A South Dakota airman accused of killing a Native American woman at Ellsworth Air Force Base has now been charged with first-degree murder and could face the death penalty if convicted.

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — A 24-year-old airman has been charged with killing a Native American woman who went missing in South Dakota about seven months ago. Quinterius Chappelle, 24, made his ...

Quinterius Charles Chappelle is accused of killing Sahela Toka Win Sangrait on the Ellsworth Air Force Base in western South Dakota in August 2024.

Alicia Hayden is with Red Cloud Renewable, a Native-led nonprofit based in South Dakota. The group runs free solar workforce training programs, including one specifically for Native American women.

Sahela Sangrait / Credit: South Dakota Missing Persons/Facebook The poster identified Sangrait as Native American. In the U.S., Native American women are disproportionately targeted in murders ...

Advocates hope a new alert code can help Sahela Toka Win Sangrait reported missing in August 2024 Sangrait was a Native American woman from Box Elder, a suburb of Rapid City, South Dakota ...