US Judge Orders Man Held in Case of Missing Navajo Woman

US Judge Orders Man Held in Case of Missing Navajo Woman
Preston Henry Tolth, 23, waits to be loaded into a transport van outside the U.S. district court in Flagstaff, Ariz., on April 7, 2023. Jake Bacon/Arizona Daily Sun via AP
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The family of a Native American woman who went missing from her home on the Navajo Nation pleaded with the man accused of assaulting her and taking her pickup truck, asking during a court hearing Friday that he tell them where he left Ella Mae Begay so they could bring her home and find closure.

The tearful messages of family members resonated through a courtroom in Flagstaff, Arizona, as they told the judge about what they have endured since Begay disappeared nearly two years ago.