Hundreds attend funeral of 3-year-old Pueblo boy

About 600 people attended the funeral of Tyrus Toribio, a 3-year-old boy from Zia Pueblo whose death shocked the city of Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Most people never knew Ty. But they came to pay their respects after learning about his tragic death, allegedly at the hands of his 23-year-old mother

Tiffany Toribio has been charged with murdering her son. She reportedly confessed to suffocating him and burying him in a playground.

Zia Pueblo plans to bury Ty on the reservation.

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