Sarah Saganitso // 358

In June of 1987, a 40-year-old Navajo woman left to work a night shift at an Arizona medical center, and never returned home. When her body was found nearby the next day, it was clear she had been murdered. But after a potentially coerced confession, and talks of a native legend being to blame, who was really responsible for her slaying? This is the story of Sarah Saganitso.

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CASE SOURCES

1. Arizona Daily News: https://www.newspapers.com/image/516639435/?terms=Sarah%20Saganitso&match=1

2. Arizona Daily Sun: https://www.newspapers.com/image/516638192/?terms=%22Sarah%20Saganitso%22&match=1

3. Truth of Skinwalkers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKg1pYvhIYw

4. Navajo Traditional Teachings: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YC6ImkQLohE

5. Beyond Skinwalker Ranch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYccS3r95GU

6. Arizona Daily Sun: https://www.newspapers.com/image/515996758/?terms=%22Sarah%20Saganitso%22&match=1

7. Arizona Republic: https://www.newspapers.com/image/121028439/

8. The Skeptical Juror: http://www.skepticaljuror.com/2010_09_22_archive.html

9. Arizona Daily Sun: https://www.newspapers.com/image/516327855/?terms=%22Sarah%20Saganitso%22&match=1

10. Atlas Obscura: https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/skinwalker-cryptid-ocker

11. Arizona Daily Sun: https://www.newspapers.com/image/516639130/?terms=george%20abney%20guillermo%20vasquez&match=1

12. The Sacramento Bee: https://www.newspapers.com/image/624999114/?terms=%22Sarah%20Saganitso%22&match=1

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