James Dunklee News Today

A judge on Thursday will sentence a mother who pleaded guilty to charges related to the beating death of her four-year-old child.

The death of four-year-old James Dunklee Cruz, at the hands of his mom's roommate, rocked the state.

Pamela Esparza, who is the third suspect charged in the death of 4-year-old James Dunklee Cruz, was sentenced to 13 years in prison Thursday.

Pamela Esparza pleaded to abandonment of a child resulting in death, failure to report child abuse, and one count of child abuse.

On Wednesday afternoon, Krista Cruz, James’ mother, had a change of plea hearing.

Laws are in place to protect New Mexico's children. After the high-profile deaths of multiple children in the state, Target 7 looked at the Children's Code and how promises made in the law are being broken.

The routine deletion of staff communications erases potential for agency oversight under Inspection of Public Records (IPRA) requests.

In May of last year, the agency terminated a pair of senior employees who raised concerns about use of an encrypted messaging app.

Lawsuit: Investigator pleaded to remove 4-year-old from dangerous environment

New Mexico can be a very dangerous place to be a child. We had the sixth-highest r ...