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   Law enforcement authorities in South Dakota say a woman who had been   
   missing since last summer was murdered by a member of the U.S. Air Force.   
      
   Quinterius Charles Chappelle was arrested on a federal charge of second-   
   degree murder in the death of Sahela Toka Win Sangrait, the Pennington   
   County Sheriff's Office announced over the weekend.   
      
   Chappelle pleaded not guilty during a Monday court appearance, according   
   to a press release from the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of   
   South Dakota. A federal public defender listed for Chappelle declined to   
   comment.   
      
   Authorities say Chappelle, a 24-year-old active-duty airman stationed at   
   Ellsworth Air Force Base, murdered Sangrait on the military installation   
   near Rapid City in August. Investigators did not say how they believe   
   Chappelle killed Sangrait or whether the pair knew each other. Sangrait's   
   remains were found in early March by a hiker in Hill City, nearly 40 miles   
   southwest of the base.   
      
   "This charge, filed just ten days after the victim's remains were   
   discovered, reflects the dogged work of federal, state, and local law   
   enforcement professionals who seamlessly collaborated to run down every   
   lead with absolute expediency and care," U.S. Attorney Alison Ramsdell   
   said in a statement.   
      
   "At this time, our hearts are with the victim's family and friends, who   
   after many agonizing months of searching for answers, are now grieving the   
   tragic death of their loved one," Ramsdell added.   
      
   A spokesperson for Ellsworth Air Force Base told NPR that Chappelle is an   
   aircraft inspection journeyman assigned to the 28th Maintenance Squadron   
   and had entered the service on April 30, 2019.   
      
   "First and foremost, our thoughts and prayers are with the friends and   
   family of Sahela," base commander Col. Derek Oakley said in a statement.   
   "We hold Airmen accountable for their actions, and if service members are   
   found in violation of military or civilian law, they will be punished. We   
   are working closely with the area law enforcement agencies."   
      
   Sangrait, 21, had been missing since August. She was Native American,   
   according to a missing person flyer posted on Facebook. Sangrait had been   
   staying with a friend in Eagle Butte, but was planning to gather some   
   belongings in her hometown of Box Elder, which borders the base, before   
   traveling to California, according to the flyer.   
      
   Rates of violence and murder against Native American and Alaska Native   
   people in the U.S. — particularly women — are disproportionately high. A   
   Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report found that American   
   Indian and Alaska Native women had the second-highest rate of homicide   
   among American women between 2003 and 2014. In a 2016 study funded by the   
   National Institute of Justice, 84% of American Indian and Alaska Native   
   women said they had experienced violence in their lifetimes — with nearly   
   four in ten saying they had experienced violence in the previous year.   
      
   The National Crime Information Center said in 2016 that there were 5,712   
   reports of missing American Indian and Alaska Native women and girls   
   across the country. Indigenous people make up about 60% of South Dakota's   
   missing persons cases, South Dakota Searchlight reported in April.   
      
   The Bureau of Indian Affairs Missing and Murdered Unit, which helps   
   analyze and solve cases of American Indian and Alaska Native people who   
   have disappeared or been killed, was part of the investigation into   
   Sangrait's death.   
      
   As of Monday afternoon, Chappelle was being held in the Pennington County   
   Jail on behalf of the U.S. Marshals Service, according to a county   
   database.   
      
   https://www.npr.org/2025/03/17/nx-s1-5330706/airman-south-dakota-sahela-   
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