The Latest on killing of an Albuquerque woman (all times local):
5:15 p.m.
Albuquerque police say authorities have arrested a man in southern New Mexico in connection with the death of his girlfriend.
Albuquerque police spokesman Officer Tanner Tixier says 30-year-old Carlos Perez will be booked on an open count of murder in the death of 26-year-old Vanessa Delgado. He's in custody in Las Cruces.
Police say the woman was found dead in her Albuquerque home early Tuesday and family members told investigators four children were missing.
Tixier says the children were later found with Perez, who was headed south on Interstate 25 about 10 miles north of Las Cruces.
Tixier says Perez and Delgado were in a romantic relationship and that Perez is the father of three of the children. It was not immediately clear if Perez had an attorney.
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11:40 a.m.
Police say a woman found dead in her home in Albuquerque was the mother of four children who were recovered unharmed in Las Cruces.
A caller reported Tuesday morning that a woman was killed or injured in her home and family members told police that four children were missing.
Police spokesman Tanner Tixier says the children were found in a vehicle with a suspect on southbound Interstate 25 about 10 miles north of Las Cruces and that it's possible the suspect was headed to family in El Paso.
Tixier says the woman and suspect were in a romantic relationship and that the suspect is the father of three of the children. He's in custody in Las Cruces.
No identities were released, and it's not yet known how the woman was killed.
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10:10 a.m.
Authorities say a man is in custody and four children have been recovered unharmed following the death of a woman in Albuquerque.
Details are sketchy but police say the incident began unfolding Tuesday morning when a caller reported that a woman was killed or injured in her home.
Officers found the woman dead and were told by family members that four children were missing.
An Albuquerque Police Department spokesman says a vehicle containing the children and a suspect was stopped in Las Cruces, which is approximately 220 miles south of Albuquerque.
Additional information is not immediately available, including the relationship between the woman and the children.
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