3 MARQUEZ-CHAVEZ girls - 2, 3 and 5 yo - /Suspect: Jesus Acosta-Contrerra Albuquerque NM

Police Search For Man Accused Of Child Abuse

Jesus Acosta-Contrerra, 28, Accused Of Beating, Starving Girlfriend's Daughters


UPDATED: 5:13 pm MST December 27, 2011





ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- Police
in Albuquerque continue their search for the man who they said is
accused of beating, starving and forcing her girlfriend's children to
live in the bathtub.Officers said 28-year-old Jesus Acosta-Contrerra was last seen Friday when a neighbor called police about the abused children.The
neighbor, Richelle Hubler, said she didn't waste any time calling the
authorities after the girls' mother, Roberta Marquez-Chavez, asked her
to hide the three girls in her apartment."She told me just to
make them stay in the room," Hubler said. "(Two of the girls) had two
black eyes, a big gash on the nose. (They were) 2-year-old and
3-year-old, you could tell the nose was broken."Hubler said it
was the first time she saw the girls, because she thought the couple
only had an 11-month-old child. Hubler said the eldest girl, age 5, told
her what happened when they asked for something to eat."Her
voice was very, very low, and she goes, 'My dad said, no eat, no food.
He got mad, and started hitting me and my sister,’" Hubler said.Hubler said she has a message for the couple."Roberta,
too, you had plenty of chances to let those kids be free and call the
cops on him. I hope you guys get what you guys deserve, and I hope you
find Jesus," Hubler said.Marquez-Chavez told police she never reported her children's injuries because she was afraid of Acosta-Contrerra.The
three girls are still in the hospital in New Mexico Children, Youth and
Families Department custody, authorities said. The department said it
will decide within the week if it will start the process to permanently
place the girls in state custody.

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