MT MT - Ashley Loring-HeavyRunner, 20, Browning, 5 June 2017

[JerseyGirl]

A missing sweater tells the story of missing Indigenous women - IndianCountryToday.com

 

[Darling136]

Human remains found

FBI spokesman Sandra Barker said Friday the remains have not been identified and that it's preliminary to make any connection to the case of Ashley Heavyrunner Loring, who disappeared in June 2017 at age 20.

https://www.usnews.com/news/best-st...mains-found-on-montanas-blackfeet-reservation

 

[dulcinea]

Human remains found



https://www.usnews.com/news/best-st...mains-found-on-montanas-blackfeet-reservation

Is anyone else missing from this area who it could be? I'm not sure how many people live on the reservation, but Browning is a very small town and the area around it is not exactly heavily populated.

 

[Gardener1850]

The FBI’s Evidence Response Team from Salt Lake City is working to recover the remains and process the location where they were found.

In a press release, the FBI said it is working with Blackfeet Law Enforcement Services, the Bureau of Indian Affairs, and the Glacier County Sheriff’s Office.

The FBI declined to release any other information at this point, including whether the discovery may be related to the disappearance of Ashley Loring Heavy Runner last year.

FBI investigating the discovery of human remains on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation

 

[JerseyGirl]

Sitka woman testifies in DC about missing, murdered Alaska Native women

 

[JerseyGirl]

Dozens of Native Americans have gone missing in Montana

 

[dulcinea]

24 native women missing in MT over the span of a year works out to 2 women going missing per month. Let's assume none of them are voluntarily missing. That seems incredibly high to me. Why is this happening?

 

[GraceG]

24 native women missing in MT over the span of a year works out to 2 women going missing per month. Let's assume none of them are voluntarily missing. That seems incredibly high to me. Why is this happening?

This is a pretty good article about your question. #NotInvisible: Why are Native American women vanishing?

 

[mickey2942]

I am not buying the issue of "racism". BIA doesn't report the women as missing. It took 2 weeks for BIA to even investigate Henny's disappearance, and this was when the FBI investigation began, the family went to the FBI.

The issues are complicated. And I won't mention things that don't have verification.

 

[fidgeypie]

Ashleys story has really gotten to me. I keep checking back for news. It's been almost a month now. Does it normally take this long to identify someone?

 

[JerseyGirl]

The December oversight hearing included testimony from Kimberly Loring, sister of Ashley HeavyRunner Loring, a woman who disappeared on the Blackfeet Reservation in 2017.

The FBI didn't get involved in HeavyRunner's case for nine months.

Daines: Hold hearing in Montana on missing, murdered Native Americans

 

[dotr]

June 11 2018
In These States, Missing Persons Cases Are Piling Up

Search parties were sent out nearly every day. | U.S. Department of the Interior

• 142 people are on the Montana Department of Justice’s Missing Person’s List.
• A 20-year-old Native American woman’s family continues to search for her every day since she disappeared in June 2017.

The list of people missing from Montana includes everyone from potential murder victims to runaways. Like with some of the other more rural states, there are many places to disappear among the mountains and valleys in the wilderness.

Ashley Loring Heavyrunner, 20, vanished from the Blackfeet Reservation in Montana in June 2017. Her last known whereabouts were Native American Bank. Since then, her family has been looking for her. For months, her older sister Kimberly Loring has been putting up flyers, searching on social media, and taking calls from tipsters. Nearly every day, search parties set out in the Rocky Mountains situated to the west of the reservation. More than 40 searches have been conducted to date in the area, which is home to mountain lions and grizzly bears.

“I don’t want to be an 80-year-old woman searching these mountains with my grandchildren,” Kimberly said. “But there’s no choice, because if I give up, who’s going to look for her?” To date, Ashley has not been located.

 

[j_in_c]

Another recent story on Ashley - I am glad that her story is staying in the news cycle. I was so hopeful that the remains mentioned by Darling136 were going to be an end to the searching.
A young woman vanishes. The police can't help. Her desperate family won't give up

 

[Eleanor Rigby]

Another recent story on Ashley - I am glad that her story is staying in the news cycle. I was so hopeful that the remains mentioned by Darling136 were going to be an end to the searching.
A young woman vanishes. The police can't help. Her desperate family won't give up

This is a very good article, probably the best I have seen at explaining all the issues surrounding missing and murdered indigenous women--legal, cultural, etc. It's so clear to me that the most important first step in addressing this epidemic is reversing the law that prevents tribal police from having jurisdiction when the suspect in a crime committed in "Indian Country" is a non-indigenous person. With all the non-indigenous men brought into the areas to work on oil pipelines, it's getting worse. Many other issues that need addressing, also. So heartbreaking! MOO.

