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BIA employee to plead guilty for deaths

TUESDAY, APRIL 9, 2002

Federal prosecutors in New Mexico on Monday said they have reached an agreement with a Bureau of Indian Affairs employee charged with murder.

Lloyd Larson will plead guilty to four counts of second-degree murder for the deaths of four Nebraskans. He was driving a BIA vehicle when he crashed into the two couples on January 25.

Larson, a member of the Navajo Nation, has a history of drunk driving.

Get the Story:
BIA Driver to Plead Guilty in Fatal Crash (The Albuquerque Journal 4/9)

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