Suspect in Navajo elder’s 2021 disappearance gets 5-year sentence after robbery plea
Preston Henry Tolth pleaded guilty to robbing Ella Mae Begay and driving off in her pickup truck; he received a five-year federal prison sentence after a plea deal.
PHOENIX (AP) — The only person ever charged in the unsolved 2021 disappearance of Navajo elder Ella Mae Begay, whose case became emblematic of a crisis fueled by disproportionately high rates of violence faced by Native Americans, has been sentenced to five years in federal prison.