New Mexico man suspected of killing mother held without bail
CARLSBAD, N.M. (AP) — A southeastern New Mexico man who authorities say beat his mother to death has been ordered held without bail.
The Carlsbad Current-Argus reports Jesus Navarro is facing a number of charges including murder, intimidation of a witness and tampering with evidence in the death of 67-year-old Hortencia Jimenez.
Authorities say the 44-year-old Navarro attacked his mother at a family home in Malaga, New Mexico, following an argument on Jan. 31.
A criminal complaint says Jimenez was found bleeding from a head wound and unable to walk.
She was airlifted to the University Medical Center in El Paso, Texas, and pronounced dead three days later.