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Victim in Northern Cheyenne Reservation Drowning Identified

24-year-old Casey Whitedirt of Muddy Creek drowned on Sept. 5

By Molly Priddy

BILLINGS — Officials in Rosebud County have released the name of a Northern Cheyenne tribal member who drowned in a pond on the reservation last week.

Sheriff Allen Fulton says 24-year-old Casey Whitedirt of Muddy Creek drowned on Sept. 5 while swimming at Crazy Head Springs near Lame Deer.

The Billings Gazette reports searchers using a drone and a boat recovered Whitedirt’s body the next morning.

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