ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.—Relatives of an Albuquerque woman whose 10-year-old daughter was drugged, sexually abused, and then brutally murdered in the mother’s apartment last week are mystified over how she got involved with two convicted criminals accused with her of causing the girl’s death, the family spokeswoman for the child’s relatives said Monday.
Laura Bobbs lived in the same apartment complex as the girl’s mother, Michelle Martens, for five years and said she and Martens’ parents saw the mother daily but never picked up clues of anything amiss.
They were also unaware she had been dating the boyfriend convicted of child endangerment for a month before the killing and letting his cousin stay at the apartment just after the cousin was released from prison.
