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Dilkon homicide suspect apprehended

Dilkon homicide suspect apprehended

Submitted Homicide suspect Brian Tewanema.

Donovan Quintero

Posted by | Sep 23, 2017 | |

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Homicide suspect Brian Tewanema.

Brian Tewanema, the homicide suspect who eluded police for 10 days, has been apprehended by the Coconino County Sheriff’s Office.

Details about Tewanema’s arrest on Saturday are not known, said Navajo Nation Police Chief Phillip Francisco.

Tewanema is a suspect in a homicide in Dilkon on the night of September 13. Police spotted him the next day in the Toyei area.

Heavily armed police began searching for Tewanema, pursuing him to an area north of Jeddito, on the Hopi Reservation, where they lost track of him. Jesse Delmar, director of the Navajo Nation Division of Public Safety, said Navajo Nation Police, the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Hopi BIA police were involved in the 10-day search.

Delmar did not identify the victim.

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"Dii, Diné bi Naaltsoos wolyéhíígíí, ninaaltsoos át'é. Nihi cheii dóó nihi másání ádaaní: Nihi Diné Bizaad bił ninhi't'eelyá áádóó t'áá háadida nihizaad nihił ch'aawóle'lágo. Nihi bee haz'áanii at'é, nihisin at'é, nihi hózhǫ́ǫ́jí at'é, nihi 'ach'ą́ą́h naagééh at'é. Dilkǫǫho saad bee yájíłti', k'ídahoneezláo saad bee yájíłti', ą́ą́ chánahgo saad bee yájíłti', diits'a'go saad bee yájíłti', nabik'íyájíłti' baa yájíłti', bich'į' yájíłti', hach'į' yándaałti', diné k'ehgo bik'izhdiitįįh. This is the belief I do my best to follow when I am writing Diné-related stories and photographing our events, games and news. Ahxéhee', shik'éí dóó shidine'é." - Donovan Quintero, an award-winning Diné journalist, served as a photographer, reporter and as assistant editor of the Navajo Times until March 17, 2023.

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