Man suspected in New Mexico kidnapping and double murder extradited from Abilene

A man suspected of abducting a baby girl and killing two women in New Mexico agreed to extradition from Texas to New Mexico to face a kidnapping charge during a federal court hearing Tuesday in Abilene.

Alek Isaiah Collins, 26, of Manvel sat before prosecutors and U.S. Magistrate Judge John R. Parker as he was given an explanation of court proceedings and the federal kidnapping charge filed against him by the FBI.

Throughout the hearing, Collins kept his responses short and to one word — "Yes."

Although he waived his rights to an identity hearing, among other hearings, in Abilene federal court, he corrected the court's misspelling of his first name in the legal documents.

Parker explained to Collins in the quiet court room that the U.S. District of New Mexico had a federal warrant for his arrest due to probable cause connecting him to the kidnapping of a minor over state lines.

Because of the nature of the charges, Collins was given the option to be tried in Abilene or New Mexico.

He voluntarily decided to transfer his case and any future hearings to New Mexico.

Collins will remain in custody of the U.S. Marshals as he is transferred to New Mexico.

Anyone charged with a crime is presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court beyond a reasonable doubt.

What happened in New Mexico?

According to a police press release, the Clovis Police Department Dispatch Center in New Mexico responded to "a 911 call from a person who believed they found two dead females at Ned Houk Park" on May 3 around 4:30 p.m.

When officers arrived on scene, they found "two female victims, with apparent gunshot wounds, laying on the ground" near a minivan, according to the press release.

The victims were identified as Taryn Allen and Samantha Cisneros. Both women were 23 and from Texico, New Mexico.

A 5-year old girl was also found "on the ground suffering from an injury to her head," according to the press release.

Officers began giving life-saving measures to the child, and she was transported to the Plains Regional Medical Center and later to a Lubbock-area hospital.

In a press conference held by the Clovis Police Department on May 6, the girl was still recovering at the hospital and will hopefully be released back to her family soon.

During the investigation of the scene, Clovis police officers discovered an infant car seat, stroller and small baby bottle left at the scene, according to the press release.

Law enforcement officers immediately began searching the area for the infant and later learned through family interviews that Cisneros was the mother of the child found at the scene and of a 10-month-old child, Eleia Maria Torres.

All roads lead to Abilene

The details of the investigation leading to Collins' alleged involvement in the May 3 incident are documented in an affidavit filed with the U.S. District Court of Albuquerque, New Mexico.

According to allegations in the probable cause statement, through video surveillance footage from surrounding businesses in Clovis, law enforcement officers were able to determine that the 10-month-old was with her mother at 2:48 p.m. before the discovery of the murdered women and injured 5-year-old on the same day.

At the scene, officers located gun casings and a maroon-colored sideview mirror broken off from the driver's side of a vehicle, according to the affidavit.

Through additional video surveillance footage, officers discovered a maroon car with Texas license plates in the drive-thru of a local fast food chain in the vicinity of the park less than an hour before the alleged murder and kidnapping, according to the affidavit.

The maroon car was allegedly rented to Collins through a car rental website. Law enforcement tracked the vehicle's movements through a GPS monitoring system to a residence in Abilene, according to the affidavit.

Abilene police recover infant and arrest alleged suspect

Law enforcement officers with the FBI and Abilene Police Department began surveillance May 5 at the residence where the car's location last pinged, according to the affidavit.

Around 1 a.m. May 6, officers observed the maroon car being pushed from the garage into the street and identified damages to the vehicle consistent with previously collected evidence.

While law enforcement prepared to execute a search warrant at the Abilene residence, officers observed an Uber driver arrive in front of the home where Collins "exited the residence carrying a baby," according to allegations in the affidavit.

Abilene police stopped the vehicle, which Collins allegedly carjacked from the Uber driver at gunpoint after pinning the driver.

Collins, identified as the driver, was arrested on two felony charges of aggravated robbery and aggravated assault on a public servant and for the federal warrant connected to the New Mexico kidnapping allegations, according to Taylor County jail records.

The baby, identified as Eleia Maria Torres, was recovered safely by officers, and Collins was determined not to be related or have legal custody of the child, according to the affidavit.

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