A JURY FINDS ALEX RIOS GUILTY OF SECOND DEGREE MURDER IN THE BEATING DEATHS OF TWO HOMELESS MEN IN ALBUQUERQUE LAST YEAR. RIOS, WHO WAS 18 AT THE TIME, WAS ALSO CONVICTED OF AGGRAVATED BATTERY AND ROBBERY.
CO-DEFENDANT GILBERT TAFOYA MADE A PLEA DEAL WITH PROSECUTORS AND TESTIFIED AGAINST RIOS. A THIRD DEFENDANT, NATHANIEL CARRILLO, PLED NOT GUILTY AND IS AWAITING TRIAL.
PROSECUTORS SAY ALLISON GORMAN AND KEE THOMPSON WERE SAVAGELY BEATEN WITH A BRICK, ROCKS AND OTHER OBJECTS.
