Accused killer in court
Paperwork gets mixed up in Bartz murder case

Copyright © 2009
Gallup Independent
By Bill Donovan
Independent correspondent

A federal judge in Albuquerque ruled Thursday that there is probable cause to hold a teenager accused of murdering a nun at her home on the Navajo reservation.

Meanwhile in Window Rock, the relationship between the Navajo Nation and the U.S. Attorney’s Office in New Mexico has become strained as a result of the recent arrest in the killing of the Navajo, N.M., Catholic sister.

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