{"id":11977,"date":"2018-08-07T20:38:50","date_gmt":"2018-08-08T00:38:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/?p=11977"},"modified":"2018-08-07T20:38:50","modified_gmt":"2018-08-08T00:38:50","slug":"new-mexico-police-find-young-boys-remains-at-compound","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/2018\/08\/07\/new-mexico-police-find-young-boys-remains-at-compound\/","title":{"rendered":"New Mexico: Police find young boy’s remains at compound"},"content":{"rendered":"

The remains of a young boy have been found at a remote desert compound in New Mexico, police say.<\/p>\n

They made the announcement the day after rescuing 11 malnourished children who were being held at the site.<\/p>\n

They had originally raided the compound in search of a missing four-year-old boy, Abdul-Ghani Wahhaj. Abdul-Ghani’s father, Siraj Wahhaj, was arrested.<\/p>\n

Taos County Sheriff Jerry Hogrefe said the authorities were awaiting an identification of the remains.<\/p>\n

Mr Wahhaj was detained along with another man, Lucas Morton. Both of them face several charges of child abuse.<\/p>\n

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Suspects Siraj Wahhaj (L) and Lucas Morton. Mr Wahhaj is also suspected of abducting his three-year-old son<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Three women were also arrested, according to\u00a0a Taos County Sheriff’s Office post on Facebook<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The 11 children, aged between one and 15 years old, have been taken into care by local social services.<\/p>\n

The father is also accused of leaving Clayton County, Georgia, last December with Abdul-Ghani.<\/p>\n

“We discovered the remains yesterday on Abdul’s fourth birthday,” Sheriff Hogrefe said on Tuesday, seeming to become emotional.<\/p>\n

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From left to right: Jany Leveille, Hujhrah Wahhaj, Subhannah Wahhaj<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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According to court papers, Mr Wahhaj told the boy’s mother he planned to perform an exorcism on the child.<\/p>\n

The warrant said the boy suffered from severe medical issues, but his father believed he was possessed by the devil.<\/p>\n

The compound was on land owned by local resident Jason Badger, who said he had repeatedly asked the local authorities to remove the group from his property.<\/p>\n

Authorities mounted a raid after receiving a message, possibly from within the compound, that said: “We are starving and need food and water.”<\/p>\n

It is not clear who sent the message.<\/p>\n

When he was arrested, Mr Wahhaj was armed with several guns, including a loaded AR-15 semi-automatic rifle, the sheriff said.<\/p>\n

The women, believed to be mothers of some of the children, have been named as Jany Leveille and Subhannah Wahhaj, both 35, and Hujrah Wahhaj, 38.<\/p>\n

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Source: bbc.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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