DELMAS TRAVERSIE, JR.

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Wanted for

Homicide Victim
Eagle Butte, South Dakota
March 2019

Reward

The FBI is offering a reward of up to $10,000 for information that leads to an arrest and conviction in this case.

Description

Sex: Male
Race: native
Hair: black
Eyes: brown
Height: 5'11"
Weight: 280 lbs
Age: 71
Date(s) of birth used: August 10, 1955
Place of birth: Pierre, South Dakota
Nationality: American
Scars and marks: Traversie, Jr., had a dent on his right temple.

Field offices

Minneapolis · MN

Details

The Federal Bureau of Investigation's Minneapolis Field Office, Pierre, South Dakota, Resident Agency, along with the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe Law Enforcement Services, is seeking the public’s assistance in identifying the unknown individual(s) responsible for the murders of Delmas Traversie, Jr., and Carmen Charger (https://www.fbi.gov/wanted/seeking-info/carmen-charger), in Eagle Butte, South Dakota, in March of 2019.

From March 13, 2019, through March 15, 2019, a snow storm occurred in most of South Dakota. Traversie, Jr., 63, and Charger, 39, were killed at House 717, No Heart Housing, in Eagle Butte around that time. Anyone with information related to their deaths or related to the presence of individuals frequenting House 717 around the time of this snow storm is asked to contact the FBI.

Remarks

Traversie, Jr., was an enrolled member of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe Indian Reservation.

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Posted Apr 17, 2020 · Updated by the FBI Mar 14, 2026

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