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Philbert Shorty Missing Person Case

Last seen in Fort Defiance, Arizona on Jan 28, 2021

Victim Details

Feb 12, 2021

Nov 07, 2022

Philbert

Shorty

49

44

68 inches

72 inches

150 lbs

180 lbs

American Indian / Alaska Native

Male

Jan 28, 2021

Fort Defiance

Arizona

Apache County

Yes

99911

Navajo Nation Police Department - Window Rock District

Window Rock

Arizona

Apache County

86515

North 12 & Window Rock Boulevard, Arizona

9288716983

Tribal

Law Enforcement

01-21-003632

2021-02-02

Navajo Nation Police Department - Window Rock District

6075

Black

Black

Black

No

07/12/2026


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Shorty was last seen leaving his aunt's Fort Defiance, Arizona residence between 4:00 and 5:00 p.m. on January 28, 2021. He told her he was going to Navajo, New Mexico and then possibly to Tsaile, Arizona. He has never been heard from again. On January 31, his blue 2005 PT Cruiser was found abandoned and suck in the mud outside of Tsaile.

In 2023, authorities finalized a plea deal with Shiloh Aaron Oldrock in Shorty's presumed death. Oldrock admitted he and his uncle, Erwin Be ...
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