 

[JerseyGirl]

Montana Senate nixes funding to establish database for missing Native people

 

[Eleanor Rigby]

Montana Senate nixes funding to establish database for missing Native people

From the article:
But the potential costs proved to be a sticking point for Republicans on the committee, five of whom voted against advancing the bill. That motion died on a tie vote.

“I don’t see any reason why the tribes can’t already be doing this,” said Sen. Jennifer Fielder, R-Thompson Falls said. “They receive gobs of money from the federal government."

I certainly wish the article had included the monetary facts about the "gobs of money" tribes receive from the federal government to either prove or disprove Fielder's assertion. Her statement, to me, does not sound either informed or professional. "Gobs?" I haven't been on reservations in Montana, but I have been on reservations in the Pacific Northwest and the Southwest, and I saw some of the worst poverty imaginable and absolutely deplorable living conditions. The only exceptions were years after thriving casino businesses were established. It is just plain wrong, in my opinion, to deny the funding for this initiative that might be able to make a real difference for missing native people and their families. The article indicated the cost would be for the salary of one employee to maintain the database. That seems a small amount, IMO. I certainly hope Small succeeds in getting his initiative funded!

 

[cybervampira]

Reward in Ashley Loring HeavyRunner case increased to $15,000

The reward for information leading to the prosecution of person(s) responsible for Ashley Loring HeavyRunner’s disappearance is now $15,000.

The Bureau of Indian Affairs is offering $10,000 while the Blackfeet Tribal Business Council has offered $5,000.

[...]

 

[Shin Masamura]

• Missing Since 06/05/2017
• Missing From Browning, Montana
• Classification Endangered Missing
• Date of Birth 11/23/1996 (22)
• Age 20 years old
• Height and Weight 5'2, 90 - 106 pounds
• Clothing/Jewelry Description A t-shirt and jeans.
• Distinguishing Characteristics Native American female. Brown hair, brown eyes. Ashley's ears are pierced. She may use the last name HeavyRunner or Loring-HeavyRunner. Ashley is of Blackfoot Indian descent.

https://app.doj.mt.gov/enforcement/missingpersons/searchdetail.aspx?RecordKey=28684
Ashley Mariah Loring – The Charley Project
Details of Disappearance
Ashley was last seen in Browning, Montana on the Blackfeet Reservation on June 5, 2017. She was with friends in the time, and was planning to move in with her sister, Kimberly, in Missoula, Montana after her sister returned from vacation.

When Kimberly arrived home, she expected to hear from Ashley, but Ashley never contacted her and didn't return Kimberly's calls or texts. Kimberly reported her missing after she realized no one had seen or heard from Ashley since June 5.

Ashley was extremely close to her family, particularly Kimberly, and it's uncharacteristic of her to leave without contacting anyone. She was a student at Blackfeet Community College at the time of her disappearance, and is described as an intelligent and outgoing young woman. Her family believes she came to harm, but the circumstances of her disappearance are unclear.

 

[Shin Masamura]

• Missing Since 06/05/2017
• Missing From Browning, Montana
• Classification Endangered Missing
• Date of Birth 11/23/1996 (22)
• Age 20 years old
• Height and Weight 5'2, 90 - 106 pounds
• Clothing/Jewelry Description A t-shirt and jeans.
• Distinguishing Characteristics Native American female. Brown hair, brown eyes. Ashley's ears are pierced. She may use the last name HeavyRunner or Loring-HeavyRunner. Ashley is of Blackfoot Indian descent.

https://app.doj.mt.gov/enforcement/missingpersons/searchdetail.aspx?RecordKey=28684
Ashley Mariah Loring – The Charley Project
Details of Disappearance
Ashley was last seen in Browning, Montana on the Blackfeet Reservation on June 5, 2017. She was with friends in the time, and was planning to move in with her sister, Kimberly, in Missoula, Montana after her sister returned from vacation.

When Kimberly arrived home, she expected to hear from Ashley, but Ashley never contacted her and didn't return Kimberly's calls or texts. Kimberly reported her missing after she realized no one had seen or heard from Ashley since June 5.

Ashley was extremely close to her family, particularly Kimberly, and it's uncharacteristic of her to leave without contacting anyone. She was a student at Blackfeet Community College at the time of her disappearance, and is described as an intelligent and outgoing young woman. Her family believes she came to harm, but the circumstances of her disappearance are unclear.

 

[mickey2942]

'A bill of life and death': Legislature passes Hanna's Act

Law just passed in Montana to track missing American Indian women. And create a position to help families work with police, FBI.