Two children reportedly abducted by mother

Authorities are looking for two children reportedly taken by their mother — from the custody of the state Children, Youth and Families Department — during a dental appointment on Tuesday in Northeast Albuquerque.

Albuquerque police say Javon Rosales, 6, and Elijah Covington, 3, were last seen at 11:20 a.m. Tuesday at a dentist office on Menaul NE near San Mateo. Police say the boys’ mother, Clorisa Covington, took them “without permission or authority to do so.”

She was last seen driving a small gray SUV with a temporary tag but that vehicle has since been found abandoned.

“There are concerns for Javon and Elijah’s safety due to them being removed from the mother’s custody by CYFD,” Albuquerque police spokeswoman Rebecca Atkins said.

Authorities say Clorisa Covington is known to associate with her boyfriend, Fabian Gonzales, who is awaiting trial in connection with the high-profile August 2016 death of 10-year-old Victoria Martens.

Maurice Moya, an investigator with Fabian Gonzales’ defense team, said there is no current association between the two.

“He’s not with her now, he hasn’t been with her for months,” he said, adding that Gonzales has had enough “bad publicity” and it has cost him multiple jobs, including one at Walmart, and gotten him kicked out of four apartment complexes in the past year.