AN INFANT IS IN CRITICAL CONDITION AND HER MOTHER'S BOYFRIEND IS IN JAIL CHARGED WITH CHILD ABUSE. ALBUQUERQUE POLICE SAY THE CHILD'S MOTHER RETURNED HOME SATURDAY NIGHT AND FOUND HER DAUGHTER UNRESPONSIVE. THE INFANT WAS TAKEN TO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL AND UNDERWENT EMERGENCY SURGERY.
INVESTIGATORS SAY MICHAEL HYER EXPRESSED RESENTMENT AT CARING FOR HIS GIRLFRIEND'S CHILDREN. HE WAS BOOKED ON CHARGES OF CHILD ABUSE AND ON AN UNRELATED WARRANT.