Deming mother accused of abusing kids, making them live in 'underground caves' enters plea
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Jess,'}, {'start': '28.480', 'end': '32.719', 'text': 'we spoke with the state representative'}, {'start': '30.240', 'end': '34.719', 'text': "for Deming. She's questioning how no one"}, {'start': '32.719', 'end': '37.760', 'text': 'noticed or helped the eight children,'}, {'start': '34.719', 'end': '39.879', 'text': 'including CYFD, when it had a chance.'}, {'start': '37.760', 'end': '43.200', 'text': 'The fact that that this went on for so'}, {'start': '39.879', 'end': '45.040', 'text': 'long was is just so disturbing. A New'}, {'start': '43.200', 'end': '47.360', 'text': 'Mexico mother of eight children is'}, {'start': '45.040', 'end': '49.920', 'text': 'charged with 16 counts of child abuse.'}, {'start': '47.360', 'end': '53.039', 'text': 'She pled not guilty earlier this week.'}, {'start': '49.920', 'end': '56.000', 'text': 'Deming is a small community and um a lot'}, {'start': '53.039', 'end': '58.000', 'text': 'of us knew these children and uh this'}, {'start': '56.000', 'end': '60.160', 'text': 'family and that includes state'}, {'start': '58.000', 'end': '62.239', 'text': 'representative Jennifer Jones who says'}, {'start': '60.160', 'end': '64.320', 'text': "it's one of the most horrific cases."}, {'start': '62.239', 'end': '66.080', 'text': 'According to court documents, New Mexico'}, {'start': '64.320', 'end': '68.720', 'text': 'State Police started investigating'}, {'start': '66.080', 'end': '70.720', 'text': 'Valerie and her husband Melvin Cordell'}, {'start': '68.720', 'end': '72.479', 'text': 'after Roswell police informed them of a'}, {'start': '70.720', 'end': '74.400', 'text': 'report they received from the family'}, {'start': '72.479', 'end': '76.080', 'text': '16-year-old. The teen told law'}, {'start': '74.400', 'end': '78.560', 'text': 'enforcement the parents would force her'}, {'start': '76.080', 'end': '80.880', 'text': 'and her siblings to perform sexual acts'}, {'start': '78.560', 'end': '83.680', 'text': 'in front of adults. She also said she'}, {'start': '80.880', 'end': '86.080', 'text': 'got pregnant twice, once at 13 and at'}, {'start': '83.680', 'end': '88.560', 'text': 'her current age. She told investigators'}, {'start': '86.080', 'end': '90.799', 'text': 'she had unwanted sex with her father and'}, {'start': '88.560', 'end': '93.520', 'text': 'two adult relatives from Nevada. Police'}, {'start': '90.799', 'end': '96.240', 'text': 'believe the abuse happened from 2014 to'}, {'start': '93.520', 'end': '100.040', 'text': '2024. It seems it took a long time for'}, {'start': '96.240', 'end': '102.320', 'text': 'them discover to discover enough to um'}, {'start': '100.040', 'end': '104.479', 'text': 'actually take the children away and'}, {'start': '102.320', 'end': '106.799', 'text': 'incarcerate the parents. The father told'}, {'start': '104.479', 'end': '109.119', 'text': 'police CYFD had visited the property'}, {'start': '106.799', 'end': '110.880', 'text': 'before. An opportunity Jones said could'}, {'start': '109.119', 'end': '113.119', 'text': 'have helped these children sooner. I'}, {'start': '110.880', 'end': '115.600', 'text': 'know people at the the department level'}, {'start': '113.119', 'end': '117.759', 'text': 'who genuinely care about the children,'}, {'start': '115.600', 'end': '119.840', 'text': 'but their their department is seriously'}, {'start': '117.759', 'end': '121.360', 'text': 'dysfunctional. The teen also reported to'}, {'start': '119.840', 'end': '123.759', 'text': 'police that her family lived in'}, {'start': '121.360', 'end': '126.000', 'text': 'underground caves on the 35 acre lot in'}, {'start': '123.759', 'end': '127.959', 'text': 'Deming. She added that her parents would'}, {'start': '126.000', 'end': '130.160', 'text': 'starve her and other children as'}, {'start': '127.959', 'end': '131.920', 'text': 'punishment. Court documents described'}, {'start': '130.160', 'end': '134.400', 'text': 'the house as resembling a trash'}, {'start': '131.920', 'end': '136.560', 'text': 'landfill. Buckets of feces, mounds of'}, {'start': '134.400', 'end': '139.520', 'text': 'trash, rotting food, and clothes'}, {'start': '136.560', 'end': '142.000', 'text': 'scattered across. News3 wanted to know'}, {'start': '139.520', 'end': '144.160', 'text': 'how many times CFD visited the home.'}, {'start': '142.000', 'end': '146.160', 'text': 'They would not release any details. We'}, {'start': '144.160', 'end': '149.120', 'text': "request information and we can't get"}, {'start': '146.160', 'end': '151.840', 'text': 'what we need to even decide which'}, {'start': '149.120', 'end': '154.160', 'text': 'direction to go.'}, {'start': '151.840', 'end': '156.160', 'text': 'The father, Melvin Cordell, is set to be'}, {'start': '154.160', 'end': '158.319', 'text': 'arraigned this upcoming Monday. Back to'}, {'start': '156.160', 'end': '160.680', 'text': 'you. All right, thank you, Chandler. CFD'}, {'start': '158.319', 'end': '162.720', 'text': 'says once abuse and neglect cases are'}, {'start': '160.680', 'end': '164.720', 'text': 'adjudicated, the next step is to'}, {'start': '162.720', 'end': '166.959', 'text': 'terminate parental rights through the'}, {'start': '164.720', 'end': '166.959', 'text': 'court'}]