Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
The man accused of killing two Texico women, shooting a child in the head and kidnapping a second child at Clovis’ Ned Houk Park has requested a competency hearing set for next month in U.S. District Court
Alik Collins, also identified in court records as Alek Collins, is accused of killing Harley Cisneros and Taryn Allen, both 23, on May 3. He also is accused of shooting Sofia Cisneros, 5, and kidnapping Eleia Maria Torres, 10 months, and taking her to Abilene, Texas, where he was arrested and she was recovered unharmed. Cisneros was mother to both children.
Police say Collins, 26 at the time, may have followed the women to the park after a chance encounter in Clovis, but authorities don’t think Collins had any connection to the women before that afternoon.
The competency hearing is related to the kidnapping charges, but Collins also faces murder charges as well as charges in Texas related to stealing a car and assaulting a police officer.
Collins was arrested May 6 after officials say he carjacked an Uber driver in Abilene.
He is jailed in Albuquerque. A federal grand jury indicted him on May 29.
