Found Deceased CO - Wanbli Vigil, 27, Denver, 29 Dec 2022

[GuyfromCanada]

DENVER (KKTV) - The Colorado Bureau of Investigation issued a missing person alert in the State of Colorado on Tuesday.

At about noon a missing poster for 27-year-old Wanbli Vigil was shared. Vigil was last seen in Denver on Dec. 29 at about 2 p.m. in the 3400 block of Knox Ct. When he was last seen, he was reportedly wearing blue jeans and a black jacket with white stripes.

If you have information on his location you’re asked to call 720-913-2000.

The alert is part of a new “missing indigenous person alert” the CBI started.

Statewide alert issued in Colorado for missing man

The Colorado Bureau of Investigation issued a missing person alert in the State of Colorado on Tuesday.

www.kktv.com

 

[StaySafe]

A bit more information regarding his appearance:

His family said he has a cross tattooed on his hand.

She adds that Vigil-Black Elk was carrying sacred bundles used for praying and thought he was headed to a nearby trail to pray.

Looks like there is a search party being organized for this Saturday, Jan 7th.

The 27-year-old’s family is organizing another search party that’s happening on Saturday, Jan. 7, at 10:30 a.m. They’re asking people to meet in the lobby of the Delores apartments to help look and are hoping someone with a drone will help as well.

Search party organized for missing Indigenous man

 

[PommyMommy]

Sad news. Rest in peace, Wanbil.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1611227211733901313

 

[YaYa_521]

Rest in peace, Wanbli.

 

[imstilla.grandma]

the first person featured in a new Colorado platform aimed at finding missing Indigenous people.

Wanbli Vigil, a 27-year-old Lakota man, went missing on Dec. 29, which was the day before Colorado’s new Missing Indigenous Person Alerts system went live, CBS News reported.

An alert was issued Jan. 3 and his body was found three days later in a discovery police said does "not appear to be suspicious in nature at this time."

Although the alert was not able to save the life of Vigil and some have raised questions as to why the alert was not triggered sooner, experts hope the new system will help solve a disproportionate amount of missing persons cases in Native American communities.

Missing Lakota man found dead after Colorado launches new Indigenous alert system

A new recently enacted program in Colorado aims to streamline the missing persons alert for Indigenous people in the state disproportionately victimized by domestic violence.

news.yahoo.com

 

[imstilla.grandma]

Vigil would be the first official case for the newly instituted Office of Liaison for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Relatives. The Native American community faces violence at a disproportionate rate — women particularly — and too often they feel law enforcement does not take the cases seriously.

Designed to help find missing indigenous people, new Colorado office falls short, advocates say

An average of nearly once per week since it went live, an alert has gone out about a missing indigenous Coloradan.

www.denverpost.com