Priscilla Lee Yazza

Death by Force

On a cold January night in 1984, in the quiet community of Fort Defiance, Arizona, on the Navajo Nation, the life of a young mother was violently cut short. Priscilla Lee Yazza, an 18-year-old Native American woman, was at home with her mother, Aliene Lee, and her infant daughter, Samantha. The familiar comfort of an evening spent watching television was shattered when the lights in their home suddenly went out, plunging them into darkness. An armed intruder then confronted the family.

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The natives are arrestless; the Justice Department has jurisdiction over Indian reservations, but is letting people get away with murder. - Free Online Library

The Unsolved Murder of Priscilla Yazza, Killed in Arizona in 1984.

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