A Tuba City man has been charged in the death of a girl whose body was found at the high school bleachers.
Richard Kingston Shepherd is scheduled to be arraigned on a second-degree murder charge Wednesday in federal court in Phoenix.
He told authorities he and the girl met up in mid-July, and she became angry when he changed his mind about having sex.
In court documents, Shepherd says he pushed her after she slapped him. She fell and hit her head on a sharp pole at the bleachers of Tuba City High School.
He told authorities he kicked her as she crawled away and left her bloodied body at the bottom of the stairs. An EBT card with his name was found nearby.
Court documents do not identify her.
