Police have arrested suspect for the death of a girl in Mexico

Ashlynn Mike.

photo: Mexico State Police via AP

A Mexico man was arrested on Tuesday over the death of an 11-year-old girl kidnapped from the Navajo reservation in New Mexico.

Tom Begaye, 27, will appear before U.S. Magistrate Judge in Farmington on Wednesday, two days after Ashlynne Mike and her 9-year-old brother were abducted. According to Federal Bureau of Investigation spokesman Frank Fisher and a statement released by the Navajo Nation,

The children were kidnapped after school near the community of San Juan, New Mexico by a man driving a van who offered them a ride.

The boy, Ian Mike, was found walking along a highway around 7:15 p.m. and taken to the police department in Shiprock, where he reported to the police that his sister had been taken. He told the police that the man took them toward the Shiprock pinnacle where released him and asked him to go home.

According to the report, law enforcement officers took part in the search for the girl and the body of the girl was discovered on Tuesday morning, less than 8 miles (13 km) south of the landmark.

Source: Reuters