A week later, the official report came back: Hypothermia. Accidental.
Elara gripped the railing. She knew the statistics, but she never thought Maya would become one. In Big Horn, Indigenous people make up a small fraction of the population but a staggering 26% of missing persons cases . Murder in Big Horn
The next morning, Elara didn't call the police. She called her cousins. They met at the edge of the interstate—the same I-90 that activists say offers a quick exit for predators. A week later, the official report came back: Hypothermia
: These cases often involve complicated jurisdictional overlaps between tribal, local, and federal law enforcement, frequently leading to delayed investigations and unsolved deaths. A week later