Albuquerque, Suspected Murderer Jailed After Hospital

A man wanted in connection with the murder of a 16-year-old boy was finally arrested after receiving treatment from an Albuquerque hospital.

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I can't imagine anything more shocking than someone getting murdered, especially a young person in the prime of their life.  But that is exactly what happen to you man who was found killed in an open field.

According to the Associated Press and our friends and sister news station KVIA ABC-7,

"Authorities say a suspect in an Albuquerque murder case now is in jail after being released from a hospital."

They go on to describe the sheriff departments response, "Bernalillo County Sheriff’s officials say an arrest warrant was issued for 20-year-old Christopher Byers last month, but he had to spend weeks in a hospital recovering from being shot in a different incident in January. Byers had a court appearance Saturday.

Then they break down the thinking of the people actually in control of filing charges, the district attorney's office, "Prosecutors want him to remain in jail until his trial in connection with the death of a 16-year-old boy. Authorities say the teen’s body was found in an open field in the South Valley last month.

The sheriff's department got the last word, "Sheriff’s officials say Byers is being held on suspicion of an open count of murder, armed robbery, conspiracy to commit armed robbery, and tampering with evidence."