Sunland Park couple arrested for child abuse, abandonment

LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) -- Jail records show that 19-year-old Christina Marie Baker and 27-year-old DeJesus Hernandez are each charged with two counts of abandonment of a child and one count of abuse of a child.

Officers with the Sunland Park Police Department arrested Baker and Hernandez on the 1000 block of Bronze Hill Wednesday and booked them into the Dona Ana County Detention Center. They were both offered a release on recognizance bond.

Court documents state police officers found Baker's 2-year-old son walking three blocks away from home in the rain, wearing a sweater and a diaper without pants. The officers conducted a welfare check at the home and found the child's room smelled strongly of urine. The officers found urine and feces stains in the room. The New Mexico Children, Youth and Families Department removed the child from the home.

This is a developing story.