State Requests Snap Benefits in Child Abuse Case

THE STATE WANTS THE FOOD STAMP RECORDS OF MURDER SUSPECTS TERI SANCHEZ AND JAMES STEWART. THE TWO ARE ACCUSED OF PROSTITUTING THEIR SEVEN YEAR OLD DAUGHTER IN ALBUQUERQUE. WITNESSES CLAIMED IN MAY THAT SANCHEZ AND STEWART WOULD NOT TAKE HELP FROM FOOD ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS PROVIDED BY THE GIRL’S SCHOOL.

KOB TV REPORTS THEY TURNED DOWN THAT HELP DESPITE THEIR TWO CHILDREN COMPLAINING AT SCHOOL THAT THEY WERE HUNGRY. IT’S BELIEVED THAT SNAP RECORDS WILL PROVE THE KIDS WERE NOT PROVIDED WITH SUFFICIENT FOOD. SANCHEZ AND STEWART ARE CHARGED WITH CHILD ABUSE, PARTLY BECAUSE OF THE CHILDREN BEING LIMITED ON THE AMOUNT OF FOOD THEY GOT AT HOME.

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