NATIONAL BRIEFING / NEW MEXICO
Two days after the body of a small boy was found buried in the sand at an Albuquerque park playground, investigators focused on trying to find the child’s relatives.
“We are looking for the person who was the primary caretaker of the child, whether it is a parent, a grandparent or guardian,” police spokesman John Walsh said.
A preliminary autopsy provided no clues about how the 3- to 5-year-old child died. The body was found Friday by a woman who had taken her children to the park and spotted a shoe sticking out of the sand.
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