Lax justice?
Newspaper’s investigation puts convicted killer back in jail

From left, Little Bear’s mother, Lori Fowler, stepfather Mike Fowler, sisters Candace Jeffries and Crystal Fowler and younger brother Michael hold family pictures of Little Bear at their home in Navajo, Ariz. — © 2009 Gallup Independent / Adron Gardner

Copyright © 2009
Gallup Independent
By Elizabeth Hardin-Burrola
Staff writer

Take a good hard look at the prison mug shot of convicted killer Eugene Ashley. He could be coming to a neighborhood near you sometime in the future — courtesy of New Mexico’s criminal justice system. Ashley will be the guy with “EVIL” tattooed on his left hand.

But thanks to the Fowler family of Navajo, Ariz., who asked the Independent to look into Ashley’s parole release slated for Nov. 8, Ashley is now facing another criminal charge and more prison time.

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