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Ella Begay Missing Person Case

Last seen in Sweetwater, Arizona on Jun 15, 2021

Victim Details

Jun 18, 2021

Mar 18, 2024

Ella

Begay

67

62

60 inches

61 inches

110 lbs

120 lbs

American Indian / Alaska Native

Female

Jun 15, 2021

Sweetwater

Arizona

Pinal County

Yes

105079

Navajo Nation Police Department - Shiprock District

Shiprock

New Mexico

San Juan County

87420

US Highway 491 & US Highway 64, New Mexico

5053681350

Tribal

Law Enforcement

2-21-22640

Navajo Nation Police Department - Shiprock District

5599

Brown

Brown

Brown

06/30/2026


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A federal grand jury has indicted a New Mexico man on assault and carjacking charges in connection with the 2021 disappearance of a Native American woman whose case has helped to raise awareness about missing people and unsolved slayings in Indian Country.

The indictment naming Preston Henry Tolth, 23, was unsealed Tuesday. He is scheduled to appear before a federal magistrate Friday in northern Arizona for a detention hearing and formal arraignment.

Federal prosecutors alleged ...
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