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08/06/2023

08/06/2023

On Tuesday February 28, a 48-year-old woman named Susan LaForge was killed in Billings Montana.

Police responded to a 911 call from a house in the midtown neighborhood Tuesday afternoon and found Susan’s body inside. Her death was initially ruled “suspicious” but Billings PD have since announced that they are investigating Susan’s case as a homicide.

The only person of interest in her case, 30-year-old Terrell Spotted Wolf, was arrested this morning. No other details have been released.

Billings, Montana is a dangerous place to be a Native woman. In my experience, Billings PD are known locally for being racist and corrupt, with an especially bad track record with Indigenous people.

This past summer, 2 Indigenous women were found dead in Billings. 38-year-old Arshanda Knows His Gun was found in the Yellowstone River on June 13 2022. The medical examiner said there were no signs of foul play and ruled her cause of death as drowning. But the deaths of Indigenous women, even under suspicious circumstances, are often ruled as “no foul play” or “accidental” by the medical examiner with not much investigation.

And then on July 3, 24-year-old Jessie Guardipee was found stabbed to death in her home. Her home which, 2 days after Jessie’s death, was set on fire. Police told local news that they do not believe the house fire to be linked to the murder. Police said that they were aware of a suspect, and the identity of the suspect seems to be known in the community, but no arrests have ever been made.

Hopefully Susan will not be another woman killed in Billings whose killer is allowed to go free.

Susan was a loving mother, grandmother, and auntie. She is remembered as someone who would always show up to help and expect nothing in return. Below is a link to Susan’s family’s GoFundMe for funeral expenses as well as a fund for Susan’s 12-year-old son. Please help if you can.

https://gofund.me/3e6cbf0c

JUSTICE FOR SUSAN LAFORGE

08/06/2023

Just a few hours northwest of where Gabby Petito vanished, Selena Not Afraid went missing on New Years Day 2020. Selena was a 16-year-old girl who was getting a ride home from a night spent at a friend’s house. Under suspicious circumstances, Selena vanished after being left behind at a rest stop.

Selena’s case bears some similarities to Gabby’s. Both women found themselves riding in a van out in the prairie with the wrong people/person. Both women were recorded on video shortly before they went missing (Gabby in police interactions and Selena in a mysterious snapchat video taken from the rest stop where she was last seen) Both were beautiful young women who disappeared against their will.

But, like many other Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Selena did not get what Gabby did.

On the day Gabby was reported missing, police sent her van to be processed for evidence and attempted to question the person she was last seen with.

The van in which Selena was last seen has never been processed for evidence. There is no indication that of any of the passengers have been questioned by police.

When Selena went missing, her picture was not circulating on every national news website. was not trending on twitter.

On January 20 2020 Selena’s body was found less than half a mile away from the rest stop. Later that day, the sheriff issued a statement that Selena died of accidental hypothermia. No foul play. Case closed. Selena’s case has been under investigation with the FBI with no updates so far.

Gabby’s body was found a few days ago. Yesterday her death was ruled a homicide. In the investigation that will ensue, there will be significant efforts to bring answers for Gabby’s family and justice for Gabby. The news will keep up with Gabby Petito. When they are able, law enforcement will enthusiastically arrest Brian Laundrie and Gabby Petito’s case will go to trial. The system will treat Gabby and her family with the respect and diligence that any victim of violence deserves.

In the 10 days since she was reported missing, there have been more resources and attention dedicated to Gabby Petito than there have been for Selena Not Afraid in over a year.

Native American women face murder rates that are more than 10 times the national average and their stories are still ignored by media.

08/06/2023

Police are looking for a person of interest after a woman died from an assault in Yankton.

08/01/2023

For Immediate Release
January 9, 2023

UPDATE: Cancel Missing Endangered Juvenile – White Sands Missile Range Police Department – Svetlana Tkachenko

White Sands Missile Range, NM – Svetlana Tkachenko has been located and is safe. For details contact White Sands Missile Range Police Department at (575) 678-1234.



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For Immediate Release
January 4, 2023

Missing Endangered Juvenile – White Sands Missile Range Police Department – Svetlana Tkachenko

White Sands Missile Range, NM – The following information is for the distribution of a Missing Endangered Juvenile Advisory from the White Sands Missile Range Police Department (WSMRPD). For details, contact WSMRPD at (575) 678-1234.

