Three teen girls found dead on Wyoming reservation

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Friday, June 6, 2008

The bodies of three people who were found dead on the Wind River Reservation in Wyoming belonged to three teenage girls, ages 13, 14 and 15.

The Casper Star-Tribune identified the victims as Winter Rose Thomas, Alexis Gardner and Alex Whiteplume. The girls were found in a residence at a tribal housing complex on Wednesday. A cause of death hasn't been determined.

The FBI and the Bureau of Indian Affairs continue to investigate.

The reservation is home Eastern Shoshone Tribe and the Northern Arapaho Tribe.

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