Murder case suspect fails to show up to court for fourth time
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.
Police say Evonne Jaramillo and her boyfriend, Craig Smith, went to her boyfriends elderly aunt Josephina Ortegas home last May, zip tied the 86-year-old womans hands together and placed a plastic bag over her head. Police say the woman suffocated. Cash and jewelry were reported missing from her house.
A grand jury indicted the couple in April, and Jaramillo was charged with first-degree murder, conspiracy, kidnapping, aggravated burglary and tampering with evidence.
She was ordered to come to court for a detention hearing but failed to appear ...
She was also scheduled to appear for an arraignment and detention hearing ... and again failed to appear.
At this point, an arrest warrant was issued and she was picked up on April 17.
At her next hearing on April 23, prosecutors asked that she be held in jail pending trial based on the charges.
State District Judge Charles Brown rejected that request and released her from jail that day on her own recognizance, meaning with no bond posted ...
(Reminder = this is a murder suspect)
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