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Delma Lou Sits Poor, a 13-year-old Oglala Lakota girl, was last seen on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota on February 20, 1974. On that day, Delma, also known as "Babe," and a friend left the Seventh Day Adventist School in the Wakpamni community, also known as the number four community, to walk along a back road toward Manderson. The two were walking in a snowstorm with high winds and temperatures below zero. At the time of her disappearance, Delma was 5 feet 5 inches tall, weig ...Read More
Last Seen: Feb 20, 1974

Victim Details

Mar 01, 2018

Oct 12, 2023

Delma

Sits Poor

62

13

65 inches

135 lbs

American Indian / Alaska Native

Female

Feb 20, 1974

Pine Ridge

South Dakota

Oglala Lakota County

Yes

55839

Oglala Sioux Tribe Department of Public Safety

Pine Ridge

South Dakota

Oglala Lakota County

57770

Mitch Pourier

Investigator

977 Horse Thief Road, South Dakota

6058675141

Tribal

Law Enforcement

https://ostdps.org

P201883548

Oglala Sioux Tribe Department of Public Safety

10700

Black

Brown

Brown

05/30/2026


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