The Navajo Police are seeking the public’s help in locating missing people, and the FBI is offering a reward to help solve a cold murder case on the Navajo Nation.
Carleton Lee, 35, went missing on March 31 from his home in Hunters Point, Arizona. Lee wears glasses and was last seen wearing a black jacket, bluejeans, and a gray beanie with an Addidas logo. He is 5-feet-7, has brown hair and eyes and weighs 160 pounds.
Anyone with information on his whereabouts or well being should call the Navajo Police Department Window Rock District at 928-871-6111.
The FBI also is offering up at a $5,000 reward for information leading to the identification, arrest and conviction of the individual or individuals responsible for the homicide of Lee Michael Pahe.
On July 26, Pahe was found dead on the ground next to a water pump in Nachittee, New Mexico, on the Navajo Nation.
The cause of death was a gunshot wound.
Authorities were told that Pahe, who was 30 years old at the time, was last seen leaving a residence in Navajo, New Mexico, at 2 a.m. on the day his body was discovered.
Pahe was resident of Fort Defiance, Arizona.
To report a tip, call the FBI at 1-800-CALL-FBI or tips.fbi.gov.
Navajo Police and family members are seeking information on the whereabouts of Navajo Virgil Eddie Chee Sr., of Chambers, Arizona.
Chee was last seen March 3 after being dropped off in Sanders, Arizona. He was wearing a brown and white checkered flannel jacket, faded bluejeans and dark brown work boots. To report a tip, call the Navajo Police Window Rock District at (928) 871-6112.
A tribunal about Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Relatives May 5-6 will be held at the Navajo Nation Museum, Highway 264 and Loop Road, Window Rock, Arizona. The event is sponsored by Ná’áł Kíd Productions and the Global Indigenous Council.
For more information, email naalkidproducer@gmail.com
Participants will hear directly from victims’ families and survivors in a tribal community setting and be an expert witness to their stories.
This two-day tribunal will record public testimony from MMIWR survivors and victim’s families, which will be sent to state, federal and congressional leaders. The event will include panelists, speakers, and two film screenings of “Somebody’s Daughter” and “Say Her Name,” both directed by Rain and produced by Tom Rodgers.
New Mexico State Sen. Shannon Pinto has sponsored Senate Bill 12, which proposes to create the position of a missing Indigenous persons specialist with the New Mexico State Attorney General’s office, in partnership with Native American communities.
Recently, Meskee Yatsayte, Navajo Nation Missing Persons updates director, reported that there are more than 60 missing person cases on the Navajo Nation.
