DA: Man accused of killing 13-year-old an apparent suicide
The chief prosecutor for the Santa Fe area says a man accused of killing a 13-year-old boy who endured years of abuse is dead as a result of what preliminarily appears to have been an apparent suicide.
District Attorney Marco Serna says 42-year-old Thomas Wayne Ferguson was found dead in custody Saturday morning. He was awaiting trial on murder and multiple other charges in the January death of Jeremiah Valencia.
Serna said Ferguson avoided justice but that his office will “continue to aggressively prosecute” co-defendants Tracy Ann Pena and Jordan Nunez.
Pena was the boy’s mother. Ferguson was her boyfriend and Nunez was her adult son.
Police said Ferguson brutally beat the teen to death while Pena was in jail on a warrant for failing to appear in court.
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4/28/2018 10:24:53 AM (GMT -6:00)
