Zakk Lafferty found guilty of murdering Deijean Drybones in 2023
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Zakk Lafferty found guilty of murdering Deijean Drybones in 2023
Ollie Williams and Alice Twa
Friday July 31, 2026 at 4:49pm MT
Updated: July 31, 2026 at 5:25pm MT
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Zakk Lafferty is guilty of second-degree murder in the 2023 killing of 17-year-old Deijean Drybones in Behchokǫ̀, a jury found on Friday.
The jury delivered its unanimous verdict after just under a day of deliberation. The conviction comes with a life sentence.
Lafferty was charged with murder in 2023. In October 2025, a mistrial was declared after a first jury co…
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