A South Dakota Active Airman was arrested for federal charges after the authorities would say that he reportedly killed a missing Indian woman on a military basis.
Quinterius Chappelle, 24, an Airman Basic stationed at Ellsworth Air force Base, is accused of second-degree murder in the death of 21-year-old Sahela Toka Win Sangrait.
Chappelle appeared on Monday before the American magistrate judge Daneta L. Wollmann and was not guilty of a federal criminal complaint.
Sahela Toka Win Sangrait was found dead after he was missing by the family in 2024. (Facebook / Bernice White Swan)
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Authorities have established that Sangrait was reported missing On August 10, 2024, “was killed on the base somewhere in August 2024.”
However, her remains were found earlier this month in a wooded area near De Lijn Pennington and Custer County.
A walker in the area discovered a “poorly dissolved” body, which was later taught to be the box older woman, and called delegates, according to a statement of the Pennington County Sheriff’s Office.
Authorities claim that the murder took place at Ellsworth Air Force Base. (Ellsworth Air Force Base)
The body had no “identifying information available,” the desk said. The cause of death has not yet been released.
The Bureau of Indian Affairs Missing and Murdered Unit (MMU), which helped in the study, confirmed to Fox News Digital that Sangrait was a member of the Sioux -Stame of the Cheyenne River.
The MMUs Victim Services Program helps the family as the research continues, according to the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
The Bureau of Indian Affairs and Federal Bureau of Investigation helped with the case. (Bureau or Indian Affairs)
Chappelle is assigned to the 28th Maintenance Squadron on Ellsworth Air Force Base, where he is an airplane inspection, Ellsworth Fig officers told FOX News Digital. He joined April 30, 2019.
His disciplinary history, if existing, is protected by the 1974 Privacy Act.
“First and foremost, our thoughts and prayers are with the friends and family of Sahela,” wrote Colonel Derek Oakley, 28th bomb wing commander, in a statement to Fox News Digital. “We hold airmen responsible for their actions, and if service members are found in violation of military or civil law, they will be punished.
“We work closely with the law enforcement agencies.”
Chappelle is held by the US Marshals service in the prison of Pennington County in Rapid City, South Dakota. No test date has been established.
Authorities claim that Sahela Sangrait was killed on Ellsworth Air Force Base. (Ellsworth Air Force Base)
“This charges, only 10 days submitted after the victim’s remains were discovered, reflects the stubborn work of federal, state and local professionals in the police who worked seamlessly to run every lead with absolute opportunity and care,” said Alison Ramsdell, American lawyer for the Southota district. “Under the criminal justice system, this indictment is only an accusation and the suspect is innocent until it has been guilty; the facts and evidence in this case will be brought before a federal judge and jury. At the moment our hearts are our hearts with the family and friends of the victim, who, after many painful months of searching for answers, are now the tragic death of their lover.”
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Other agencies that helped with the case are the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)The Air Force Office of Special Investigations, the Rapid City Police Department and the South Dakota Division of Criminal Investigation.
FBI Minneapolis and the US Air Force Office of Special Investigations did not respond immediately to questions from FOX News Digital.
