Albuquerque police arrest man accused of beating, raping 75-year-old Ernest Casias Ernest Casias ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – The man accused in of beating and raping an elderly woman is now behind bars. Albuquerque Police have arrested 56-year-old Ernest Casias. In early March, police found a 75-year-old woman at her apartment near Academy and McKinney. A co-worker called APD, saying she hadn’t seen her show up. According to police, she had been raped and then violently beaten. According to the criminal complaint, Casias and the woman may have been working to start a business and that she had already paid Casias around...