Toddler found dead in Crystal
By Alastair Lee Bitsoi
Navajo Times
CRYSTAL, N.M., Jan. 31, 2014
(Times photo - Donovan Quintero)
A hand-written sign taped to the front door of the Crystal Chapter House indicates where an emergency command has been set up on Friday afternoon in Crystal, N.M. According to Frank Fisher, media coordinator for the FBI in Albuquerque, said the FBI and the Navajo Nation police are currently investigating the death of a 13-month-old toddler, who was found dead this morning at 7:15 a.m.
Frank Fisher, media coordinator for the FBI in Albuquerque, confirmed to the Navajo Times that the death of the toddler is currently under investigation.
"We and Navajo Nation law enforcement authorities are investigating the death of a 13-month-old boy," Fisher said. "The body was found in a culvert near the Crystal Chapter House this morning."
Fisher added that cause of death is unknown at this time and that the FBI isn’t releasing any names about the death.
"All we know is a body was found this morning at 7:15 a.m.," Fisher said.
When the Navajo Times went out to the community Friday afternoon after receiving a phone call about the incident, Crystal Chapter President Jacey McCurtain said neither she nor the community is making any statements about the death because of its sensitive nature among community members here.
An emergency command center for the community had been set up at the Crystal Senior Center for the investigation.
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