Missing infant found in Abilene after man wanted by FBI arrested in the city

A man suspected of double murder in New Mexico was arrested yesterday in north Abilene after the FBI notified police of his presence in the area.

Alek Isaiah Collins, 26, of Houston was wanted in connection with a slew of charges in New Mexico and the alleged abduction of a 10-month-old girl.

'Other charges are pending'

The FBI notified Abilene police this past Sunday that "a suspect wanted in Clovis, New Mexico, for the Homicide of two individuals, injuring a 5-year-old, and abducting an infant may be in Abilene," according to a recent Abilene police press release.

Police officers then located a home in north Abilene "where the suspect was reportedly staying."

At approximately 4:30 a.m. on Monday, "narcotic agents set up surveillance on the home, and the subject was eventually taken into custody without incident."

The 10-month-old girl who Collins is suspected of abducting was taken into protective custody and evaluated by medical personnel.

Collins was being held Tuesday without bail at the Taylor County Jail on charges of aggravated robbery and assault on a peace officer, according to online jail records.

He has a U.S. Marshal hold placed on him in connection with the New Mexico murders and kidnapping charges.

Anyone charged with a crime is presumed innocent until proven guilty in court beyond a reasonable doubt.

"Other charges are pending," according to Abilene police.

Pending charges include "two open counts of first-degree murder, a first-degree kidnapping charge as well as two counts of child abuse," according to New Mexico Ninth Judicial District Attorney Quentin Ray, who spoke at a recent press conference.

Ray also noted that Collins could face federal charges as well.

At this time, police do not believe Collins and the victims are related.

They are "still following leads about the suspect and his motives on this heinous crime," said Clovis police Deputy Chief Trevor Thron, who spoke at the same press conference.

Double homicide?

"The investigation remains active," Thron said.

According to a Clovis police press release, the Clovis Police Department Dispatch Center in New Mexico responded to "a 911 call from a person who believed they found two dead females at Ned Houk Park" on Friday just before 4:30p.m. in the afternoon.

The park is 5 miles north of Clovis.

When officers arrived at the scene, they found "two female victims, with apparent gunshot wounds, laying on the ground" near a minivan, according to the press release.

The victims were identified as Taryn Allen and Samantha Cisneros. Both women were 23, and both were from Texico, New Mexico.

A young female child, who will remain unnamed, was also found "on the ground suffering from an injury to her head," according to the press release.

Officers subsequently began giving life-saving measures to the young child.

When Clovis emergency services arrived on scene, they transported the child to the Plains Regional Medical Center. She was later transferred to a Lubbock area hospital, according to the press release.

The 5-year-old girl was still recovering at the hospital and will hopefully be released back to her family soon, according to a recent press conference held by the Clovis Police Department.

An Amber Alert issued

When Clovis police officers began their investigation, they discovered an infant car seat, stroller and small baby bottle left behind at the scene.

Officers were then concerned that there was "an infant child with the female victims when this incident happened," according to a media release. They immediately began to search the area for the infant.

The Ninth Judicial Major Crime Unit was activated and took over the developing investigation.

Investigators learned, through family interviews that Samantha Cisneros was the mother of the young child found at the scene and also of a 10-month-old child, Eleia Maria Torres.

As a result, investigators believed Torres had been abducted by Collins and was in immediate danger. An Amber Alert was issued at that time for Torres.

She was found three days later, on Monday, through a collaborative law-enforcement effort in Abilene.

Roy Rice, chief of Clovis police, said at a recent press conference that he was proud to say that Torres was safe and was "at a medical facility being treated."

As of Tuesday morning, she had not yet been reunited with her family.

This is a developing story, check back with The Reporter-News to find out more.

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