NM Mother’s Dismembered Body Found in Kitchen Freezer, Son Charged with Murder

Police in New Mexico have apprehended an Albuquerque man suspected of murdering and partially dismembering his mother. Police booked Leroy Vallejos, 49, into the Metro Detention Center Wednesday. Vallejos allegedly confessed to strangling his mother, Ernestina Lucero, 69, approximately three weeks prior, KRQE reported. The investigation began with a welfare check Tuesday at Lucero’s residence, …