Albuquerque man sentenced for murdering his mother in 2021

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – An Albuquerque man has been sentenced for the murder of his mother in 2021. Michael Gallegos pled guilty to second-degree murder for stabbing his mother to death at their home near Unser and Paradise when he was only 16 years old.

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The now 19-year-old was sentenced to stay at the New Mexico Youth Diagnostic Center until he turns 21 which is less than two years away.

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