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Tuesday, December 30, 2008
Teasing May Have Led to Girl's Death
By Jeff Proctor
Journal Staff Writer
Giggling at a fellow partygoer's nickname.
That's what 14-year-old Raylene Jaramillo's mother says may have led to the death of her daughter early Saturday.
The point-blank shooting of the former Valley High freshman occurred during an underage drinking party at a house in the South Valley where police have been called more than a dozen times before, Albuquerque Police Chief Ray Schultz said Monday.
Efrain Valenzuela, 19, was at the Metropolitan Detention Center on Monday evening on an open count of murder, jail records show. His bond was set at $1 million cash only.
The homeowner, 33-year-old Margie Ferrell, who is on probation after an underage drinking incident in March, was arrested Monday afternoon for violating that probation.
"It does appear she was having another party with alcohol and underage children present" on Saturday, Schultz said Monday.
Raylene had gone to Ferrell's home in the 8900 block of Round Rock SW shortly after midnight Saturday with a friend.
Her friend "was making fun of (Valenzuela's) name," Raylene's mother said in a telephone interview Monday. "My daughter giggles a lot, so she was giggling when he said what his name was. So he shot her in the head, point-blank."
The woman said her daughter had not been to Ferrell's home before Saturday, but her friend had known Ferrell "from before" and had been to previous parties at the home.
Raylene's family told KOAT-TV that they rarely allowed her to attend late-night parties, but her mother said she made an exception.
"The one time I let her go, she ends up getting killed. It's so hard," her mother said.
She told the Journal that Raylene was a freshman at Valley High School. Valley principal Anthony Griego said Raylene had gone to Valley, but had transferred to a non-APS school Dec. 3.
According to court records, Raylene's friend told officers that the two girls had gone to Ferrell's home for a party and were in the kitchen when Valenzuela walked in.
Raylene asked Valenzuela what his name was, and her friend told her his name was "Mocco," similar to the Spanish word "moco," which means to "mucus" or "snot."
Schultz said there was some conversation about the nickname, and Valenzuela got offended.
"It's Mocco," Valenzuela allegedly said, "I'll show you what's up," court records state. Valenzuela then allegedly put a .40-caliber pistol against Raylene's forehead and fired one shot, killing her, according to court records. He was arrested about three hours later when police tracked him to his home on 98th NW.
Schultz said he is "very concerned" over the circumstances that led up to the girl's death.
That's because Ferrell's home has been the focus of at least a half-dozen calls for police service in the past nine months, Schultz said, including one in which the homeowner was arrested on charges of contributing to the delinquency of a minor after a party at which a young man was firing shots into the air on March 8.
"The history of the house is very concerning," Schultz said. "There have been 14 calls to her home since July 4, 2005, and many of those have been for loud music, parties and disturbances."
A criminal complaint filed in Metropolitan Court spells out what happened at Ferrell's home on March 8:
Police received an anonymous call saying there was a party in progress and a male was in the yard "shooting a handgun into the air."
When they arrived, officers saw a female who was passed out being dragged from the home by a male. Two females then dragged her back inside the home.
Inside Ferrell's home, officers found numerous open alcohol containers and six people under age 21 who were intoxicated. Four of them were under 18.
The six minors were cited and released, and Ferrell was booked into the West Side jail on four counts of giving or selling alcohol to minors and four counts of contributing to the delinquency of a minor.
Ferrell served four days in jail and was placed on 18 months' supervised probation in exchange for a guilty/deferred judgment on the charges, court records say.
Schultz said Ferrell was to be booked into the West Side jail Monday evening on the probation violation charges stemming from Saturday's incident.
This is the second time in a little more than a week that a 14-year-old girl in New Mexico has been the victim of a shooting.
In Santa Fe, a young girl was shot twice in the face while a passenger in the back seat of a 1993 maroon Cadillac on Dec. 19, according to Santa Fe County Sheriff Greg Solano. The facial injuries were not life-threatening, but the girl was transported to a Denver hospital. Solano said the incident is being investigated.
