Navajo Nation backs federal Amber Alert legislation

Source: Associated Press


Updated 2:04 am, Sunday, July 9, 2017


WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. (AP) — A panel of lawmakers on the nation's largest American Indian reservation is throwing its support behind federal legislation that would expand the Amber Alert child abduction emergency notification system to tribes across the U.S.

One of the standing legislative committees on the Navajo Nation voted this week in favor of a measure that supports the congressional legislation.

The legislation is in response to the 2016 deadly abduction of 11-year-old Ashlynne Mike on the Navajo Nation.

The high profile case raised questions about gaps in communication and coordination between tribal and local law enforcement.

Read more: http://www.chron.com/news/us/article/Navajo-Nation-backs-federal-Amber-Alert-11275590.php

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Ashlynne Mike Vigil In Albuquerque

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Pamela Foster And Gary Mike, Ashlynne Mike's Parents


Last Updated May 3, 2016 6:00 PM EDT

FARMINGTON, N.M. -- An 11-year-old girl who was kidnapped from the Navajo Nation in New Mexico, launching a massive search, was found dead Tuesday.

Authorities had been searching by air and ground for Ashlynne Mike, a Navajo fifth-grader who was abducted by a man believed to be a stranger Monday afternoon, FBI spokesman Frank Fisher said.

The girl's body was found Tuesday morning in Shiprock, near a rock formation that the town is named for, said Jesse Delmar, the tribe's public safety division director.

"We were very hopeful that we would find her in good shape," Delmar said. "We found her, but it didn't turn out well."

More:
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/ashlynne-mike-11-year-old-girl-kidnapped-from-navajo-nation-is-found-dead/