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Date Posted: 10:08:46 04/09/01 Mon
Author: Anonymous
Subject: FBI has Leads,but NO_ARRESTS

FBI has leads, no arrests in slaying of Native men

The deaths of two Oglala men that
sparked Native protest marches to the Nebraska village
of Whiteclay remain
unsolved nearly two years later.

Federal investigators have made no
arrests in the June 1999 murders of Wilson "Wally"
Black Elk Jr. and
Ronald Hard Heart, said FBI
Special Agent Mark Vukelich of Rapid City, S.D. The
men were found beaten in
a road ditch just north of
Whiteclay.

One full-time investigator is
assigned to the case and he can bring in more
investigators if need be. The agent
continues to investigate leads,
but so far has been unable to assemble enough evidence
for an arrest, Vukelich
said.

"Prosecutions are decided by the
U.S. attorney and they have found insufficient
evidence to sustain a
prosecution," he said.

Authorities are offering a $40,000
reward for information leading to an arrest. So far,
the reward fund has
generated no leads, Vukelich said.


Tom Poor Bear, an Oglala Lakota
and relative of both victims, said his family will
likely file a lawsuit against the
FBI and tribal police for what he
called an inadequate investigation.

In the wake of the murders, Poor
Bear organized marches to Whiteclay and established
Camp Justice near
where the men were found.

- Joe Duggan

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