New Mexico Man Arrested in Abduction and Death of 11-Year-Old Navajo Girl Whose Body Was Found Near
Source: People
A 27-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the abduction and murder of an 11-year-old girl from the Navajo Nation after her body was found near the famed Shiprock monument in New Mexico, PEOPLE confirms.
Federal officials arrested Tom Begaye, of Waterflow, on Tuesday, just hours after Ashlynne Mike's body was found a few miles south of the famed monument, FBI Albuquerque spokesperson Frank Fisher tells PEOPLE.
Fisher says no further information will be released until after Begaye appears in court on Wednesday.
The arrest followed an intense search for Ashlynne after she and her 9-year-old brother went missing near their Fruitland home on Monday.
Read more: http://www.people.com/article/ashlynne-mike-kidnapped-murder-new-mexico-arrest-tom-begaye
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(18,890 posts)Judi Lynn
(160,623 posts)May 4, 2016 - 1:05pm
New Mexico man charged in Navajo girls death lured her into van
By FELICIA FONSECA and MARY HUDETZ
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
SHIPROCK, N.M. A stranger who lured 11-year-old Ashlynne Mike into his van on Monday with promises of watching a movie instead walked her into the hills of a remote area of the Navajo Nation, a place known for its breathtaking views and a monolithic rock outcropping that stands as a beacon for miles.
As the sun faded, the man returned alone, with a crowbar tucked in his jacket. The girl was nowhere to be seen.
The girls 9-year-old brother, who had jumped into the van hoping to protect her, was now distraught and scared. The man drove him toward a highway, and then told him to get out.
Alone in the desert, the boy started to run, and kept running, toward the lights of a distant car, until a passer-by scooped him up and took him to police.
More:
http://www.reviewjournal.com/news/nation-and-world/new-mexico-man-charged-navajo-girl-s-death-lured-her-van
ReRe
(10,597 posts)... hopefully we'll hear something more about this case today. The little boy had to settle down enough to be able to in some way identify the SOB perp.
Judi Lynn
(160,623 posts)Man detailed sexual assault, murder of 11-year-old girl, according to complaint
By Elise Kaplan / Journal Staff Writer
Published: Wednesday, May 4th, 2016 at 8:47am
Updated: Wednesday, May 4th, 2016 at 12:49pm
A criminal complaint filed in federal court Wednesday offers new details about the kidnapping, sexual assault and killing of 11-year-old Ashlynne Mike.
Authorities were led to Tom Begaye, 27, by a tip from one of his neighbors, according to the indictment.
Begaye told authorities he was looking for a child to have sex with Monday afternoon and picked up Ashlynne and Ian Mike, who were playing in a ditch near their home.
Ashlynne had injured her foot and agreed to get in Begayes car to get a ride.
More:
http://www.abqjournal.com/767943/man-arrested-in-abduction-death-of-11-year-old-girl-to-appear-in-court.html
(Photos of community observance of Ashlynn Mike's death at the end of the story.)
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ReRe
(10,597 posts).... that we have SOB's walking around amongst us right now,
everywhere in this God forsaken country, like this sick fuck.