MISSION, S.D. (AP) - A federal grand jury has indicted a man for first-degree murder in the killing of a woman in Todd County.
Lawrence Anthony Whipple is accused of cutting and stabbing the throat of Loretta Waugh on the Rosebud Indian Reservation on February 7.
According to federal court papers, a jury indicted Whipple on the felony murder charge Tuesday. He is now being held at the Rosebud Sioux Tribal Jail.
Dispatch officer with the Rosebud Sioux Tribal Police Department and Mission Police Department referred questions to the Rosebud Sioux Tribal Police Chief. The police chief was not available for comment Wednesday night.
A phone call left with the U.S. Attorney's Office was also not immediately returned Wednesday night.
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