Albuquerque murder suspect arrested 5 years later in Rhode Island

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Law enforcement in Rhode Island captured a man accused of murdering a 15-year-old Albuquerque girl back in 2020.

Police in Rhode Island took Isaiah Hayes into custody, the Albuquerque Police Department stated Tuesday. APD sought Hayes as one of their “most-wanted fugitives.” He went on the run for more than four years after allegedly shooting and killing 15-year-old Angelique Anderson.

On May 2, 2020, APD officers responded to a report of a fight near Hawthorne Elementary School at Copper Avenue and Wyoming Boulevard in northeast Albuquerque. According to APD, Anderson arrived in a vehicle with Hayes and three other people to confront a group at the school park. Witnesses told police Hayes, who was 20 years old at the time, had a gun on him…

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