Man who robbed Navajo elder released five years after her disappearance
Preston Tolth, who admitted beating and robbing Navajo elder Ella Mae Begay and stealing her truck, was released after receiving a five-year sentence with credit for three years already served.
EDGEWOOD, N.M. (AP) — Five years to the day that Navajo elder Ella Mae Begay disappeared from her home in a remote corner of Arizona, the man who acknowledged beating her, stealing her truck and leaving her on the roadside is free from prison.