Man accused of strangling his wife to death released from jail again

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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - A murder suspect who was ordered back into custody by the New Mexico Supreme Court is out of jail again. Jerome Gutierrez is accused of killing his wife, Kristy Rivera, in a domestic violence incident at the couple's home back in May.

A judge put Gutierrez on pretrial release earlier this year but without a pretrial detention hearing. Last Thursday, the New Mexico Supreme Court ordered him back into custody and demanded a pretrial detention hearing.

A spokesperson for the District Attorney's Office shared this statement:

"Gutierrez admitted to pushing Rivera's head into a wall, squeezing her neck and abusing her repeatedly in the days before her death."
"He did beat her so badly that she died. If he's willing to do that in front of his own child, I don't know how the court could fashion conditions of release that would reasonably, number one, protect his own child,”

Monday afternoon, in a 14-page order,
Judge Cindy Leos decided the state had not provided enough evidence that Gutierrez is a threat to public safety and placed him on pretrial release once again.

https://www.kob.com/albuquerque-news/man-accused-of-strangling-his-wife-to-death-released-from-jail/6274478/?cat=500

[Walleye]

1. I remember a case here were a man was released on $500 bail

After assaulting his wife by hitting her in the head with the telephone, no doubt she was trying to call for help. He killed or the next day, of course.

[marble falls]

2. Somebody knows somebody.

[niyad]

3. May he, and his enablers, receive everything they deserve.

[Thomas Hurt]

4. Yeah, he is only a threat to his wife and she is dead so no problem, eh?

[lark]

5. What about the child?

Is he a danger to her because she could tell the truth? Horrible judge, needs to feel the karma of her murderous choice hopefully by losing her job.