No arrests have been made in the fatal shooting of 41-year-old Rebecca Bliefnick. Officers raided the home of her estranged husband, Timothy Bliefnick, on Wednesday.
“His spiritual power and influence inhibited their ability to discern cultural significance, tradition, and spiritual beliefs from tools and tactics utilized by a sexual perpetrator,” prosecutors wrote of 46-year-old "Dances With Wolves" actor Nathan Chasing Horse in court documents.
U.S. Army Pfc. Amanda Gonzales was found asphyxiated to death inside the barracks at Germany’s Hanau Army Airfield in 2001. She was four months pregnant at the time.
"This lawsuit is about Athena Strand — a vibrant young girl who deserves to have her memory live on for the good she brought to the world," lawyers for Strand’s family wrote in civil court filings.
Attorney Steven Bertolino says his “expression of hope and prayer” in statements made on behalf of accused killer Brian Laundrie’s family regarding Gabby Petito’s whereabouts — shortly before her body was found — “was not reckless,” court documents state.