In May 2016, 11-year-old Ashlynne Mike and her 9-year-old brother were playing together on the Navajo Indian Reservation in San Juan County, New Mexico, when a man they didn’t know — drove up in a van and offered them a ride home. The events of that day led to Ashlynn’s abrupt and violent end, calling attention to the jurisdictional issues surrounding the failed AMBER alert that could’ve saved her.

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https://www.krqe.com/news/new-mexico/five-years-after-ashlynne-mikes-death-family-seeks-proper-headstone/#:~:text=On%20May%202%2C%202016%2C%2011,19%2C%20leads%20country%20in%20vaccinations

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

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

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

https://www.investigationdiscovery.com/crimefeed/murder/navajo-nation-girl-assaulted-killed-after-man-kidnapped-her-while-she-was-playing

https://www.amberadvocate.org/amber-feature/ashlynnes-law/

https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/suspect-navajo-nation-tom-begaye-kidnap-murder-ashlynne-mike-navajo-nation/

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

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