Lora Stanley, a Cherokee woman, died on December 31, 2010, on the Cherokee Indian Reservation in North Carolina. Her death was one of several violent incidents on the reservation around that time and became part of an investigation led by the FBI Safe Trails Task Force.

Robert Benjamin Smith, a 24-year-old enrolled member of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, was charged with murder in connection with Stanley’s death. Three other tribal members — Danielle Victoria Bigwitch, Dwayne Mitchell Littlejohn, and Daniel Lee Reed — were later involved in related legal proceedings with charges that included robbery and second-degree murder.

The case drew attention to the challenges of addressing violent crime on the reservation and to cooperative work between federal and local agencies. Does anyone have information about Lora Stanley or her activities on the reservation around late 2010?