A Houston man who reportedly killed two women and abducted a 10-month old child in Clovis, New Mexico on May 3 appeared in front of a federal judge on May 29.
Alek Isaiah Collins, 26, appeared before a federal judge in Albuquerque on May 29 for arraignment on an indictment charging him with kidnapping of a minor and discharging a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence in connection with the double homicide of two female victims. Collins was detained pending trial, which has not yet been scheduled.
According to publicly available court documents, on May 3, two women were found dead, and a child wounded at a park in Clovis with a 10-month-old baby missing. One of the homicide victims was the mother of the two young children.
Evidence linked a maroon Honda rented by Collins to the scene. Collins was tracked to Abilene, Texas, where he carjacked an Uber driver. Police pursued and arrested Collins, safely recovering the child.
Collins has no relation to the child and does not have legal custody of the child.
The FBI Albuquerque Field Office investigated this case with assistance from the New Mexico State Police, Clovis Police Department, Abilene Texas Police Department Narcotics Unit, Curry County Sheriff’s Office, Roosevelt County Sheriff’s Office, Roswell Police Department, Portales Police Department, the Ninth Judicial District Attorney’s Office, FBI Dallas Field Office, FBI Amarillo Resident Agency and FBI Abilene Resident Agency. Assistant United States Attorneys Jaymie L. Roybal and Joseph Spindle are prosecuting the case.
