Beverly Ann Ozuna-Ulrich was 42 years old when she was last seen on October 17, 2003, in the Belle Fourche/Spearfish area of South Dakota. NamUs lists her missing person case as MP4433 and identifies the Butte County Sheriff’s Office as the investigating agency. She is described as an American Indian/Alaska Native woman with black or graying hair and brown eyes, about 5 feet 1 inch tall and 130 pounds. She may also be known as Beverly Ann Ulrich.
Identifying details include a pierced right eyebrow and a tattoo reading “Steven” on her upper arm. She may have been wearing a gray T-shirt and blue jean bell-bottoms when she disappeared.
According to published missing-person summaries, Beverly was last seen at or near her home in Belle Fourche. The Charley Project reports that her estranged husband, Steven Ulrich, said he heard a vehicle arrive, Beverly went outside, returned briefly, said she would be back, and then left again. She was not heard from afterward. Her relatives reported her missing about ten days later, after they had not been able to reach her. Family members said Beverly had sometimes taken unplanned trips before, but she normally stayed in contact and let loved ones know where she was, which made her silence especially alarming.
Beverly was a mother of eight and a member of the Lakota tribe. Reports describe her as the youngest of 16 siblings in a large, close-knit family. At the time she vanished, she and Steven had reportedly been separated for more than a year, but she still returned to the home to cook, clean, and spend time with her children. Those details underscore that Beverly was not only a missing person in a case file, but a mother, sister, and loved one whose disappearance left a lasting absence in her family and community.
Search efforts and investigative leads have continued over the years. TrackMissing reports that searches around Belle Fourche after Beverly disappeared did not uncover evidence. In 2008, a tip led to a search of a 20-acre site on the edge of Belle Fourche using specially trained dogs, but Beverly was not found. Uncovered also notes that in 2004, authorities investigated whether remains found along Interstate 90 might be Beverly, but DNA later showed they belonged to another woman.
In late 2025, authorities announced a major development. Multiple South Dakota news outlets reported that Steven Lee Ulrich was arrested in connection with Beverly’s disappearance and was charged with first-degree murder, with an alternative second-degree murder charge. Reports state he was being held on a $500,000 cash-only bond. Police said investigators had spent years following leads and conducting interviews, particularly over the prior six years. Officials declined to confirm whether Beverly’s remains had been found, citing the ongoing investigation.
The attached case data does not list Beverly’s case resolution status as Alive or Deceased. Based on the available public information reviewed here, her disappearance has been treated as an endangered missing person case for many years, with law enforcement later pursuing criminal charges tied to her presumed death. Beverly’s family has lived for decades with unanswered questions, and the public record reflects both their concern when she first vanished and the continuing effort to determine what happened to her.Last Seen: Oct 17, 2003
