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Preston Tolth, the only person convicted in the 2021 disappearance of Navajo weaver Ella Mae Begay, has been arrested again—just months after his early release from federal prison. Begay vanished from her home on the Navajo Nation and remains missing, her case a rallying cry for justice in the crisis of missing and murdered Indigenous women. Tolth, who admitted to assaulting and abandoning her, was released five years after her disappearance under a federal statute allowing early release for time served on unrelated charges. He was then placed in transitional housing in Phoenix, where he allegedly returned intoxicated on July 4th, violated rules, and left voluntarily—only to be arrested again after police found an active warrant. Now facing a new burglary charge, Tolth’s latest arrest has left Begay’s family devastated and frustrated, especially after they were unaware he’d left custody. The family, including her son Gerald, expressed relief no one was harmed but anger over the system’s failure to keep him contained. As Tolth’s legal troubles mount, the search for Ella Mae Begay continues—with no closure in sight.

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