THE THREE PEOPLE CHARGED IN THE DEATH OF 10 YEAR OLD VICTORIA MARTENS OF ALBUQUERQUE IN AUGUST OF 2016 MAY NOT GO TO TRIAL THIS YEAR. UNDER THE GUIDELINES OF THE CASE MANAGEMENT ORDER, ALL THREE TRIALS MUST BE HELD IN 2017.
THEIR LAWYERS, HOWEVER, ARE ASKING THE COURT TO GRANT A CONTINUANCE, MOVING THE TRIALS TO SOMETIME IN 2018, GIVING THEM MORE TIME TO PREPARE. BERNALILLO COUNTY D-A RAUL TORRES SAYS HIS OFFICE WILL NOT OPPOSE THE CONTINUANCE.
POLICE SAY FABIAN GONZALES, JESSICA KELLY AND MICHELLE MARTENS, VICTORIA’S MOTHER, MURDERED HER THEN DISMEMBERED HER BODY.
