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A week later, the official report came back: Hypothermia. Accidental.

"She had bruises," Elara told the local reporter, her voice finally finding its fire. "She was wearing clothes that weren't hers. How is that an accident?" Murder in Big Horn

The next morning, Elara didn't call the police. She called her cousins. They met at the edge of the interstate—the same I-90 that activists say offers a quick exit for predators. A week later, the official report came back: Hypothermia

"They aren't looking, Elara," her mother said from the doorway. Her voice was thin, aged by a decade in two weeks. "The report just sat on a desk. They said she probably just 'went off' for a while." "She was wearing clothes that weren't hers

Elara gripped the railing. She knew the statistics, but she never thought Maya would become one. In Big Horn, Indigenous people make up a small fraction of the population but a staggering 26% of missing persons cases .