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Dad Charged in Hypothermia Death

Daughter, 11, found dead in snow

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• Dec. 28, 2008: JoLeta Jenks holds a photo of her daughter, Sage Jenks Aragon, right, 11, who likely died of hypothermia on Christmas Day after trying to walk 10 miles in the snow, and her son Bear Aragon, 12, in Jerome, Idaho. The girl's father, Robert Aragon, of Jerome, has been charged with second-degree murder and felony injury to a child.
• Dec. 29, 2008: Robert E. Aragon, 55, appeares in court in Shoshone, Idaho. Aragon, the father of an 11-year-old girl who died, likely of hypothermia, after trying to walk 10 miles in the snow on Christmas Day has been charged with second-degree murder and felony injury to a child.
• Jan. 7, 2009: On Christmas day two youths -- Bear Aragon, 12, and his sister Sage, 11, from the rural Idaho town of Jerome -- set out alone on this road to see their mother after their father's vehicle had been stuck in a snowbank. Bear was able to survive the cold conditions, however, his sister Sage died, apparently of hypothermia.
• Jan. 7, 2009: This remote restroom outside the rural southwest Idaho town of Shoshone is where 12-year-old Bear Aragon was found after both he and his sister Sage tried to trudge through 10 miles of snow to see their mother after their father's car got stuck in a snowdrift on Christmas Day. Bear survived the cold conditions, however, his sister died, apparently of hypothermia.
• Dec. 28, 2008: JoLeta Jenks, whose 11-year-old daughter, Sage Jenks Aragon, likely died of hypothermia on Christmas Day after trying to walk 10 miles in the snow, sits next to some traditional American Indian items given to her after Sage's death in Jerome, Idaho. The girl's father, Robert Aragon, of Jerome, has been charged with second-degree murder and felony injury to a child.
• Jan. 7, 2009: Ron Choate, owner of Choate's Family Restaurant greats customers over the lunch hour in Jerome, Idaho. Choate, his wife and their two daughters have been operating the downtown dining staple for almost 13 years. On a bone-chilling Christmas Day, a single father from Jerome set out to drive his two young children to their mother's home. But the trip came to an abrupt halt when his car got stuck in a snowdrift.
• Jan. 7, 2009: Jerome High School senior Andrew Luckman passes by the Jerome Senior Citizens Center on his way to the Public Library in Jerome, Idaho. On a bone-chilling Christmas Day, a single father set out to drive his two young children to their mother's home. But the trip came to an abrupt halt when his car got stuck in a snowdrift.
• Jan. 7, 2009: Motorists travel down into the rural southwest Idaho town of Jerome. On a bone-chilling Christmas Day, a single father set out to drive his two young children to their mother's home. But the trip came to an abrupt halt when his car got stuck in a snowdrift.
• Jan.7, 2009: Toni Jensen of Jerome, Idaho, reflects on past experiences with her neighbor's daughter Sage Aragon, who died of hypothermia on Christmas Day. Sage's father, Robert Aragon, has been charged with second degree murder and felony injury to a child after allowing his daughter and 12-year-old son Bear to set out to walk to the children's mother's house in rural southwestern Idaho after his car got stuck.
• Dec. 29, 2008: A sign marks the county line near the spot where Robert Aragon's car was stuck in a snow drift in Shoshone, Idaho. Aragon, 55, the father of an 11-year-old girl who died, likely of hypothermia, after trying to walk 10 miles in the snow on Christmas Day has been charged with second-degree murder and felony injury to a child.