The woman told officers her 10-year-old daughter was still inside apartment number 808 from which they had escaped. With the fire alarm blaring, they busted in the front door and searched the smoke-filled apartment for Victoria Martens. “This homicide is the most gruesome act of evil I have ever seen in my career,” Albuquerque Police Chief Gorden Eden Jr. said. Photograph of 10-year-old Victoria Martens. Martens told police Kelley had recently got out of prison and that she allowed her to stay at the apartment.

Source: National Post August 26, 2016 18:33 UTC