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Tanya White Butterfly

Gender : Male

Age : 42

Race : Native American

Date : 10/19/2024

Location : Pine Ridge Reservation

City : Manderson

County : Oglala Lakota

State : South Dakota

Agency : FBI

Cause of Death : Fire

Event : Officer killed in housefire

OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :

A man set a fire that killed former female Oglala Sioux tribal officer Tanya White Butterfly. She had become a tribal officer when a fire 10 years prior had killed her brother. Reno Matthew Rondeau set the fire that killed her and was booked on homicide and other charges.

 

SOURCE LINKS :

https://ictnews.org/news/man-arrested-after-fire-killed-former-tribal-corrections-officer