Kaysera Stops Pretty Places was an 18-year-old member of the Crow and Northern Cheyenne communities who was last seen by family on August 24, 2019, in Hardin, Montana. Family members say their initial attempts to report her missing met resistance from law enforcement, and a report was not filed until August 27. Days before she disappeared Kaysera had posted a video showing officers beating her younger brother at the Crow Fair; some in the family view that as a possible factor.

Witnesses reported Kaysera had been with a small group the night she vanished, including two young women and a 23-year-old man named Natosi Summers. An argument was heard in the early morning hours and the group reportedly scattered. A passerby found Kaysera’s body in a Hardin backyard on August 29; the family was not officially told of the identification until September 11. The autopsy listed cause and manner of death as undetermined, noted no evidence of injury or disease, did not rule out asphyxia, and toxicology showed a blood alcohol concentration of 0.149 with no drugs detected.

The family alleges poor communication and pressure from the county coroner to cremate the remains, which they say prevented a second autopsy and conflicted with cultural practices. Charges of criminal endangerment were later filed against Natosi Summers; no homicide charge has been announced. If anyone knew Kaysera or has information about the night she disappeared, please share what you know.