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In 2016, 11-year-old Ashlynne Mike accepted a ride from a man in a van, along with her 9-year-old brother. Their kidnapper drove them deep into the desert on the Navajo Nation Reservation. While the siblings are trapped in a nightmare with their abductors, Ashlynne's family struggles to overcome jurisdictional problems that prevent the local authorities from joining the search.

Episode Source List:
https://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/suspect-rape-murder-girl-navajo-nation-pleads-guilty-article-1.3378330

https://www.daily-times.com/story/news/crime/2017/08/01/begaye-pleads-guilty-ashlynne-mike-killing/529899001/

https://www.nhonews.com/news/2019/jun/27/man-who-murdered-ashlynne-mike-wants-life-prison-t/

https://www.ojp.gov/news/ojp-blogs/2019/legacy-ashlynne-mike

https://www.abqjournal.com/1080812/man-gets-life-sentence-for-killing-of-11-year-old-girl-on-navajo-reservation.html

https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/a19561163/ashlynne-mike-amber-alert-navajo-reservation/

https://www.nhonews.com/news/2017/oct/24/navajo-man-sentenced-life-kidnapping-assault-11-ye/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vf5vU1i79mQ

https://navajotimes.com/reznews/begaye-pleads-guilty-to-brutal-murder-of-ashlynne-mike/

http://www.ksje.com/news/local-news/life-without-parole-for-ashlynn-mike-killer/

https://apnews.com/article/ashlynne-mike-kidnapping-farmington-crime-tom-begaye-e9c08eb25482112afe2110479c20ba86