A Navajo Nation missing woman’s boyfriend will be imprisoned for the rest of his life for killing her in 2019 and concealing her body on a reservation.
On September 23, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Arizona declared that Tre James, 31, had been sentenced to life in prison for the shooting death of Jamie Yazzie by a judge.
James was found guilty by a federal jury of multiple counts of domestic abuse against three other Navajo women in addition to first-degree murder. In addition, James will be sentenced to ten more years in jail and five years of supervised release for the assaults.
Yazzie was last seen on June 30, 2019, in the vicinity of Pinon, Arizona, inside the limits of the Navajo Nation Indian Reservation, according to the FBI Phoenix Field Office and the Navajo Department of Criminal Investigations.
The U.S. Attorney’s office reported that her remains were subsequently discovered in November 2021 on the Hopi Indian Reservation.
According to the authorities, James shot Yazzie dead and then concealed her body until it was found. Since Yazzie hadn’t been reported missing for several days, prosecutors claimed that authorities were up against numerous obstacles in this case.
It is also said that James cleaned up the scene after committing the crimes at home by himself with Yazzie. The COVID-19 outbreak presented another challenge to investigators, “which hit the Navajo Nation particularly hard.”
During the inquiry, authorities claimed to have discovered the individual domestic violence acts.
According to The Associated Press, Yazzie’s three sons, now aged 10, 14, and 18, attended James’ sentencing, and other supporters demonstrated on the sidewalk by chanting and beating drums.
According to a 2016 National Institute of Justice research, 84% of American Indian and Alaska Native women had been victims of assault.
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United States Attorney Gary Restaino remarked, “Securing justice for missing victims of violence demands courage, discipline, and partnership.
Additionally, it calls on each of us to act quickly to show our commitment: communities must report missing loved ones as soon as possible; victim advocates must communicate with next of kin frequently and early; and law enforcement officials must file charges against cases as soon as they are prepared to do so.”
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