Arizona man sentenced to 25 years for 2nd-degree murder, kidnapping, domestic violence
Oct 28, 2023, 6:30 AM
Elan David Nash, 36, was sentenced Sept. 25, 2023, to 25 years in prison after previously pleading guilty to second-degree murder, kidnapping and assault of an intimate partner. (Pexels Photo)
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PHOENIX — An Arizona man was sentenced last month to 25 years in federal prison for a string of violent crimes in 2019, authorities said.
Elan David Nash, 36, previously pleaded guilty to second-degree murder, kidnapping and assault of an intimate partner, U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Arizona said in a press release Tuesday.
Prosecutors say Nash, a resident of Polacca in northeastern Arizona, fatally shot a woman on the Hopi Indian Reservation in November 2019.
He then forced another woman into his vehicle and drove her to a remote area, where he robbed her.
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Nash abandoned the vehicle after being pursued by tribal law enforcement, leaving behind evidence tying him to the murder.
The investigation revealed that he also assaulted a girlfriend on Dec. 3, causing significant injuries.
The plea deal combined the three separate cases.
