Where are they now?

Juveniles one of them 12 years old have accounted for some of the more disturbing homicides in New Mexico in the past three decades. Heres a look at a some of the most notorious cases, how those cases were handled and what happened once the young offender returned to society. John Hovey: He was 16 in 1984 when he repeatedly shot his parents as they slept in their Albuquerque home. His mother had warned months before that he was going to kill her. He was HOVEY sentenced as an adult to two life terms, plus 16 years, then received an additional life sentence plus 16 years in 2000 for stabbing a paraplegic inmate 230 times. Jason Kirkman: He was 15 in 1986 when he killed his father with a bow and arrow, mutilated his face and drew satanic symbols near his body in Albuquerque. He was sentenced KIRKMAN as an adult, under an agreement with his attorney, to 12 years. He has been free since 1992, with no further serious criminal charges noted. Mitchell Overhand: He was 16 in 1988 when he shot his parents, finished off his mother with a hammer to the head, then buried them in the backyard of their Paradise Hills home OVERHAND and threw a party. He was sentenced as an adult to 40 years. He has been on probation since 2008, and his record has remained clean. Adam McAllister: He was 14 in 1993 when he shot Ester Reed when she caught him and Jesus Garcia, 17, burglarizing her Albuquerque home. He was sentenced as a juvenile and committed until age 21 and then released to his mother in Colonie, N.Y. No further criminal history is known. MCALLISTER Jesus Garcia: McAllisters accomplice. Because he was 17, he was sentenced as an adult to a life sentence plus 26 years for the same crimes McAllister was convicted of. He committed suicide in prison in 2006. Michael Brown: He was 16 in 1994 when he told friends Jeremy Rose, 17, and Bernadette Setser, 16, that he wished his grandparents were dead, angry that his grandmother had thrown out his friends for drinking beer BROWN in her Rio Rancho home. Though he did not participate in the stabbing deaths, he was sentenced as an adult to life plus 42 years. Bernadette Setser: She was 16 in 1994 when she participated in the stabbing deaths of Michael Browns grandparents. She was sentenced as an adult to life plus 42 years. Jeremy Rose: He was 17 in 1994 when he participated in the stabbing deaths of Michael Browns grandparents. He pleaded guilty to murder, testified against Brown and Setser, and was sentenced as an adult to a life sentence. Jaime Star Sedillo: She was 14 in 1995 when she shot Kenneth Dirk Henson during a holdup at an Albuquerque bar. She was sentenced as a juvenile and committed for two years. She completed probation in 2001. Her whereabouts and any further criminal history are unknown. Bradley Soza: He was 14 in 1996 when he shot Mario Hernandez, 13, at close range as the younger boy walked with a friend to a sleepover in Albuquerque. He was sentenced as a juvenile and committed SOZA until age 21. But once out, he continued a life of crime. He returned to prison and remains there, on charges that include armed robbery and fleeing a police officer. Victor Cordova Jr.: He was 12 in 1999 when he shot classmate Araceli Tena, 13, at Deming Middle School after telling another classmate he would make CORDOVA history blasting this school. He was sentenced as a juvenile and committed for two years. He was released in 2003, but in 2004 was arrested on drug smuggling charges along the Mexican border. Arnell Van Duyne: He was 16 in 2001 when he bludgeoned his adoptive mother with a baseball bat in their Clovis home. He was sentenced as an adult to a life sentence plus 21 years. Mister Saunders: He was 13 in 2002 when he repeatedly stabbed and then raped Melissa Albert, an Albuquerque neighbor. He was sentenced as a juvenile and committed until age SAUNDERS 21. He was released in 2009 and has apparently remained out of the criminal justice system. Benny Mora Jr.: He was 15 in 2002 when he helped Mister Saunders stab Melissa Albert. He was sentenced as an adult to 45 years. Cody MORA Posey: He was 14 in 2004 when he shot and killed his father, stepmother and stepsister and then buried their bodies in a manure pile on the ranch of newsman Sam Donaldson near Hondo. He was sentenced as a juvenile and committed until age POSEY 21. He was released last October and has apparently m,remained out of the criminal justice system. Ryan Stewart: He was 16 in 2005 when he struck and killed Glenn Lewis, an Albuquerque man known for his dislike of teen cruisers, with his vehicle. He was sentenced as a juvenile and committed until age 21. Stewart has had several STEWART brushes with the law since his release and is now in the Metropolitan Detention Center on charges including breaking and entering and assaulting a peace officer.