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Donald Tsosie

Case from Farmington, NM dated Apr 01, 1998

Victim Details

Donald Tsosie

Male

Native American / American Indian

Farmington

NM

1998-04-01

40

Donald

Tsosie

07/09/2026

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In the spring of 1998, the life of Donald Tsosie, a 40-year-old Navajo man, was brutally cut short in San Juan County, New Mexico. On March 31, 1998, Tsosie was at the Turn Around Bar in Farmington when he accepted a ride from two men, Robert Fry and Leslie Engh. This fateful decision led to a horrific sequence of events that ended in his death.

The journey home turned into a violent altercation. Investigators later learned that Fry and Engh beat Tsosie with a shovel. After the brutal ass ...
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  • Judge: State can prosecute in Navajo death - Indianz.Com
  • Robert Fry (murderer) - Wikipedia
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