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Blackfeet Law Enforcement Services on Thursday morning provided a timeline and update on Arden Pepion, 3, who went missing on the Blackfeet Reservation on April 22.
Pepion was last seen in the surrounding areas of Joe Show East Road in Browning near the Two Medicine River.
The update came in response to growing calls for transparency in the investigation. Community members have expressed frustration, wondering why BLES didn t issue an AMBER alert for Arden and why the search effort was scaled back.
Officer Frank Goings said on Facebook Live that Arden had been missing between five and six hours before dispatch was contacted. He said Arden was last seen with her noncustodial uncle, and when contacted about the case, Blackfeet Law Enforcement Services (BLES) responded immediately.
BROWNING, Mont. - Search and recovery efforts for 26-year-old Leo Wagner will be scaled back Monday, May 10 according to Incident Commander KWebb Galbreath.
A post on the Blackfeet Covid-19 Incident Command Facebook says Blackfeet Fish & Wildlife will continue to search the area.
Leo was last seen in the Babb/Saint Mary area on April 27, and a Missing Endangered Person Advisory was issued for him on May 4 which is now expired.Â
Search and rescue teams along with law enforcement agencies have been assisting with the recovery.
He was last seen around 6:35 pm near West Shore road outside of St. Mary wearing blue jeans, a white undershirt, and a blue plaid short-sleeved button up shirt.Â
A study of hospital air contamination in
JAMA Network Open last week found that 17.4% of air samples from environments near COVID-19 patients were positive for SARS-CoV-2 RNA, the virus that causes COVID-19, but only 8.6% contained viable virus.
Researchers reviewed 24 observational studies of air contamination in hospital settings from Jan 1 to Oct 27 with data on SARS-CoV-2 viral RNA positivity rates detected by reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR), viral culture, air ventilation systems, and distance from patients.
Overall, 82 of 471 air samples (17.4%) from close patient environments (within 5 meters) were positive for SARS-CoV-2 RNA, with no significant difference associated with distance from patients. The positivity rate in intensive care settings was 25.2% (27 of 107 samples) compared with 10.7% (39 of 364 samples) for non-intensive care units (