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Missing 8-Year-Old Navajo Nation Girl Found Dead
Multi-agency search involving Navajo police, FBI, and others ended with the discovery of Maleeka Boone, prompting ongoing investigations into her death.
- On Friday, Maleeka "Mollie" Boone, an 8-year-old Navajo Nation girl, was found dead and the Turquoise Alert was canceled at about 1:30 p.m.
- Early Friday morning, a Turquoise Alert was issued for Boone after she was last seen Thursday between 4 p.m. and 6 p.m. at Cedar Loop, Coalmine NHA housing area, and her family said her disappearance was out of character.
- Search teams including Navajo Police Department, U.S. Marshals Service, Arizona DPS, Coconino County Sheriff's Office, and Flagstaff Police Department worked with Volunteers and CERT as the Coalmine area was placed on lockdown.
- Investigators have not released how her body was found or a cause of death, and officials urged anyone with information to contact the FBI Phoenix Field Office at 1-800-CALL-FBI or Navajo Police Department Tuba City District at 928-283-3111/3112.
- The Turquoise Alert was created after Emily Pike's death and `Emily's Law` aims to help find missing Indigenous people, spurring activism and legislative changes.
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Search for missing girl, 8, has tragic end as body discovered on tribal lands in Arizona - The Mirror
Her disappearance led to the issuance of a Turquoise Alert, an alert system for Native Americans who have gone missing - her death has been described as a 'tragedy'
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8-year-old girl who went missing on Navajo Nation found dead Friday
An 8-year-old girl who went missing on tribal lands in northern Arizona was found dead Friday. Navajo Nation officials say Maleeka Boone was last seen Thursday evening in the Coalmine Canyon area, about 240 miles (386 kilometers) north of Phoenix.
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