Tiffany Toribio Allegedly Killed 'Baby Justice' - Twice
May 21, 2009
Police in Albuquerque, N.M., have arrested Tiffany Toribio, 23, for the murder of a young boy who was found buried in a shallow grave last week.
According to Albuquerque police Chief Ray Schultz, the boy, who local residents dubbed "Baby Justice," "Baby 4x4," and "Baby Angel," is Toribio's son, 3-year-old Tyrese "Ty" Toribio. Earlier today, police arrested Toribio and charged her with first-degree murder and a number of other charges, including abuse of a child under 12 that caused death.
Schultz said that Toribio had been kicked out of her house on May 7 and that she stayed with friends until May 10, when she began to wander the streets of Albuquerque. Toribio allegedly told police that she was walking around Alvarado Park with her son on May 13, when she made the decision to end his short life.
"She placed her hand over her son's mouth and nose and suffocated him. She had second thoughts about what she did. She performed CPR on her son, brought him back to life and then decided to go forward with that original act she had started to commit," Schultz said.
Toribio told police she did not want her so to grow up like she did - with no one caring about her.
Following the boy's murder, Toribio allegedly buried her son under the swing set at Alvarado Park. Her movements following the murder remain unclear; however on May 17 - four days after the murder - she reportedly logged into MySpace.com. Her alleged profile there is set to "private" so the information is unavailable to the public; however her mood, which is visible, is listed as "happy."
Toribio continued her life on the lamb until this morning, when a tipster's information led to her arrest.
Police say Toribio initially lied about her identity and the location of her child, but later made a full confession.
According to Schultz, Toribio attempted to commit suicide after her arrest. She is now being kept under observation at the Metropolitan Detention Center, where she is being held in lieu of $250,000 bond.
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Such a sad story. It's horrible that her life was so bad she would go to the lengths she did to keep her own son from that.
Posted by: Joe | May 21, 2009 at 03:26 PM
She killed him twice. Unreal.
Posted by: Kim | May 21, 2009 at 04:15 PM
boo hoo selfish witch
Posted by: april | May 21, 2009 at 04:40 PM
WHERE ARE THE RIGHT TO LIFE PEOPLE NOW.WHERE IS THEIR OUTRAGE?
Posted by: DEBBIE | May 21, 2009 at 04:59 PM
No respect or regard for life. What a lame excuse to play God. I hope she rots in jail.
Posted by: Eve | May 21, 2009 at 05:43 PM
Debbie, I consider myself a conservative christian in the true sense of the word and in fullfilling my obligation to teach truth to my children I've often said "They (Right to Lifers/Conservative Christians/Republicans) LOVE the fetus yet hate the child..."
So basically to answer your question, in my opinion, the RTLers true love for life ends once the baby is born because they love the fetus yet hate the child. Sad, isn't it?
Posted by: Amy | May 21, 2009 at 06:21 PM
This is such a horiffic crime!
Posted by: Kendra | May 21, 2009 at 06:23 PM
I grew up around that park, I take my children there, it is horrible. She also had a mspace page where she logged in 2 days after they found her son, it's kind of creepy what demons possessed her to d0 such a thing...
Posted by: ABQ Born&Raised | May 21, 2009 at 09:24 PM
What I wonder is, who is the father of Ty Toribio?
Are there any possible fathers out there who are wondering, was this child mine?
If she leads a life of partying and getting kicked out all the time it makes you wonder what this kid saw when he was with the mother. If she treated him with no emotional support or love.
Posted by: Pearl | May 21, 2009 at 10:34 PM
Where are the "right to life people now"?
Where we have always been. When our culture stops looking upon children as "fashion accessories" then these killings of innocent children might stop.
The rich can get away with it because they have nannies who do the actual child rearing, but the poor folk who fall into this cultural trap...don't fare quite as well. Especially if they are sociopathic.
Birth control is widely available and free for all poor people. Everyone knows this.
Posted by: cheryl | May 22, 2009 at 06:29 AM
"Birth control is widely available and free for all poor people"
Where is birth control free?
It is amazing that people have babies and the hospital will not let you take the baby home unless you have a carseat, but do they check if you have a home? If you have drugs in your system? If you have any outstanding warrants? If your boyfriend has a criminal record? If you are flipping insane?
