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Trial of mother accused of murder is underway
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THURSDAY, JANUARY 9, 2003 Opening arguments were heard on Wednesday in the first full day in the federal trial of a Navajo mother accused of murdering three of her children. Elvira Charley is being tried in Arizona federal court for the January 1, 2002, deaths. Federal prosecutors painted her as a woman out for revenge because her husband was seeing another woman. The defense said she was abused by her husband. Get the Story:
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