THE ALBUQUERQUE TEEN WHO KILLED FIVE MEMBERS OF THIS FAMILY IN 2013 WILL NOT BE TRIED AS AN ADULT. A JUDGE ON THURSDAY RULED THAT NEHEMIAH GRIEGO … WHO IS NOW 18 … WILL BE TRIED AS A JUVENILE. PROSECUTORS ARGUED HE SHOULD BE TRIED AS AN ADULT.
THE JUDGE’S RULING MEANS GRIEGO WILL LIKELY BE A FREE MAN WHEN HE’S 21. THE JUDGE SAID GRIEGO COULD BE REHABILITATED. HE’S BEING TREATED AT THE SEQUOYAH ADOLESCENT TREATMENT CENTER.
GRIEGO WAS 15 WHEN HE KILLED HIS PARENTS AND THREE SIBLINGS. HE PLEADED GUILTY IN CHILDREN’S COURT TO TWO COUNTS OF 2ND DEGREE MURDER AND THREE COUNTS OF CHILD ABUSE RESULTING IN DEATH.
