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Lost Warrior: Dustin Earl Pesewonit




FBI Public Information Officer Darren Jones said he could confirm that a federal homicide investigation is underway, but he could not discuss if any arrests have occurred or reveal details of the crime.

However, friends of the victim, who they said was 26 and lived on the Mescalero Apache Reservation adjoining Ruidoso, reported that when Pasewonit failed to report for work, they worried because he was a reliable employee.

They said he was found at 10:30 p.m., Jan. 2, lashed to a fence, stripped of his clothing and severely beaten. He was placed on life support with fluid on his brain. He died at 11:12 a.m., Jan. 8, in Thomason Hospital in El Paso, when family members decided to remove the life supports, they said.

Article: http://www.ruidosonews.com/news/ci_7943666

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Tragic....the loss of our young ones....just tragic and senseless.

May the Great Spirit bring those responsible to justice.

Only cowards act this way, in this manner...to tie a man up on a fence, defenseless and naked, in order to beat him close to death. For this cruelty, they deserve the full measure permitted upon them that justice can provide.

My heart is heavy and grieves terribly for this family.

Such a great loss of a young one and his potential.

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A post placed here as a reminder that Reservation life is not only full of poverty and health disparity, but also of tragedy such as this.

It attacks our elders and young alike...no one is spared.