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New Mexico woman murdered, nearly decapitated with a sword. Ex-boyfriend and new lover in 'secret organization' charged with murder after threesome sleepover.



A 21-year-old New Mexico woman was murdered by her ex-boyfriend and his new lover, according to police. Authorities claim that there was an attempted decapitation of the victim.

Around 1:44 p.m. on Oct. 29, officers with the Santa Fe Police Department responded to reports of a possible homicide. Police found a deceased woman, later identified as Grace Jennings. Police said Jennings appeared to suffer "several injuries consistent of being cut or stabbed with a sharp object."

Police said Jennings also appeared to have neck injuries "consistent with attempts to decapitate."

Officers found a bloody sword inside of the garage, according to the complaint.

"We did collect a sword, and it is a metal sword. I can’t give … detailed information as far as where it came from; that’s still under investigation," Santa Fe police Capt. Aaron Ortiz said.

Kiara McCulley, 19, and her boyfriend Isaac Apodaca, 25, were charged with first-degree murder.

The Albuquerque Journal reported, "McCulley later told investigators that Apodaca leads a secret organization called 'Ghost,' which she described as a group that 'gets rid of people who are in charge of sex trafficking or hurting kids,' police wrote in the complaint."

Police claimed to have discovered text messages on Apodaca's cellphone where he urged McCulley to kill Jennings. He allegedly promised her "rewards" for the murder.

Apodaca allegedly texted McCulley, "Remember, you’ll move up in the ranks. Plus you get perks in the black market since this is your first."

Apodaca reportedly told McCulley that she “could get ranked up in her platoon" for the murder.

Apodaca purportedly told McCulley in a text message, "I am wanting you to kill her, you have to end your suffering by ending her joy."

McCulley and Apodaca lived in her mother's garage.

"According to the complaint, Jennings contacted him on Friday night asking if she could sleep in the garage. Apodaca told officers he, Kiara McCulley and Jennings all slept together in the same bed," according to the Santa Fe New Mexican. "According to the complaint, Apodaca told officers Kiara McCulley ordered him and Jennings to leave Saturday. He spent the morning packing before going inside the house to use the restroom at about noon."

Apodaca told police that Jennings was dead two minutes later. He allegedly said McCulley told him, “I did it.”

McCulley told investigators that she couldn't remember killing Jennings due to her undiagnosed multiple personality disorder.

"McCulley stated she was partially hopefully Ms. Jennings was dead but could not remember what happened to her," the complaint read.

The Daily Mail reported, "It was later discovered that Jennings was at once romantically involved with McCulley and Apodaca."

Jennings' family launched a GoFundMe campaign to raise money to cover her funeral expenses.

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Texas school kids to receive DNA and fingerprinting kits in case of emergencies, but critics claim kits are meant to help ID remains in case of another Uvalde-like shooting



So-called "child identification" kits will soon be distributed to all Texas public school and open-enrollment charter school students in kindergarten through eighth grade. The law states that the purpose of the kits is to help local and federal law enforcement locate "missing or trafficked" children, but critics believe that the kits are instead intended to help investigators identify human remains in the event of another school shooting.

The kits provide a means for parents or guardians to collect DNA samples and fingerprints from their children. The kit also calls for a current photo. Those parents and guardians wishing to utilize the free kit may then keep it in their possession in case an emergency arises.

The same kits cost $9.95 at the National Child Identification Program website, and participation in the program is entirely voluntary. Kits are sent home in accordance with a law passed in 2021, though similar kits were also distributed in fall 2000 and 2006/2007 with little public backlash.

Now in 2022, some concerned parents have speculated that schools are sending the kits home once again after two horrific school shootings occurred within the state in recent years. In 2018, a school shooting at Santa Fe High School in Santa Fe, Texas, about an hour south of Houston, left eight students and two teachers dead. Then just five months ago, a maniac managed to murder 19 fourth graders and two teachers at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, before a Border Patrol agent breached the door and shot him to death.

"It was almost like the state just throwing their hands up and saying, 'We can't do anything about the guns. We're not going to change any of the laws. So, therefore, the next best thing is to make sure that we can identify your K through eighth grader if they are killed in any type of school incident,'" Clear Creek Independent School District parent Anthony Crutch said. "When I receive them, we're going to complete the kit and store it in the cabinet and pray to God nothing happens."

Shannon Watts, founder of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, appeared to agree, tweeting, "Texas Gov Greg Abbott is choosing to send DNA kits to schools that parents can use to identify their children’s bodies AFTER they’ve been murdered rather than pass gun safety laws to proactively protect their lives."

\u201cTexas Gov Greg Abbott is choosing to send DNA kits to schools that parents can use to identify their children\u2019s bodies AFTER they\u2019ve been murdered rather than pass gun safety laws to proactively protect their lives.\n\nVote @BetoORourke #txgov #txlege \nhttps://t.co/lnZQcUoNlt\u201d
— Shannon Watts (@Shannon Watts) 1666015405

Fox News reported that approximately 4 million students are expected to receive the kits, which will be issued through the Texas Education Agency.