Albuquerque homicides up from 2008

were children. Two of the cases in particular put Albuquerque in the national spotlight. In May, police arrested Tiffany Toribio for suffocating her three-year-old son, then burying him at an Albuquerque park. Then another heart-wrenching murder took place in December, when police arrested Christopher Rains for shooting his 9-month-old daughter in the head. In 2008, the department had an 80% solvency rate, roughly equal to the cases solved in 2009, but Hamby notes it has been a tough ...


















