Navajo

Suspect faces 5 years in unsolved 2021 disappearance of Navajo elder Ella Mae Begay

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EDGEWOOD, N.M. — The only person ever charged in the unsolved 2021 disappearance of Navajo elder Ella Mae Begay, whose case became a symbol of the nationwide crisis of violence against Native Americans, is scheduled to be sentenced Friday in federal court. Under the conditions of a plea agreement, Preston Henry Tolth, 26, faces a … Read more

Judge rejects plea agreement in case of missing Navajo elder Ella Mae Begay

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PHOENIX, AZ — A federal judge in Phoenix has rejected a plea agreement that would have allowed a man who admitted to beating a Navajo elder and leaving her for dead to avoid more prison time. Preston Henry Tolth, 26, now will face trial on charges of carjacking and assault in relation to the 2021 … Read more