMBINED FOUR CASES AGAINST HIM WITH 10 COUNTS. THOSE INCLUDE SECOND DEGREE MURDER, ARMED ROBBERY, AGGRAVATED BATTERY WITH A DEADLY WEAPON AGAINST A HOUSEHOLD MEMBER … AND CHILD ABUSE STEMMING FROM THE DEATH OF NEAVEAH ORTEGA, WHO DIED JUST BEFORE HER 1ST BIRTHDAY IN DECEMBER 2012.
