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Top leaders from New Mexico and the nation's largest American Indian reservation are calling for justice as authorities search for a suspect in the abduction and death of an 11-year-old girl.
The brother was found miles away and the girl's body was discovered in a remote spot south of the Shiprock monument in northwestern New Mexico.
FBI Special Agent in Charge Terry Wade said during a news conference Tuesday in Shiprock, New Mexico, that authorities will leave no stone unturned as they search for justice for the family of Ashlynne Mike.
The Navajo Nation's public safety director says an 11-year-old girl who was kidnapped from the reservation in New Mexico has been found dead.
Jesse Delmar, the tribe's public safety division director, says the girl's body was found Tuesday morning in Shiprock, near a rock formation that the town is named for.
The search for the girl included federal, tribal, state and county officers on the ground as well as a New Mexico State Police helicopter.
FBI spokesman Frank Fisher says Tuesday's search for Ashlynne Mike will involve federal, tribal, state and county officers on the ground as well as a New Mexico State Police helicopter.
Details on the area being searched aren't immediately available but Fisher says a command post has been established at the federal building in Shiprock.
The missing girl is described as Native American, about 4-foot-8, 80 pounds with brown eyes and black hair.
The missing girl is described as Native American, approximately 4-foot-8, 80 pounds with brown eyes and black hair.