WSMRPD is asking the public for assistance in locating Svetlana Tkachenko, a seventeen-year-old female who is 5’3”, 98 lbs., with brown eyes and brown shoulder-length hair. She was last seen at a home on White Sands Missile Range on January 1, 2023, wearing baggy blue jeans, a black t-shirt, and glasses. Her method of travel and destination is not known.

Anyone with information on the whereabouts of Svetlana Tkachenko is asked to contact WSMRPD at (575) 678-1234 or dial 911.

08/01/2023

***MISSING: Laraiah Bruguier***

Missing From: Sioux Falls, SD

She is a 13 year old runaway.
She is 5'00", 100lbs, black hair, and brown eyes. She is wearing black joggers, two sweaters, one is white with the word beach and the other is camouflage, and black and gold Nike shoes. She was last seen in the area of 15th/Glendale on 12/31/22. If you see Laraiah, please call 605-367-7000. /882

08/01/2023

Please keep a look out in the Holdenville, Wewoka and Seminole areas of Oklahoma!

08/01/2023

***UPDATE: Rachelle Burgess has been located. Thank you all for your assistance.***

MISSING: Rachelle Marie Burgess

08/01/2023

***UPDATE: Jai-Lee James has been located safely. Thank you all for your assistance.***

Jai-Lee James was last seen in the Anacortes/Skagit County area in Washington State. She is from the Swinomish tribe. Please inbox us with information and call 911 if you see her!

08/01/2023

Human remains found in November 2008 in a remote area of the Yakama Reservation have been identified as those of a White Swan, Wash., woman missing since summer 1987.

08/01/2023

08/01/2023

04/06/2022

FBI offering reward of up to $5,000.

26/04/2022

https://indiancountrytoday.com/news/navajo-ads-highlight-unsolved-homicide-missing-person-cases

Federal authorities hope listeners will come forward if they have any information on cases the FBI and Navajo Nation law enforcement are investigating

19/04/2022

Family members of Ashleigh Wabasha, who had been missing for more than three weeks, said her body was found Monday in Santee. Wabasha was 19 years old. This story will

02/03/2022

UPDATE 3/15/22: The Kayenta District has confirmed that Marilyn Garcia was located and she is safe. The flyer has been updated and the photos removed.
MISSING PERSON ALERT: KAYENTA DISTRICT

MARILYN ROSE GARCIA
Age: 38
S*x: Female
Height: 5’4’’
Eyes: Brown
Hair: Black
Weight: 190 lbs
Last Seen: January 29, 2022
Last Known Location: Inscription House, Arizona

Marilyn Rose Garcia was last seen wearing black jeans, a black sweater with a fur hood, black shoes, with a pink purse with a rose design on it. She has several noticeable tattoos. She is reported to have moved to Inscription House, Arizona in November of 2021 and she is a member of the Tohono O’odham Tribe. Marilyn Rose Garcia’s information has been entered into the National Crime Information Center (NCIC) as a missing person (NIC # M796614419).

If you have seen MARILYN ROSE GARCIA, or if you have any information on her whereabouts, please call the Navajo Police Department Kayenta District at 928-697-5600.

02/03/2022

The Missouri Highway Patrol are looking for any information on a woman whose body was found in Shannon County, Missouri. She was near US Highway 60 and Winona, Missouri. She was white presenting with black hair, she was somewhere between 4'10" and 5'4". She was between 160 and 180 lbs. She was likely in her mid-fifties. She had these tattoos on her thighs.
If you have any information about who she might be, please contact the Troop G headquarters at 417-469-3121

02/03/2022

On November 22, 2021, the body of Daisy Burgess was discovered at 12:45 pm in a thick wooded area on tribal land in Lawton, Oklahoma. Her cause of death has yet to be released to the public but foul play is suspected, according to authorities.

The FBI and Comanche Nation Police are currently investigating her death.

Her death has brought sadness to her family and friends who don’t have any answers as to who did this, so if you have any information about the death of Daisy Burgess, please contact Comanche Nation Law Enforcement at (580) 492-3240.

02/03/2022

Tragic news coming in from McCurtain County » https://bit.ly/3oFqb1c

02/03/2022

FOUND SAFE

02/03/2022

****UPDATE: DEZIRAY YELLOWBIRD DE LOS SANTOS HAS BEEN LOCATED SAFE****

02/03/2022

Anchorage Police are requesting the public’s help in locating 16-year-old Antoinette Sholmer. Sholmer was last seen walking near Cottonwood Street and 36th Avenue.   Sholmer is ...