DEMING, N.M. (KRQE) – KRQE News 13 is learning more about one of the most horrific cases of child abuse in New Mexico. Police have revealed the terrible conditions in which eight children were forced to live in underground tunnels.

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Police were in disbelief as they investigated reports of child abuse at the property of Melvin and Valeria Cordell in Deming last year. Body camera footage showed mounds of trash piled up throughout the property, with office

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