A New Mexico mother, who originally allowed her 16-year-old son to go to jail for a murder she had committed, is now ...
Elizabeth Ortiz-Chavez, 49, drove her son, Angelo Baldonado, to Albuquerque in March 2022 to fight her daughter's boyfriend, Josue Ruiz, for allegedly hitting her daughter while she was pregnant, ...
Elizabeth Ortiz-Chavez now faces up to 18 years in prison for the 2022 murder she initially blamed on her son.
Chavez, 49, has now pleaded guilty to second-degree murder following the fatal shooting of Josue Ruiz, 16, behind a diner in ...