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Dilkon Quintet Indicted in Phoenix for First Degree Murder and Kidnapping in Teesto Tragedy

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Published on November 23, 2025
Dilkon Quintet Indicted in Phoenix for First Degree Murder and Kidnapping in Teesto TragedySource: Unsplash/Tingey Injury Law Firm

Five people from Dilkon, Arizona, have been indicted in connection with a violent incident in Teesto on the Navajo Nation in March 2022. The federal grand jury in Phoenix returned a 23-count superseding indictment including First Degree Murder, Kidnapping Resulting in Death, and related charges, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office.

Those named include Ryan Adelbert Johnson, Alexandra Johnson, Charles Lyle Truax, and Mike Duffy, III, who face potential life sentences if convicted of the most serious charges. Additional counts of Tampering with an Official Proceeding and False Statements to a Government Agency involve Mike Duffy, III, Alexandra Johnson, Charles Lyle Truax, and Sherry Duffy, as reported by the U.S. Attorney's Office.

Three people were killed and others injured in a shooting. The FBI Phoenix office in Flagstaff led the investigation, and the U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Arizona, Phoenix, is prosecuting the case under number CR-25-08032-PCT-DLR. The accused are considered innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law, and the case will proceed through the court system.