US teen arrested in connection with deaths of four family members

A 16-year-old boy in New Mexico faces murder charges after allegedly killing his family, police say

A 16-year-old boy in New Mexico allegedly killed four members of his family and then drunkenly turned himself in Saturday, investigators said.

The New Mexico state police said in a Facebook post that the teen was arrested in Belén, a small city in Valencia county, after he called authorities late at night and informed them he killed his family.

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