CNN) -- A 23-year-old woman suffocated her son and then buried his body beneath the sand of a playground, police in Albuquerque, New Mexico, said Thursday.

 

Police arrested Tiffany Toribio about 4 a.m., just hours after they said they wanted to speak to her about her missing 3-year-old son, Ty.

 

Family members had contacted authorities, saying her son matched the description of a boy found Friday at an Albuquerque playground.

 

Police Chief Ray Schultz said she confessed to killing the boy soon after being apprehended.

 

"She placed her hand over her son's mouth and nose and suffocated him. She had second thoughts about what she did. She performed CPR on her son, brought him back to life and then decided to go forward with that original act she had started to commit," Schultz said. Watch Schultz describe the alleged killing ?

 

"What makes this story especially sad is, when asked the reason why she took Ty's life, Tiffany said that she did not want him to grow up with no one caring about him, the same way that she had grown up where nobody had cared about her."

 

An emotional Schultz added that Toribio has tried to kill herself since her arrest. She was being held in isolation at a detention facility and kept under observation, he said.

 

He added, "As you can see, this case has been very emotional for everybody in the department."

 

Toribio was charged with first-degree murder and an array of other charges, including abuse of a child under 12 that caused death.

 

The discovery of the body at Alvarado Park on Friday shocked the community, which dubbed the boy "Baby Justice" and "Baby Angel" as they rallied around his case.

 

Police released a composite image of the boy Tuesday, hoping to garner more leads in the case. They weren't able to release a photo of the boy because his body was so disfigured by the sand's heat.

 

Schultz said that after killing her son, Toribio dug a hole under gym equipment at the playground, moved the body and buried him in the shallow grave.

 

"Since that time, she's been walking the streets of the city of Albuquerque," he said.

 

The boy was wearing Arizona brand clothing, size 3T: nylon black running pants with red stripes, a red shirt with a monster truck on it and black, gray and lime green Skechers sneakers.

 

Toribio did not comment Thursday morning after her arrest as she was put in a police car.

 

Schultz said there had been no reports of child abuse filed against Toribio. But he said family members indicated that she did not express the typical love of a mother for her child.

 

 

"She did not show the normal relationship that you would see with a mother, son," he said.

 

This week, police had gone to residences where she had lived previously, but she wasn't there, Schultz said. Police had gone there after family members expressed concern because "they did not like the way Ty was being treated," the police chief said.

 

http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/05/21/nm.buried.boy/index.html

 

Incredibly sad. I've been following this story off and on the last couple of days. Today I got on my Myspace account and found out that one of my good friends was Ty's aunt. I couldn't believe it. I hope that you keep Ty as well as my friend and her family in your prayers.

Poor kid, poor family. Something incredibly wrong with this woman. I dont know how anyone could harm a child. RIP.

Wow. Just wow.

 

The stupid thing is, she had second thoughts, gave him CPR, revived him...then decided to go through with it and killed him again.

 

That proves pre-meditation. She needs to die.

I heard she eat the dog, threw the cat in the lake and put his gerbal in the garbage disposal.

 

It's a really sad story.

At the risk of sounding too mild, I think they should rip out her reproductive organs without the benefit of anesthesia and replace them with playground sand.

 

Or, better yet- begin to rip them out, put her under anesthesia and then, bring her out of it again while they finish the procedure.

 

 

An eye for an eye, baby. Oh, HELL yeah!

dedeath penalty would not work here as she wants to die. One of the main reasons I dislike the death penalty. How is it a penalty if you WANT to be dead?`

I don't agree with the death penalty, but I'm of the mind that no one really wants to die. It's against basic animal instincts, which is why it's hard for people to commit suicide.