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Tanya Begay

Case from Tohatchi, NM dated Mar 03, 2017

Victim Details

Tanya Begay

Female

Native American / American Indian

Tohatchi

NM

2017-03-03

36

Tanya

Begay

06/24/2026

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Tanya Teresa Begay, a 36-year-old Native American woman of Navajo descent, vanished on March 3, 2017, after last being seen in Tohatchi, New Mexico. Tanya had planned to travel from Leupp, Arizona, to her family's home near Gallup, New Mexico—a trip that should have taken only a few hours. She was accompanied by her boyfriend at the time, Jason Alan Thornburg, and they had stopped at her father's home in Tohatchi to ask for money. This visit marked the last confirmed sighting of Tanya by her f ...
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