I wonder why. oh yeah we are the land of the free. too bad for the kids that no one is watching over them and htey are born to pigs.
Posted by: Kim | May 22, 2009 at 10:05 AM
Its sad SHE had such a bad life??? There are many of us who grew up worse than this woman, and it didnt make any of us kill our kids. Why poor her? Because she CHOSE (YES CHOSE!) To kill her son, not ONCE but TWICE?! She knew good and well what she was doing, and she is getting everything she wanted.. Attention from the people that feel sorry for her.
I dont feel a bit sorry for her - and I think her family should be ashamed of themselves for not reporting her to CYFD BEFORE all this happened, doesnt seem to me like any of the family cared when they sent the little boy off in the middle of the night with his mom, KNOWING that she (the mother) was "unstable" and that Ty (baby Justice) had nowhere to sleep, and nothing to eat for that night or many nights to follow for all they knew.
COME ON! The victim in all this is Tyrus, aka "Baby Justice." Not the mother or her family or the guy that claims he is the dad (who NOW shows up to be a part of his dead sons life)!! Where were all these ppl when this little boy was alive? Now it makes national news and everyone comes out of the wood work for their claim to fame.
SO FRUSTRATING!
Posted by: Desiree - Albuquerque New Mexico | May 22, 2009 at 01:43 PM
I was reading that this young woman had recently been kicked out of her mother's home as well as another relative's residence because they didn't like the way she was treating this child. I can only wish they would have kept the child and booted her. To smother this child, bring him back and then decide to smother him until dead goes beyond belief. She said she didn't want him to grow up with 'no one caring about him like she did'...yet, his own mother cared nothing, not enough to even give him up but chose to murder him.
Posted by: postmaster | May 23, 2009 at 03:09 PM
...another sign of the times people...
Posted by: wendi martin | May 24, 2009 at 11:59 AM
It is sad that this woman felt so unloved and abandoned. But I wouldn't lay that at the feet of the right-to-lifers but society as a whole.
If we truly are going to resolve the right to life issue, I agree, we MUST take care of the mother and child, post pregnancy.
Taking care of the poor is a completely separate issue.
Posted by: James | May 26, 2009 at 12:05 PM
I am a pretty liberal person. As a person, and NOT as a politico.
Republican vs. Democrat means nothing to me. They are both different branches of the same root.
I believe that ALL of us should take care of anyone who is in need at any time.
Killing is NOT the answer to our social problems. Love is.
I'm almost hesitant to count myself as a "right to life" person anymore because of the horrible bias against us.
The tragic death of baby Ty is not because of or a result of any "Right to Life" group, it's because his Mother couldn't take the heat. She had resources. For whatever reason, she CHOSE not to utilize them.
Posted by: cheryl | May 27, 2009 at 08:46 PM
JUS B-CUS SHE DIDNT LIVE THE LIFE OF A BEVERLY HILLIAN SHE SHOULDN'T TAKE THAT OUT ON HER YOUNG SON........AND TWICE AT THAT.
Posted by: kingchris21 | May 28, 2009 at 12:17 AM
What I find ironic is that she is being held in prison with a quarter of a million bond for choosing to kill her child. however, every single day in this country millions of women choose to kill their children, yet they are free to roam the streets. What's the difference? Each one has a heart, brain, kidneys, lungs...you name it. may mercy rain on the souls of those taking someone else's life into their own hands...despite the age.
Posted by: nursewithheart5 | June 03, 2009 at 07:02 AM
DIDN'T SHE EVER HEAR OF ADOPTION, THAT LITTLE ANGEL DIDN'T ASK TO BE BORN, SHE DIDN'T HAVE THE RIGHT TO TAKE HIS LIFE. SHE IS JUST A SELFISH PERSON!
Posted by: VALERIE PETTI | July 02, 2009 at 01:41 AM
I live in ABQ, NM aka Burque and honestly we havent ever had alot of brutal child crimes. I do NOT feel a bit sorry for this demon woman. Justice should be served for Ty and i vote for the death penalty considering this poor baby died twice? She should get a good old fashion hanging. Leathal injection for what? she feels no pain? Ty felt it twice his last few moments. Electric chair atleast! JUSTICE FOR BABY TY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by: Ms.Vigil | January 05, 2010 at 12:31 PM