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FBI Offers $25,000 Reward for Information on Death of 8-Year-Old Diné Girl

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The FBI is offering a $25,000 reward for information that leads to the arrest and conviction of persons responsible for the death of 8-year-old Maleeka Boone (Diné).
 
Boone was reported missing on Jan. 15 at 6:00 p.m. from her neighborhood in Coalmine, Ariz., on the Navajo Nation. She was at a family residence and left at 4:15 p.m. to return home. Both houses are in the same neighborhood. Her body was discovered in a field in Coalmine the next day, on Jan. 16 at approximately 8:00 a.m., according to the FBI.
 

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The FBI is collaborating with the Navajo Police Department and the Navajo Department of Criminal Investigation to conduct a joint investigation into the disappearance and death of Boone.
 
Anyone with information is asked to contact the toll-free tip line at 1-800-CALL-FBI (1-800-225-5324), submit a tip online at tips.fbi.gov, or contact a local FBI office.
 
 
 

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