By all accounts up to that point he was a good member of society, they didn’t have a 100% match on the DNA until after he was deceased.
As said before, it comes down to probable cause. You can't just arrest someone on suspicion alone. In this case, it was initially genealogical DNA that was matched to family members including him, not anything directly to him specifically. Until they tested his DNA itself, there is no way to confirm his involvement to the level of probable cause to arrest him. In hindsight, they probably should of looked for DNA samples from the suspect through searching the trash or something that would have his specific DNA on it, but that is hindsight which is always 20/200 or better.
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He was a "person of interest" at that point. Confirmation DNA was not available until after his death.
Apparently 4 strands of his hair were found on the victim's body and preserved since. That was in an article that I had read
Bittersweet when I think of the epidemic of missing and murdered indigenous women in this State whose families don't get so much as a second glance.8-8-24 Danielle Houchins Case Press Conference | Bozeman, Montana - The Gallatin County Sheriff's Office is holding a press conference to provide significant updates on the investigation into the 1996... | By Gallatin County Sheriff's OfficeFacebook
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A lot of policies will pay out benefits even from suicide. Typically the policy has to be in place for a certain number of years. 5 years, etc.
Thats correct and Im in that field. Most policies currently have a 2 year exclusion for suicide. Theres also an exclusion for payment if the death was during the commission of a felony, but Im not sure where this case would fall given the extreme circumstances. Honest guess would be yes it would payout assuming its past the suicide exclusion period.
Well, now that you’ve mentioned that, do you have a theory?
He’d been dead of cancer for several years when they made the announcement. His family had no clue. After the announcement rumors were rampant around here like they impounded his car and found evidence, they dug up the backyard and found more victims, and so on. It truly is devastating to the family who thought they knew someone, but turns out they were a complete stranger.
You know @ismith i have thought about the " why". It often seems that women who have the will to live beyond the reservation, and show promise, are targets. Sure, there is an element of substance abuse, trafficking etc but many women are tracking in a positive direction. The regularity of indigenous women disappearing is very odd in my opinion.
Quick search of the SD database shows 50 missing indigenous women. The State has started to direct resources toward finding them but, sadly, never hear any success stories. A true tragedy.
Not just women that disappear on the reservation.
What, 90% of the women who come across the border illegally are raped repeatedly by coyotes? Plus we still don’t know who Epstein’s “guests/clients” were.
Agree.
