American girl abused, killed and chopped up on her 10th birthday

It was in early morning darkness that officers scrambled to sort out the chaos at an Albuquerque apartment complex where a couple had reportedly been attacked, the woman bleeding from a head injury and the man sporting a black eye and wearing blood-stained shorts.

The woman told officers her 10-year-old daughter was still in apartment 808, from which they had escaped.

With the fire alarm blaring, they busted in the front door and searched the smoke-filled apartment for Victoria Martens.