Albuquerque Journal from Albuquerque, New Mexico • A7

METRO NM ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL SATURDAY, AUGUST 4, 2018 PAGE A7 slug: Flag Mast where: news artist: Cathryn size: 1 col 20p7 date of proof: April 29, 2009 color bw Block party to celebrate arts Corrales sponsors photo show Submissions are being accepted for the Old Church Photography Show, which takes place Sept. 29-30 during the Corrales Harvest Festival. The Corrales Historical Society is sponsoring the show in honor of the 150th anniversary of Historic Old San Ysidro Church. All photos must be of the old church. Proceeds from entry fees go toward the preservation.

For complete details, including the entry form, go to corraleshistory.org. Submissions will be accepted through Aug. 31. Flying the colors The flag is to be flown at full staff today. of the is something I want to convey to young people in the state: You can have a future here.

easy to get negative about our community because we have challenges, but possible to succeed Jonathan David Lewis of McKee Wallwork which was named Small Agency of the by Advertising Age. Autopsy shows slain boy died of blunt force trauma Copyright 2018 Albuquerque Journal BY EDMUNDO CARRILLO JOURNAL NORTH SANTA FE The Office of the Medical Investigator has deter- mined that Jeremiah Valencia died of blunt force trauma to many parts of his body but decomposition hampered the autopsy. Investigators believe Jeremi- ah, 13, was killed by 42-year-old Thomas Ferguson, his boyfriend, in the family home in in November. Ferguson then allegedly forced his son, 20-year-old Jor- dan Nunez, and mother, 36-year-old Tracy Ann Pena, to help with burying the body. Jeremiah was found in a plastic storage bin and wrapped in plastic in late January.

Nunez and young- er sister told Santa Fe County deputies that Ferguson had tortured Jeremiah, starved him and forced him to stay in a dog kennel while wearing a diaper. They also said Ferguson beat Jeremiah severely in late November and then put him in a dog kennel, where he is believed to have died. The autop- released Fri- day, says Jer- em i a ad multiple jaw fractures that are associated with the tear- ing of his lips. Nu nez ad previously told investigators that Ferguson was punching Jeremiah so hard the day of his death that some of the teeth may have fallen out. There was also bleeding around left eye, which was displaced from its socket, and there was bruising on the left side of his face, the report says.

There also were tears in his scalp, left cheek and behind his left ear. Jeremiah had multiple frac- tures in the left ribs, which showed signs of healing, and there was a in his left hand. Nunez told detec- tives that Ferguson would drop a five-pound hammer on Jer- hand. brain be evaluated due to decomposition, the OMI report says. A office spokesman said in Janu- ary that the body had to be iden- tified using dental records.

There was no evidence of burns or of injuries from sexual assault, but the report says that rule out the possibil- ity that Jeremiah was sexually assaulted. A detective wrote in a search warrant affidavit that there was evidence that Jeremi- ah was raped and burned. The OMI report says Jeremiah Valencia had injuries to face, ribs and hand, according to report Jeremiah Valencia See AUTOPSY A8 EDDIE Katie and Ryan McNeil, from Ireland visit El Rancho de las Golondrinas on Friday. The living history museum issued an emergency appeal for donations after recent flooding made a mess of the grounds, but a food and beer festival will go on as scheduled today. First woman named as wing commander Helicopter pilot to lead NM ANG 150th Special Operations BY MADDY HAYDEN JOURNAL STAFF WRITER An MIT grad, HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter pilot and decorated combat veteran has added another accomplishment to her impressive Col.

Esther Sablan has been named the first woman to command the New Mexico Air National 150th Special Operations Wing. of my most solemn duties as Adjutant General of New Mex- ico is to ensure our airmen and soldiers have the best leadership I can said Maj. Gen. Ken Nava in an emailed statement. am very proud of the fact that we were able to bring Col.

Esther Camacho Sablan to the 150th Special Operations Wing and the New Mexico Air National Guard. She is the right leader at the right time to help us accomplish Gov. Susana mission to get a unit equipped flying mission for the New Mexico National Sablan graduated from pilot training with Kirt- land Air Force 58th Special Operations Wing, which now works together with the 150th. She comes to New 150th from Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, where she served as Chief JIM Josh Perez addresses a group of protesters Friday in front of the Albuquerque office of the state Children, Youth and Families Department. The group was protest- ing what it said was failure to protect children.

State police officer facing drug charges resigns Undercover investigation led to arrest, filing of charges BY MATTHEW REISEN JOURNAL STAFF WRITER A five-year veteran of the State Police arrested and charged with stealing drugs to encourage sexu- al favors from women chose to resign rather than be fired, authorities said Friday. Police say NMSP officer Daniel Capehart, 33, was arrested on June 29 and charged in U.S. District Court with distribution of mari- juana and methamphetamine. The charges stem from an inves- tigation involving undercover officers posing as a meth dealer and a teenage girl looking for mar- ijuana that revealed Capehart was willing to subvert the law for sexual favors with women in the Farmington area. NMSP Chief Pete Kassetas launched an internal affairs investigation following arrest and served the officer with a formal notice that his employment would be terminated after which Daniel Capehart See COP A8 See WOMAN A8 Food and Beer Festival to go on despite floods BY T.S.

LAST JOURNAL NORTH SANTA FE El Rancho de las Golondrinas the living history museum south of Santa Fe is still recovering from the July 23 storm that caused significant flooding. But the New Mexico Food and Beer Festival scheduled for this weekend will still go on. Daniel Goodman, the director, said Friday crews are still cleaning up debris from the thun- derstorm that dropped as much as 3.5 inches of rain to some parts of Santa Fe. While las Golondrinas get nearly as much rain that night, located downstream from the city and the neighboring com- munity of La Cienega seemed to be hit hardest by the flooding. wall of water came flying through La Goodman said, adding that homeowners got hit a lot worse than the museum, a collection of historic buildings, did.

Officials with the Federal Emer- gency Management Agency were performing damage assessments in the Santa Fe area this week. As for El Rancho de las Golondri- nas, no buildings were significantly damaged but its performance, wed- ding and burro fields were left cov- ered with mud and silt by the flood. The rushing waters also took out much of its acequia infrastructure used to irrigate crop fields on the ranch and a pedestrian bridge that crossed La Cienega Creek that con- nected two halves of the property, forcing the closure of the back half of the 200-acre property for about a week, Goodman said. still a logjam farther Esther Sablan Crews ready El Rancho de las Golondrinas for weekend celebration See EL RANCHO A8 BY RICK NATHANSON JOURNAL STAFF WRITER Carrying signs reading our Children Count on and Do Your about 40 people gathered outside the Albuquerque offices of the state Children, Youth and Families Department on Friday to protest what they said seems like never- ending incidents involving children who get abused or killed. here today because too many kids have been abused or passed away, even kids who had been reported to CYFD two, three or four said Josh Perez, 27, who orga- Protesters: CYFD is failing See PROTESTERS A8 Demonstrators call for change, new leadership a block party to celebrate the African American Performing Arts 10-plus years and invited! There will be live music, food trucks, raffles, face painting, games and more.

from 4 to 10 p.m. today at the center, 310 San Pedro NE. $2. Information: aapacnm.org or visit its Facebook page..