ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – An Albuquerque man accused of killing and dismembering his mother will remain in custody while his case goes through the judicial process.
Leroy Vallejos, 49, is charged with an open count of murder and tampering with evidence for the death of his 69-year-old mother, Ernestina Lucero, who was reported missing before she was found dead.
APD said Vallejos, in an interview with officers, admitted to choking his mother about three weeks before officers searched her home near Rhode Island and Copper. There, officers found human body parts in a freezer…