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The Latest: Suspect in New Mexico killing was on probation

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    A memorial for a 10-year-old Albuquerque girl who police said was sexually assaulted, strangled then dismembered is shown at an Albuquerque apartment on Friday, Aug. 26, 2016 On the day a girl was going to celebrate her 10th birthday, she was found dead Wednesday in her family's apartment by Albuquerque police, her dismembered remains lying under a burning blanket. The girl's mother, 35-year-old Michelle Marten, her 31-year-old boyfriend, Fabian Gonzales, and his 31-year-old cousin, Jessica Kelley, are facing charges. (AP Photo/Russell Contreras) (The Associated Press)

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    A memorial for a 10-year-old Albuquerque girl who police said was sexually assaulted, strangled then dismembered is shown at Petroglyph Elementary School, the girl Albuquerque school, on Friday, Aug. 26, 2016 On the day a girl was going to celebrate her 10th birthday, she was found dead Wednesday in her family's apartment by Albuquerque police, her dismembered remains lying under a burning blanket. The girl's mother, 35-year-old Michelle Marten, her 31-year-old boyfriend, Fabian Gonzales, and his 31-year-old cousin, Jessica Kelley, are facing charges. (AP Photo/Russell Contreras) (The Associated Press)

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    This Aug. 25, 2016 booking photo provided by the Metropolitan Detention Center shows Michelle Martens. New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez says what happened to the little girl "is unspeakable and justice should come down like a hammer" on whoever is responsible. Officer Tanner Tixier said in a news release Wednesday, Aug. 24, that charges are being filed against Martens, Fabian Gonzales, and Jessica Kelley.(Metropolitan Detention Center via AP) (The Associated Press)

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – The Latest on the gruesome killing of a 10-year-old girl from Albuquerque, New Mexico (all times local):

10:30 a.m.

A New Mexico official says a man arrested in the killing of a 10-year-old Albuquerque girl was supposed to be on supervised probation from an unrelated case but wasn't being monitored by probation officers.

Albuquerque's KRQE-TV (goo.gl/03ue50) reports officials are investigating how 31-year-old Fabian Gonzales slipped through the cracks.

KRQE-TV says Gonzales pleaded no contest in 2015 to two misdemeanors after his arrest for beating a woman in a car with a baby inside it while the woman was driving. A judge sentenced him to two years of probation under state supervision.

Deputy Corrections Secretary Alex Sanchez told KRQE-TV his department wasn't notified of the judge's order and learned of it Thursday, the day after the girl was killed.

Second Judicial District Court spokesman Tim Korte says a review is underway but disputes the court failed to notify the department.

Gonzales is the boyfriend of the girl's mother. He told reporters after his arrest that he didn't have a role in Victoria Martens' death.

12:25 a.m.

Residents of Albuquerque, New Mexico are struggling to understand how a 10-year-old girl became the target of gruesome violence.

The battered and partially dismembered body of Victoria Martens was found wrapped in a blanket set on fire in an apartment by police responding to a report of a disturbance Wednesday morning.

The girl's mother, her boyfriend and his cousin are in custody.

As news spread about Victoria Martens' death, neighbors and friends built a makeshift memorial under a tree near the apartment complex where she lived. They adorned it with stuffed animals and candles. Some visitors hugged while others cried and prayed.

The shrine grew as people gathered for an evening candlelight vigil on Thursday. Another shrine was erected at the elementary school where Victoria had just started the new school year.