On June 8, 2019, a mass shooting on the Yakama Reservation in White Swan claimed five lives, including 51-year-old Michelle Starnes. Starnes and three others — Catherine Eneas, Thomas Hernandez, and Dennis Overaker — were found dead inside a trailer; John Cagle’s body was located separately in a game room on the same property.

Investigators tied the killings to a broader incident that included allegations related to drugs. Two men, James Dean Cloud and Donovan Quinn Carter Cloud, were identified as suspects and charged in U.S. District Court with murder, attempted murder, kidnapping, carjacking, assault with a deadly weapon and related offenses.

By March 2022 James Dean Cloud had been found guilty on four counts of first-degree murder for the deaths of Starnes, Eneas, Overacker, and Hernandez and on multiple other charges. Donovan Cloud pleaded guilty to carjacking and brandishing a firearm and faced a lengthy prison term. Does anyone have information about Michelle’s life in the White Swan community or details that could add to the record?