The top prosecutor for the Navajo Nation says federal authorities will have to follow extradition procedures or seek a court order if they want to obtain an 18-year-old accused of murdering a nun.
The tribe has charged Reehahlio Carroll with reckless driving. He also faces a murder charge in federal court but Navajo chief prosecutor Bernadine Martin hasn't agreed to release the suspect.
"My job is to the Navajo Nation," Martin told KRQE News 13. "My oath is to the Navajo nation law; my oath is to the government; my oath is to the people. It's not to the federal government."
Federal authorities say Carroll killed Sister Marguerite Bartz, 64, after she caught him trying to burglarize the convent where she lived. She was killed on the night of October 31 or the morning of November 1.
Get the Story:Tribe holds on to suspected nun killer (KRQE-TV 11/10)
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