Selena not afraid

Selena Not Afraid was a missing Native American teenager described as a positive, loving 16-year-old who played basketball and loved riding horses. Selena, a member of two Indian nations, the Crow and Nakota, was last seen on New Year’s Day at a rest stop in Montana, authorities say. There was a massive search effort to find the teenager, who vanished in mysterious circumstances involving a van full of friends.

Tragically, Selena’s body was found “within a mile of the I-90 rest area where she was reported last seen,” Big Horn County Sheriff Lawrence Big Hair announced on January 20, 2020. He said in a press release that foul play was not suspected. The body was found by a Department of Interior search team. The death was later ruled an accident.

Selena died of hypothermia, an autopsy found. Big Horn County Undersheriff Eric Winburn told The Billings Gazette: “No broken bones, no bullet wounds, and no violence to her body.” Toxicology reports are still pending.