RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) - Family members remain hopeful that two cousins missing on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation for more than a month will be found soon.
Robert “RJ” Kills Enemy Jr., 23, and Vincent “Stevie” Little Dog, 25, were last seen around 11 p.m. on Dec. 27 north of Manderson after a police officer pulled up to them and a third person. The group took off running and the officer chased after them but eventually had to return for other calls for service. While the third person made it to safety, Kills Enemy and Little Dog remain missing despite widespread searches.
“Oh my God, we’re losing it. I cry every day,” said Willene Kills Enemy, mother of Kills Enemy and aunt of Little Dog.
“We’re not going to give up the search. We’re going to continue the search until those boys come home,” their uncle, Garfield Steele, told the Rapid City Journal.
Family members say searchers have found clothing belonging to the cousins. Robert Ecoffey, the chief of the Oglala Sioux Tribe’s Department of Public Safety, said the clothing has been sent for forensic testing to see if it belongs to the cousins.
“Nothing indicates any foul play,” Ecoffey said.
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