Seattle, WA
Search underway for Indigenous woman last seen in Seattle 5 years ago
Shaulina Mae Bulltail is a 31-year-old who went lacking when she was 26.
SEATTLE — A search is underway for a lacking indigenous girl final seen in Seattle in 2017.
The household of Shaulina Mae Bulltail stated it’s been greater than a 12 months since they’ve heard from the 31-year-old who was identified to frequent homeless shelters in downtown Seattle and within the SODO space.
Bulltail is described as 5-feet, 10 inches tall and about 150 kilos with brown eyes and brown hair. She has a hummingbird tattoo on her shoulder, the phrase “Nehemiah” on her shoulder blade, and a feather tattoo on her thigh.
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Bulltail went lacking again in 2017 when she was 26 years outdated, and her household didn’t hear from her till final 12 months when she known as them. They haven’t heard from her since.
Now, a bunch of these in search of her is asking anybody that wishes to assist go out flyers and canvass downtown neighborhoods to fulfill within the car parking zone of Denny’s at 2762 Fourth Avenue South on Wednesday and Thursday at 10 a.m.
It’s a part of a four-day search effort organizers have put collectively by way of Fb.
These trying to take part can contact the lead search organizer Roxanne White of Lacking, Murdered Indigenous Girls, Individuals and Households at 509-406-945.
The search comes as analysis from the City Indian Well being Institute in Seattle discovered that Indigenous girls and persons are greater than 4 instances extra prone to go lacking than white girls.
Washington state additionally has the second-highest variety of lacking Indigenous individuals in comparison with the remainder of the U.S.
At present, there are 23 Indigenous individuals from Washington state nonetheless lacking, in accordance with the Nationwide Lacking and Unidentified Particular person System.
As for Bulltail’s case, anybody with details about her disappearance or whereabouts is requested to contact Lt. Daniel Taylor with Nez Perce County Dispatch at 208-746-3366.