Thursday, March 28, 2024

Woman arrested in Gallup murder

GALLUP

Gallup police announced Thursday the arrest of a 23-year-old Gallup woman for the murder of a St. Michaels man on Tuesday.

Brandie Miriah Allen has been charged with murder in the first degree, tampering with evidence and aggravated assault.

She has been accused in the stabbing death of Kendrick Smith, 21, Tuesday afternoon during a fight.

When arrested Allen at first denied any involvement in the fight, saying she left when Smith and his brother, Brandon, began fighting with two Native American men.

According to police she later admitted being in the fight but said she pulled the knife only to scare the two Smith brothers. She added that she was holding the knife up when Kendrick Smith walked into it.


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Bill Donovan

Bill Donovan wrote about Navajo Nation government and its people since 1971. He joined Navajo Times in 1976, and retired from full-time reporting in 2018 to move to Torrance, Calif., to be near his kids. He continued to write for the Times until his passing in August 2022.

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