Two men have been charged in connection with the death of a 13-year-old girl on the Wind River Reservation in Wyoming.
Kyeren Tillman, 19, has been charged with sexual abuse of a minor and Robert Spoonhunter, 21, has been charged with assault resulting in serious bodily injury.
Additional charges are possible as the investigation continues, the U.S. Attorney for Wyoming said.
The girl was found dead on April 7. She was reported to be an eighth-grade student.
The reservation is home to the Eastern Shoshone Tribe
and the Northern Arapaho
Tribe.
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2 charged in girl’s death
(The Billings Gazette 4/16)
2 Arrested In Wind River Reservation Death (AP 4/16)
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