ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- The woman who police said admitted to smothering her son at an Albuquerque Park made her first court appearance Friday. Police unearthed Tyrus Toribio's body one week ago. The child was unidentified for five days, only known to the public as Baby Angel. But on Thursday, police made a break in the case when tips lead them to 23-year-old Tiffany Toribio. According to Toribio's arrest warrant, she confessed to taking her son Tyrus to Alvarado Park on May 12. The warrant reads, "Tiffany started to push down on Tyrus's face plugging his nose and mouth with her hands. Tyrus started to squirm and stopped breathing. Tiffany started to revive Tyrus by giving him CPR. Tiffany then held Tyrus's nose and mouth again until Tyrus stopped breathing." Police said Toribio then dug a hole in the sand at Alvarado Park and buried her dead son. Friday, Toribio faced a judge at Albuquerque's Metropolitan Court to answer to charges of first degree murder and failing to report a death. She's being represented by Leila Hood, a public defender in the Capital Crimes Unit. An attorney from the district attorney's office tried to argue in court, but Judge Cristina Jaramillo interjected. "May I ask why the state is here for this particular case when the state has stated they don't want to be here for first felony appearances?" Jaramillo asked. "I don't know the answer to that, your honor," the attorney said. "Then, we'll move on the defense, thank you," Jaramillo said. Hood agreed Toribio should be held on a $250,000 cash only bond. The district attorney now has 10 days to send the case to a grand jury for an indictment. If that doesn't happen in that time frame, the Metropolitan Detention Center may have no choice but to set Toribio free.


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