Teasing May Have Led to Girl's Death
By Jeff Proctor
Journal Staff Writer
Giggling at a fellow partygoer's nickname.
That's what 14-year-old Raylene Jaramillo's mother says may have led to the death of her daughter early Saturday.
The point-blank shooting of the former Valley High freshman occurred during an underage drinking party at a house in the South Valley where police have been called more than a dozen times before, Albuquerque Police Chief Ray Schultz said Monday.
Efrain Valenzuela, 19, was at the Metropolitan Detention Center on Monday evening on an open count of murder, jail records show. His bond was set at $1 million cash only.
The homeowner, 33-year-old Margie Ferrell, who is on probation after an underage drinking incident in March, was arrested Monday afternoon for violating that probation.
"It does appear she was having another party with alcohol and underage children present" on Saturday, Schultz said Monday.
Raylene had gone to Ferrell's home in the 8900 block of Round Rock SW shortly after midnight Saturday with a friend.
Her friend "was making fun of (Valenzuela's) name," Raylene's mother said in a telephone interview Monday. "My daughter giggles a lot, so she was giggling when he said what his name was. So he shot her in the head, point-blank."
The woman said her daughter had not been to Ferrell's home before Saturday, but her friend had known Ferrell "from before" and had been to previous parties at the home.
Raylene's family told KOAT-TV that they rarely allowed her to attend late-night parties, but her mother said she made an exception.
"The one time I let her go, she ends up getting killed. It's so hard," her mother said.
She told the Journal that Raylene was a freshman at Valley High School. Valley principal Anthony Griego said Raylene had gone to Valley, but had transferred to a non-APS school Dec. 3.
According to court records, Raylene's friend told officers that the two girls had gone to Ferrell's home for a party and were in the kitchen when Valenzuela walked in.
Raylene asked Valenzuela what his name was, and her friend told her his name was "Mocco," similar to the Spanish word "moco," which means to "mucus" or "snot."
Schultz said there was some conversation about the nickname, and Valenzuela got offended.
"It's Mocco," Valenzuela allegedly said, "I'll show you what's up," court records state. Valenzuela then allegedly put a .40-caliber pistol against Raylene's forehead and fired one shot, killing her, according to court records. He was arrested about three hours later when police tracked him to his home on 98th NW.
Schultz said he is "very concerned" over the circumstances that led up to the girl's death.
That's because Ferrell's home has been the focus of at least a half-dozen calls for police service in the past nine months, Schultz said, including one in which the homeowner was arrested on charges of contributing to the delinquency of a minor after a party at which a young man was firing shots into the air on March 8.
"The history of the house is very concerning," Schultz said. "There have been 14 calls to her home since July 4, 2005, and many of those have been for loud music, parties and disturbances."
A criminal complaint filed in Metropolitan Court spells out what happened at Ferrell's home on March 8:
Police received an anonymous call saying there was a party in progress and a male was in the yard "shooting a handgun into the air."
When they arrived, officers saw a female who was passed out being dragged from the home by a male. Two females then dragged her back inside the home.
Inside Ferrell's home, officers found numerous open alcohol containers and six people under age 21 who were intoxicated. Four of them were under 18.
The six minors were cited and released, and Ferrell was booked into the West Side jail on four counts of giving or selling alcohol to minors and four counts of contributing to the delinquency of a minor.
Ferrell served four days in jail and was placed on 18 months' supervised probation in exchange for a guilty/deferred judgment on the charges, court records say.
Schultz said Ferrell was to be booked into the West Side jail Monday evening on the probation violation charges stemming from Saturday's incident.
This is the second time in a little more than a week that a 14-year-old girl in New Mexico has been the victim of a shooting.
In Santa Fe, a young girl was shot twice in the face while a passenger in the back seat of a 1993 maroon Cadillac on Dec. 19, according to Santa Fe County Sheriff Greg Solano. The facial injuries were not life-threatening, but the girl was transported to a Denver hospital. Solano said the incident is being investigated.
