GUILTY NM - Kyron Kelewood, 21 months, found deceased, Shiprock, 27 Jun 2019 *mother arrested*

[hollye]

Search resumes for missing toddler in Shiprock, N.M.

SHIPROCK, NM – The search for a missing male child who went missing yesterday continued throughout the night.

The child is identified as Kyron Kelewood. His age was confirmed as 21 months old at the time of his disappearance. He was last seen wearing a grey short pants, blue shoes, and a beige shirt top. A photo of the child was provided.

Details regarding how the child went missing is currently under investigation.

Navajo Police Department

 

[CTPDMom]

Oh no, not another one.

 

[dyannaON]

What a cutie pie. Hoping for a good outcome.

 

[swanniee11]

Not sure if this is ok to post, Still looking for MSM, I don't think this qualifies. Navajo Nation Missing Persons Updates

If true very sad.

 

[Darling136]

Confirmed by Navajo PD

Navajo Police Department

 

[Luckyzmom]

Praying for Kyron and his family
Heart breaking

 

[Laughing]

Not sure if this is ok to post, Still looking for MSM, I don't think this qualifies. Navajo Nation Missing Persons Updates

If true very sad.

@swanniee11, yes this is a reliable source indeed.

 

[katydid23]

RIP Young Kyron. I am so sorry.

 

[JerseyGirl]

The Navajo Nation Police Department received a call Thursday afternoon from a resident in the Horseshoe Canyon area. The caller indicated a woman had approached her house severely dehydrated and stated she had left her children near Horseshoe Canyon in a remote location, 9 miles northeast of milepost 95 off Highway 491 in Shiprock.

At the time of his disappearance, Kelewood was in the company of his mother, an infant and an adult male. The male had no immediate relationship to the mother and children. The vehicle they were traveling in got stuck Wednesday night. The details of when Kyron separated from the adults is still under investigation.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Navajo Division of Public Safety will lead the investigation into the child’s disappearance and death.

Missing toddler found deceased - Navajo Times

 

[JerseyGirl]

The mother of a 21-month-old toddler who went missing north of Shiprock in June has been charged in federal court in the child's death. She is accused of drinking alcohol and smoking methamphetamine before driving a vehicle off the road.

Dale is accused of driving through a remote area near Shiprock with a man, a baby and Kelewood while drinking alcohol and smoking methamphetamine.

She allegedly drove off the road, which led to the vehicle becoming disabled, on the night of June 26.

Dale then left her children in the vehicle and sought help.

Dale was able to find a residence in Horseshoe Canyon on the afternoon of June 27 and the occupant of the house called police around 1:30 p.m.

Navajo Police Department officers were led by Dale to a spot about nine miles northeast of mile marker 95 off U.S. Highway 491 where the vehicle was located.

The man and a baby were found and transported to the Northern Navajo Medical Center for treatment, along with Dale. They were treated for exposure as the search continued for Kelewood.

The toddler's body was located near a water tank on June 28. An autopsy revealed the child died due to exposure. the body was found more than two miles away from the vehicle to the southwest.

Mother of missing toddler near Shiprock pleads not guilty to federal child abuse charges

 

[JerseyGirl]

Mother of missing toddler near Shiprock gets five-year prison sentence

Tonya Mae Dale has received a five-year prison sentence for her conviction tied to the death of her toddler, who went missing near Shiprock in Summer of 2019.

Dale was sentenced during an Oct. 25 hearing in Albuquerque federal court, according to court documents.