Lula White was a 50-year-old Native American woman from the Navajo community of Red Lake, New Mexico, who was killed by gunfire near Fort Defiance, Arizona, on January 2, 2009. Memorial records and advocacy groups describe her as lost to gun violence and place the killing within the Navajo Nation area along the Arizona–New Mexico border.

He claimed a gun he was handling discharged accidentally after he told her to stop the truck. Lula was shot three times and left at the scene rather than being given immediate help. Investigators noted that Lee had put a rifle on layaway the previous month and increased Lula’s life-insurance policy by $15,000 on December 23, actions cited alongside the multiple wounds and his conduct after the shooting to treat the death as an intimate-partner homicide. Advocacy materials say he was taken into custody in connection with her death.

Family members later remembered Lula at a candlelight vigil in Gallup, New Mexico, describing her role as a caregiver to younger relatives and the lasting grief her killing caused the extended family. Does anyone have further information about Lula’s life or the circumstances surrounding her death?