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Two people pleaded not guilty Wednesday after being charged in connection with the disappearance of 3-year-old Arden Pepion from the Blackfeet Reservation.Â
HaHaax Vielle and Kimberly Higgins appeared in Blackfeet Tribal Court on Wednesday afternoon. On June 3, arrest warrants and charges were signed and filed into the Blackfeet Tribal Court for Vielle and Higgins, according to publicly available Blackfeet Tribal Court documents that have been confirmed with the tribal court prosecutorâs office.
Vielle has been charged with one count of negligent endangerment and one count of child neglect for failing to adequately supervise a toddler in potentially dangerous conditions.