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Native American Boarding School Investigation + Woman Lit On Fire
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First, today's weather:
Partly cloudy throughout the day. High: 75 Low: 54.
Here are the top stories in Albuquerque today:
- Albuquerque city officials plan to use ground-penetrating radar as they research the history of a site where dozens of Native American boarding school students are believed to have been buried more than a century ago. Indigenous activists became concerned earlier this year when a plaque memorializing the students from the former Albuquerque Indian School vanished. The plaque's disappearance came as the U.S. government began a nationwide investigation into boarding schools, where reports of physical and sexual abuse were widespread and where children who died while attending the schools were often buried in unmarked graves. Recent discoveries of children's remains in Canada and the investigation in the U.S. have stirred strong emotions among tribal communities, including grief, anger, reflection and a deep desire for healing. (Albuquerque Journal)
- An Albuquerque woman was flown to University Medical Center in Lubbock, Texas and her roommate is behind bars after allegedly dousing her with gasoline and lighting her on fire at their home off West Central on Friday afternoon. Lawrence Sedillo, 39, is charged with aggravated battery resulting in great bodily harm. He was booked into the Metropolitan Detention Center early Saturday. Sedillo was not found at the home but arrested later at a home a mile away. (Albuquerque Journal)
- Retirements of teachers and other public education employees in New Mexico spiked by 40% this year, and the pandemic is thought to be one of a number of possible causes. (KOB)
- Woman sees a burglar leave her home with more than $3,000 worth of electronics over her Ring camera while she was out of town. (KOB)
- An endangered Albuquerque man in the early stages of dementia who was reported missing has been found. (KRQE News 13)
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— Rachel Kilimnik
About me: Rachel is a born-and-raised New Yorker who recently relocated to the mountains in the west. She is a freelance copywriter for the content creation agency Lightning Media Partners and is assisting Patch.com with community newsletter curation. During her free time, you can find Rachel roller skating, making pottery, drinking tea, and tending to her growing collection of houseplants.