Nehemiah Griego’s uncle says the kid, who killed his parents and siblings, is not a monster, but maybe his 12 year old girlfriend is.

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One of the surprises of the interview is that Griego placed some blame on Nehemiah’s 12-year-old girlfriend even though the Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Office cleared her of any crimes.

“The young girl testified to police and they decided they aren’t going to charge her,” Griego said. “The evidence we saw on their phones was that she in fact was egging him on. She met him at the church afterwards. If she was really so concerned about what he talked about doing and everything he had just done, she should would have been aware through those texts.”

The program hosts were quick to contest where Griego placed blame.

“She had several hours where she could have talked to her mom or called the cops or done something. She did nothing,” Griego said. “The point is (people) have rushed to judgment on this kid and the rush to say ‘oh, it had to be all him, he had to be some sort of psycho to do this.’ There are many, many factors.”

KOB Eyewitness News 4 spoke with Griego on the phone Thursday afternoon. Griego said he was troubled with local news reports about his family and hadn’t decided when he would speak to the New Mexico press.