ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - Police have arrested a mother on an open count of murder in the case of a 3- to 4-year-old boy who was buried in the sand beneath an Albuquerque playground.
Tiffany Toribio, 23, was arrested early Thursday on an open count of murder and several charges of child abuse resulting in death, according to court records. She's being held on a $250,000 bond.
Police Chief Ray Schultz says Toribio is a transient woman who had stayed at a home several blocks from Alvarado Park, where the unidentified boy's body was found Friday.
Family members and others tipped police after investigators released a photograph-like image of the unidentified boy.
Relatives said the image was similar to Toribio's 3-year-old son, who hadn't been seen since May 12.
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