Ashley Loring-HeavyRunner, 20, was last seen June 5, 2017, on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation in Browning, Montana. A student at Blackfeet Community College, she planned to move to Missoula to live with her sister Kimberly but never made contact after Kimberly returned from a vacation, prompting the family to report her missing.

Early in the investigation a gray sweater believed to be Ashley’s was recovered near the northern edge of the reservation, but it remained in storage for months before testing, a delay that increased family frustration. Multiple agencies, including the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the FBI, became involved, and witnesses reported seeing Ashley at a party the night she disappeared and some later said they saw her running from a vehicle on U.S. Highway 89. Searches turned up items described as red-stained boots and a tattered sweater near a remote lake house, though authorities had not released conclusive forensic results.

The case has drawn attention to systemic problems around disappearances of Indigenous women. Kimberly has been an active advocate and has testified before Congress about delays and gaps in the response. Does anyone have information about Ashley’s movements in Browning on or after June 5, 2017?