Monday, December 21, 2009

Albuquerque, NM: Mother of baby shot to death speaks out

Posted at: 12/20/2009 6:30 PM
By: Misa Maruyama, Eyewitness News 4; Taryn Bianchin, KOB.com


Ashley Trujillo is presented with a $1000 dollar check from the Vargas family.

The mother of the baby girl who was shot to death three weeks ago broke her silence on Sunday. Ashley Trujillo is the mother of 9-month-old Trinity, who was killed by her father in early December. Investigators say Christopher Rains killed his baby girl because he didn't want to see Trujillo move on with another man.

Now Trujillo is encouraging other victims of domestic violence to ask for help.

“No one deserves to stay in the dark too long," Trujillo said. "It's time that each of us reaches a hand to someone in the dark and pulls them out before it's too late.”

She made her tearful statement shortly after another Albuquerque family presented her with a $1000 check on Sunday morning. The money had been raised in the memory of Lawrence Vargas, who was shot to death at an Albuquerque parking garage in July of 2008. The Vargas family reached out to the Trujillo family to offer their strength and support .

Although the recent weeks have been horrendous, through her faith Trujillo says she's found forgiveness. “We can not judge people because we make mistakes too, even though some are greater, some fight bigger demons,” Trujillo said.

Trujillo says she has not spoken to Rains since the shooting happened.

Rains is scheduled to make another court appearance Monday morning.

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