TURTLE MOUNTAIN INDIAN RESERVATION Archives

Weekend Search for Steven Longie, Missing Since 2020

Another search for Steven Longie was held over weekend on the Turtle Mountain Indian Reservation, and it came up empty.

July 19, 2022

Site Staff,

ROLETTE CO., N.D. (KVRR) — Steven Longie disappeared nearly two years ago in October 2020. His son Aaron says they searched land and creeks, and he feels they made progress by meeting contacts and setting up a network of communication. There are many rumors surrounding the disappearance. Some think Longie was physically harmed. State authorities have turned the case over to…

FBI: Police fatally shoot man on North Dakota reservation

The FBI is investigating the circumstances of the shooting.

August 25, 2020

KVRR Staff,

BELCOURT, N.D. (AP) — The FBI is investigating after police fatally shot a man on a North Dakota Indian reservation over the weekend. The FBI responded to the shooting at a private home in Belcourt on the Turtle Mountain Indian Reservation late Saturday night and into early Sunday. The man who was killed is identified as 35-year-old Brandon Laducer of…

Belcourt Man Gets Life For Sexual Abuse Of Two Children

Both were under the age of 12

June 16, 2020

TJ Nelson,

FARGO, N.D. — A Belcourt, North Dakota man is sentenced to life in prison for child sex abuse. 51-year-old Myron Azure plead guilty in February to two counts of aggravated sexual abuse of a child. Between October 2014 and January 2017, Azure abused one of the two victims on the Turtle Mountain Indian Reservation. While that investigation was pending, between…