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FBI Says Likely Hit-and-Run Killed 8-Year-Old Maleeka Boone on Navajo Nation

Agents request details on vehicles on Cedar Loop Road between 5:50–6:20 p.m. on Jan. 15, with a $25,000 reward offered.

Overview

  • The FBI’s new finding centers the case on a vehicle strike the evening Boone disappeared in Coalmine, Arizona.
  • Investigators say the driver may have been in a larger vehicle, possibly a pickup truck, and might not have realized a collision occurred.
  • Boone was reported missing around 6 p.m. on Jan. 15 near Cedar Loop and was found the next morning around 8:30 a.m. in a nearby field after a Turquoise Alert.
  • Authorities seek information about any vehicles that traveled Cedar Loop Road within the Coalmine Navajo Housing Authority from 5:50 to 6:20 p.m. that day.
  • Tips can be submitted to 1-800-CALL-FBI or at tips.fbi.gov, and the investigation remains active.