Jaime Yazzie's case became emblematic of what officials call an epidemic of missing and slain Indigenous women​.

The boyfriend of a Navajo woman whose killing highlighted calls to end an epidemic of missing and slain Indigenous women has been sentenced to life imprisonment.

Tre C. James was sentenced to life in prison for murdering Jamie Yazzie and for domestic violence against three other women.

Five years after Yazzie went missing — and a year after James was found guilty — Yazzie’s family finally gets closure.

The boyfriend of a missing Navajo woman whose name sparked international attention to the epidemic of missing and murdered Indigenous women learned his punishment on Monday.Tre C. James was sentenced to life in prison for the domestic abuse and killing of Jamie Yazzie.

Tre C. James was sentenced to life in prison on Monday for murdering his former girlfriend, Jamie Yazzie, in summer 2019.

The boyfriend of a Navajo woman whose killing highlighted calls to end an epidemic of missing and slain Indigenous women in North America has been sentenced to life imprisonment.

Tre C. James was convicted in federal court in Phoenix in the fatal shooting of Jamie Yazzie. The jury at the time also found James guilty of several acts of domestic violence committed against three former dating partners.

The boyfriend of a Navajo woman whose killing highlighted calls to end an epidemic of missing and slain Indigenous women in North America was set to be sentenced for his murder conviction in the case