Two women police interviewed — and let go — shortly after the homicide of a 62-year-old Native American spiritual leader nearly 10 years ago recently have been charged with his death.
Victoria Bigcrow Clown, 29, was booked into the Salt Lake County Jail Nov. 17. Jerah Jean Whipple Santos-Ramirez, 28, was booked there one week later, according to jail records.
Investigators had interviewed the two women after they found Lester Lloyd Janise’s body, strangled with belts, at his Midvale apartment on Jan. 13, 2009. Police sought the pair out after learning Janise’s missing minivan was at the two women’s home in South Dakota, according to a probable cause statement.