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Child Abuse Charges Dismissed For New Mexico Suspects, Other Charges Added For 2Child abuse charges against three of five adults who lived at a New Mexico compound where a child was found dead were dismissed Wednesday, court documents show.

New Mexico Compound Suspects Struggled Living Off the GridAs the commune culture in Taos began to fall apart in the 1980s it was replaced by individualist, off-the-grid experimental spaces, he said. Earthship architecture, pioneered by environmentalist Michael Reynolds in the 1970s, became an influential model. Neighborhoods of earthships and their variants began popping up in and around Taos. Some were built by wealthy off-the-gridders who considered themselves environmentalists; others had more radical anarchist tendencies; some were veterans or social misfits seeking to escape society, he said.

Why NM Child Abuse Suspects Were Granted BondThe decision is based on a constitutional amendment that revamped the state's bail laws and raised the legal threshold for detaining suspects before trial.

Investigators Return To New Mexico CompoundThe latest developments on this bizarre case involving a religious ritual, a love triangle and a plea for money and guns

Five Claims From New Mexico Compound Hearing RevealedAfter hearing four hours of riveting testimony, a New Mexico judge on Monday decided that five adults arrested in the New Mexico compound raid aren't a threat to the community and granted them bond.

New Mexico Compound Case TimelineTimeline and new details about the family, revealing a complex picture that includes the search for a missing toddler, allegations of child abuse and religious rituals, including a belief that the young boy would become Jesus.

Neighbor Raises Questions About New Mexico Compound Search TimingA property owner questioned Friday why authorities did not search a squalid New Mexico compound sooner for a missing boy, saying he told them in late spring that he had met the child's father at the site and that the man was wanted in Georgia for kidnapping his own son.

Prosecutors: Emaciated Children Say Missing Boy Died At NM CompoundCourt documents released this week are revealing new allegations in the discovery of emaciated children at a New Mexico compound -- including that at least one of the kids was being trained to commit school shootings, and that an adult buried a long-missing child there.

Updated: Prosecutors Say New Mexico Compound Children Training For School ShootingsIn court filings, prosecutors only said they believe the children received advance weapons training and did not provide further details.

Found: Remains Of Young Boy On New Mexico Compound It is unclear whether human remains discovered during that search are those of Abdul-Ghani Wahhaj, whose fourth birthday was Monday.

New Details: Controversial New York Imam Related To Suspects In New Mexico Child Abuse CaseDetails are surfacing in the the New Mexico child abuse case.