New Mexico woman sentenced to additional time in prison after leaving drug program

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – A woman convicted of stabbing her Santa Fe firefighter boyfriend to death in 2019 was sentenced on Friday after running away from her court-appointed rehab treatment. Chrystyne Sanchez stabbed and killed Christian Reed at her apartment on Osuna Road. She pled no contest to voluntary manslaughter and was sentenced to two years in prison , followed by six months at a rehab program.

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She started the program in January, but on March 11, she left the program without permission. A warrant was issued, and she turned herself in. She snuck in nearly 80 strips of suboxone and is now facing new charges for bringing contraband into the Metropolitan Detention Center. She was sentenced to an additional six years behind bars.

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