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.

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

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.