{"id":12464,"date":"2018-02-09T11:14:28","date_gmt":"2018-02-09T18:14:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/?p=12464"},"modified":"2020-06-02T09:48:22","modified_gmt":"2020-06-02T16:48:22","slug":"pure-land-annette-mcgivney","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/pure-land-annette-mcgivney\/","title":{"rendered":"Pure Land: Annette McGivney"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"850\" height=\"478\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vvOyI2RVEKI\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>February 9, 2018 \u2013 In her new book, Pure Land, author Annette McGivney chronicles the decade she spent covering Japanese hiker Tomomi Hanamure&#8217;s 2006 murder. The 34-year-old was killed on her birthday near the picturesque waterfalls on the Havasupai Reservation in the Grand Canyon. A Native man, Randy Wescogame, was convicted of her murder.<\/p>\n<p>McGivney followed the case as Southwest regional editor for Backpacker Magazine but couldn&#8217;t quite explain why she was unable to let go of the histories that brought Hanamure and Wescogame together. Then, as the Flagstaff-based author and journalist was midway through researching the book, her own past came roaring back into her life and refused to be ignored.<\/p>\n<p>More: <\/p>\n<p>Backpacker: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.backpacker.com\/survival\/freefall-tragedy-in-the-grand-canyon\">Freefall: Murder in the Grand Canyon<\/a><br \/>\nSanta Fe Reporter: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sfreporter.com\/arts\/3questions\/2017\/11\/01\/3-questions-2\/\">3 Questions<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.iampureland.com\/\">I Am Pure Land<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>February 9, 2018 \u2013 In her new book, Pure Land, author Annette McGivney chronicles the decade she spent covering Japanese hiker Tomomi Hanamure&#8217;s 2006 murder. The 34-year-old was killed on her birthday near the picturesque waterfalls on the Havasupai Reservation in the Grand Canyon. A Native man, Randy Wescogame, was convicted of her murder. 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