MT MT - Arden Pepion, 3, Blackfeet Reservation, 22 Apr 2021 *Reward* *Guilty*

[GuyfromCanada]

SEPT 5, 2023

BROWNING — The National Center For Missing and Exploited Children has released a new image showing what a missing Browning girl Arden Pepion might look like on September 5, 2023, her sixth birthday.

Age progressed image of missing Browning girl released by NCMEC

The National Center For Missing and Exploited Children has released a new image showing what a missing Browning girl Arden Pepion might look like on September 5, 2023, her sixth birthday.

www.ktvh.com

 

[10ofRods]

Great age progression - but SUCH a sad case.

 

[Caring1]

Bump for Arden

 

[TwinkieDefense]

Sept 7, 2023 (updated article)

A 3-year-old girl disappeared in 2021. Can new images help police solve the case?

New images give the public a better idea of how Arden Pepion from Montana might look two years after her disappearance.

www.usatoday.com

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Contact: Anyone with information about Arden's whereabouts can contact Bureau of Indian affairs at 1-(833)-560-2065, text BIAMMU at 847411 or email OJS_MMU@bia.gov.

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[PommyMommy]

DEC 15, 2023

Advocates denounce delays in MMIP legislation, DOJ promises progress

Months after Missing and Murdered Indigenous People legislation was passed, advocates say there has been little progress.

missoulian.com

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Burd pushed for the legislation because she knows firsthand that quality search efforts can mean the difference between life and death. She told lawmakers that when 3-year-old Arden Pepion went missing on the Blackfeet Reservation in 2021, “the search was chaotic.” The search, Burd said, lacked a leader, coordination and resources. To this day, Arden has not been found.

When House Bill 18 became law, Burd was eager to apply for funds to boost ongoing search efforts. She is a member of Holding Hope, a grassroots search and rescue team that has conducted dozens of searches for Arden. Burd said the group has located an area near a river eddy where she may be. The problem, she said, is that when they try to dig, silt from the river fills in almost immediately. With funding from the new grant program, Burd had hoped to access better resources or training that could assist searchers as they sift through the murky water. She said community members have expressed interest in training cadaver dogs, and Burd hoped that funds from the grant could assist that effort as well.

Burd kept looking for the application to access the newly established grant, but she, like many other community members, hasn’t seen it.

“We waited and waited but nothing ever showed up,” she said. “It’s frustrating because they told us we’d be able to apply for this.”

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