SHE’S BEING TREATED AT AN ALBUQUERQUE HOSPITAL FOR DEHYDRATION AND A HIGH FEVER, BUT ASIDE FROM THAT, 9 MONTH OLD ARIANA SMITH IS OKAY. SHE WAS KIDNAPPED MONDAY AROUND 1:30PM BY HER MOTHER’S BOYFRIEND IN HER MOTHER’S ACURA SUV.
SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES ISSUED AN AMBER ALERT AND LATER FOUND THE GIRL NEAR GOLD COURSE AND ELLISON AROUND 6:30PM. SHE WAS ALONE IN THE SUV WITH ALL THE WINDOWS ROLLED UP.
DEPUTIES LATER ARRESTED 23 YEAR OLD SUSPECT LIEGHRAUGHNZO BENALY NEAR I-25 AND MONTANO AROUND 11:30 MONDAY NIGHT. HE WAS THEN BOOKED INTO THE MDC.
