Pima
Americannoun
plural
Pimas,plural
Pima-
a member of an Indigenous people of southern Arizona and northern Mexico.
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the Uto-Aztecan language of the Pima, closely related to Tohono O'odham.
adjective
Etymology
Origin of Pima
First recorded in 1810–15; from Spanish (Mexico, southwestern United States), earlier Pimahitos, from 16th-century Pima (Spanish spelling) pimahaitu “nothing”
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Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos and his department have said there are multiple DNA strands mixed from the home — meaning two or more persons — which may pose a challenge to separate.
From Los Angeles Times
The Pima County Sheriff’s Department and FBI said the individual was armed.
Arizona's Pima County Sheriff's Department said in a statement on X: "There is no date or timestamp associated with these images. Therefore any suggestion that the photographs were taken on different days is purely speculative."
From BBC
On Monday, the Pima County Sheriff’s Department addressed reports that there may be video of the suspect at Guthrie’s door on a day prior to her abduction, saying it was inconclusive.
From Los Angeles Times
Parsons Corp confirmed this week that the Pima County Sheriff’s Department requested its help early this month deploying BlueFly units to search for Guthrie.
From Los Angeles Times
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