By Associated Press - Thursday, February 21, 2019

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - Albuquerque police are investigating the death of a teenager whose body was found in an arroyo as a homicide.

Police identified the girl Thursday as 16-year-old Tomica Yellowhorse.

The medical examiner’s office is working to determine exactly how she died.



Authorities had responded to a call about a body in an arroyo in northeast Albuquerque on the morning of Feb. 10.

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