RAPID CITY, S.D. — A witness testified Thursday that an American Indian Movement activist feared for her life before her 1975 slaying.
Troy Lynn Yellow Wood took the stand during the trial of a man accused of killing Annie Mae Aquash, left, and said Aquash told her she thought she would be killed. The defendant, John Graham, could face up to life in prison if convicted of killing Aquash, 30, and leaving her to die on the Pine Ridge reservation, about 110 miles from Rapid City.
Another witness, Angie Begay Janis, testified Thursday that someone told her Aquash — whom some AIM members suspected of being an informant — needed to be taken from Denver to Rapid City, S.D., for questioning.
Both witnesses lived in Denver in November 1975, when Aquash was reportedly kidnapped. Prosecutors say she was shot and killed near the reservation. The Associated Press
