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A murder suspect accused of stabbing a Kaibeto man to death in Page more than a week ago is now in the custody of the Coconino County Sheriff’s Office.

The suspect, who had been held in the Tuba City jail since his May 21 arrest, was moved to the Coconino County Detention Facility in Flagstaff following a Thursday extradition hearing in Navajo Nation District Court.

According to information from the Page Police Department, the suspect is accused of repeatedly stabbing Jeremiah Welch, 28, during an altercation between family members inside a Page home at 4:30 a.m. on May 21. Welch later died of his injuries at Page Hospital. Police responded to the hospital after learning about the stabbing around 5:30 a.m.

Detectives interviewed witnesses and processed the crime scene, but due to the time lapse between the altercation and the report, the suspect had already left the area. Page police issued an all-points bulletin for the suspect. Navajo Police located him just a few hours later at a residence just outside Kaibeto, a small Navajo community about 35 miles southeast of Page.

The suspect was initially arrested on unrelated tribal charges and held at the Tuba City jail. His identity was also withheld pending extradition from the Navajo Nation.

James Martin Jorgensen, 24, was arrested and charged with first degree murder. He is being held in the Coconino County Detention Facility. Bond has not been set.

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