Man sentenced to die for reservation carjacking

WEDNESDAY, MAY 21, 2003

Lezmond Mitchell, a resident of the Navajo Reservation in Arizona, was sentenced to death for killing a grandmother and granddaughter who were on their way to see a medicine man.

Mitchell, 21, carjacked Alyce Slim and her 9-year-old granddaughter, Tiffany Lee. Slim and Lee were beaten, stabbed dozens of times and beheaded with an ax.

The Navajo Nation Department of Justice had asked a federal judge not to impose the death penalty.

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Killer gets death in Navajo carjack case (The Arizona Republic 5/21)