Benjamin Youngbear

On May 25, 2015, Benjamin Youngbear, a 29-year-old Native American man of the Northern Cheyenne Tribe, vanished from Ohkay Owingeh, New Mexico. His disappearance was considered suspicious by authorities from the outset, sparking an investigation into his whereabouts. Tragically, about six weeks later, investigators, aided by witness information, discovered his body buried in a shallow grave at a residence within the Ohkay Owingeh pueblo. An autopsy would later confirm that he had been shot to de ...

The Santa Fe New Mexican: Feds arrest Chamita man after body is unearthed at his home

Two charged for murder of man at Ohkay Owingeh in New Mexico