Thurman Yazzie, a member of the Navajo Nation was convicted of killing a man near Steamboat, Arizona, was sentenced on May 21, 2026, in federal court.
The 26-year-old Yazzie, of Keams Canyon, Arizona, was sentenced to 240 months in federal prison followed by five years of supervised release. Yazzie previously pleaded guilty to Second Degree Murder.
On March 26, 2023, Yazzie attacked the victim with a knife, stabbing him multiple times, causing his death. Yazzie then placed the victim’s body on the back of an ATV and took it into the woods where he set fire to the victim’s body. The crime occurred on the Navajo Nation.
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