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TUESDAY, JANUARY 7, 2003

A federal judge in Arizona today opens the trial of a Navajo woman accused of murdering three of her six children at their home on the Navajo Nation.

Elvira Charley, said to be a victim of domestic violence, allegedly show the kids a year ago on New Year's Day. An attempt to have her declared mentally unfit for trial failed.

The trial is expected to last three weeks, The Farmington Daily-Times reports.

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Charley goes on trial for triple homicide today (The Farmington Daily-Times 1/7)
Rez child-killing trial opens in Prescott (The Arizona Daily Sun 1/7)

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