TOM BEGAYE, THE 27 YEAR OLD MAN ACCUSED IN THE KIDNAPPING AND MURDER OF 11 YEAR OLD ASHLYNNE MIKE EARLY THIS WEEK, APPEARS BEFORE A FEDERAL JUDGE IN ALBUQUERQUE ON FRIDAY FOR A DETENTION HEARING. HE’S ALREADY APPEARED BEFORE A MAGISTRATE JUDGE TO BE FORMALLY CHARGED IN THE CASE.
MEANWHILE, A PUBLIC FUNERAL IS BEING HELD FOR ASHLYNNE AT THE FARMINGTON CIVIC CENTER TODAY (FRI) AT 10AM. THIS FOLLOWS A THIRD VIGIL THAT WAS HELD FOR HER ON THURSDAY NIGHT … THIS TIME IN ALBUQUERQUE AT THE INDIAN PUEBLO CULTURAL CENTER. ABOUT 400 ATTENDED THE VIGIL.
ASHLYNNE WAS THE SUBJECT OF AN AMBER ALERT EARLY TUESDAY MORNING, HOURS AFTER SHE WAS LAST SEEN AROUND 4PM MONDAY, WHEN BEGAYE IS BELIEVED TO HAVE COAXED HER AND HER NINE YEAR OLD BROTHER INTO HIS RED VAN. HER BROTHER, IAN, WAS LATER RELEASED, AND IDENTIFIED BEGAYE AS THEIR ABDUCTOR.
