BCSO: Woman made threats, fled with 3 sons

The Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Office says Laria Walker-Anderson made threats against her own life and the lives of her three young sons after disappearing with them early Sunday morning, triggering an Amber Alert and a multistate search.

Walker-Anderson, 28, and her boys, Lloyd Wyatt, 9, Lakai Wyatt, 8, and Lexxington Wyatt, 6, were reported missing around 5 a.m. Sunday morning. BCSO is asking the public in New Mexico and surrounding states to keep an eye out for a silver Kia Spectra that was last seen headed west on Interstate 40 in the early morning hours on Sunday.

Det. Kyle Hartsock said Walker-Anderson made the threats in a phone conversation with the father of her children. The family of five live together in a home near Gun Club and Coors, and Walker-Anderson has full custodial rights. Hartsock said that the vehicle was “equipped with a handgun.”

Hartsock said there are no criminal charges pending against Walker-Anderson and the department is focused only on ensuring all four are safe.

“With those statements combined with the age and the vulnerability of the children,” he said, “we have a very high concern just to physically see them with our own eyes and make sure they’re OK.”

Hartsock said Walker-Anderson has family in southern California and BCSO is in contact with law enforcement there and in Arizona.