3 arrested in homicide case involving New Mexico teenage boy

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Authorities say three people have been arrested in the death of a teenager in New Mexico including the boy's mother. Santa Fe County Sheriff's officials say investigators received confidential information last Thursday regarding a possible homicide. They built a case over the weekend and announced on Monday the arrests of 42-year-old Wayne Ferguson, 35-year-old Tracy Ann Pena and 19-year-old Jordan Anthony Nunez in connection with the death of 13-year-old Jeremiah Valencia. Authorities say Valencia is Pena's son. Sheriff's officials say Nunez lives in Hereford, Texas. Ferguson, Pena and Nunez all are jailed on suspicion of abuse of a child resulting in death, tampering with evidence and conspiracy to commit tampering with evidence. Court records show the teen was tortured, cruelly confined and abused that led to his death last November.