Jacie Estes
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Very true. The area I live has spotty coverage when you start heading out into smaller towns or out in the mountains. He may have tried to call but couldn't. I was more wondering about his last seen location at the Walmart in Billings. This was more the area I was thinking he would have received a call to maybe lure him out. Or maybe he called up some friends in Billings to see them since he was in town. I had some friends that used to live in a really small town. Every time they'd hit our town, their supply town for groceries etc., they would call their friends to let them know they were in town to hang out. They lived about an hour or so out. I am sure Police checked records first. It seems with these missing cases they don't release very much info about calls, etc.
I wish we knew what time he left, if he arrived to the store on time. I am glad they checked store cameras. I wish we knew if they checked in others. I also thought that his car could be placed where it was found. I wonder if he went to Billings to get gas too. Maybe just half a tank since darn gas is so expensive now! Since his last location was in Billings, I am hoping that they did a good job of showing his face and story all over Billings? I also hope they checked nearby gas stations for camera surveillance. He almost made it home and had enough gas so it is so strange. I would think since nothing has been found that getting some flyers put up in Billings would be a great idea. I almost beginning to think that what ever happened to him happened in Billings and someone placed his car near his town. These missing cases make me so sad! Prayers for his family and hope 2014 will bring some much needed answers!
On this past Monday, the bodies of 2 men were found in a field on Rosebud Reservation here in South Dakota. There is not much being said in the media, just that they were found and there are now 3 people under arrest. Unfortunately, innocent people have been murdered because of a perceived problem, even though they were completely innocent.
There is a lot of meth in this part of the country, as there is in other parts of the country but people who are non-Indian, from out of the area and even the country, are coming to live on reservations because of the remoteness and the lack of police coverage. There is a lot of violence associated with the drug use/sale. Those coming from the outside are using kids/gangs on the rez to sell drugs.
Mike is, by all accounts, a hard working good guy but even people like him are targets. What happened could have been random or he may have been targeted because he had money. It may just be that someone had a problem with him over something not related to drugs but just the fact that he was doing well. His job required drug testing, the link below details the regs on testing. His job was too good to risk using meth and he doesn't look like a meth user. IMHO
DOI/BIA Drug Testing Regulations:
http://www.bia.gov/idc/groups/xnifc/documents/text/idc015820.pdf