Nevaeh Janey Gallegos was born on August 1st 2004. She died on September 21st 2007, the victim of child abuse and murder.The following was gleaned from an official arrest warrant.On the 21st of September 2007 the Denver Police Department received a 911 call from a woman, identified as Miriam Gallegos, the mother of Nevaeh. She claimed that her daughter had been kidnapped. She even gave a description of the supposed kidnapper and the car her was in, adding that he was the passenger and that she was unable to see the driver.Nevaeh’s mother gave police permission to enter her apartment in order for them to obtain a photograph of her daughter to aid them in their search.
Once inside the apartment police noticed a ‘Paper towel on the floor of the living room that had blood or some other type of bodily fluid on it’.Later that day Mirriam Gallegos agreed to answer questions from the police. She told them she had received telephone a call at work, the same day as she made the 911 call. The call was from her boyfriend who she named as Angel Montoya. He told her to come home but did not explain why.Mirriam Gallegos left work and walked home. When she entered her apartment she discovered her daughter, Nevaeh, who was not breathing. She claimed she had tried to ‘Put air into Nevaeh’ but was unable to revive her.
She informed the police that she and Montoya decided not to call an ambulance but instead opted to put the body of Nevaeh into a ‘White trash bag’ which they then put inside a ‘Black trash bag’ and placed the bagged body of the little girl into a duffle bag.
She claimed that she and Montoya left the building and he, with the duffle bag, went a different way.During the interview police showed Mirriam Gallegos a photo of Montoya, who’s full name is Angel Ray Montoya born on the 19th of January 1985. She confirmed the photograph was of him.It transpired that during this interview Montoya had previously been investigated in July 2006 for Sexual assault on Nevaeh (then 23 months old.)
But the case was subsequently dropped due to Miriam Gallegos ‘Not cooperating with detectives’.As a result of this interview Angel Ray Montoya was arrested for ‘Murder in the first degree’.Both Angel Ray Montoya and Miriam Gallegos were later released and are still out on the streets.The last I heard was a news report from March 2008 saying that Montoya had again failed to register and was on the run!The investigation into Nevaeh’s death is ongoing.------------------------------------More about Angel Ray Montoya
------------------------------In December 2000, when he was about 15 years old, he was charged with indecent exposure to minors.In 2003, he failed to register as a sex offender and was charged with a misdemeanour to which he plead guilty.In 2005, he was charged with false imprisonment and child abuse, which he pleaded down to one count of misdemeanour child abuse. He was given a 270-day jail sentence that was suspended and 18 months of supervised probation.In that case, 9NEWS learned a 20-year-old woman left her 4-year-old son with Montoya and eventually took the boy to the hospital later because he was lethargic. According to the arrest affidavit in that case, doctors found "bruises on the victim's forehead, temples, chin throat, shoulder, arms, feet, cheeks and marks around his wrists." The report also indicated that the victim had told his mother that the suspect had tried to choke him because the suspect was mad. The detective who interviewed the boy said the boy told him: "My dad tried to choke me." He pointed to a picture of Montoya.In November 2006, Montoya's probation from the 2003 case was revoked for an unknown violation.Myspace Graphics
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