Three weeks since Victor Saganitso was found slain on the Moapa River Indian Reservation, his family and friends are still waiting for answers on who took the life of the beloved 20-year-old man.
They took their search for justice to the FBI’s Las Vegas field office Saturday, chanting Victor’s name and protesting what they said has been a lack of transparency from the investigation. They said they are alsoholding out hope that Saganitso’s case is not added to the list of thousands of unsolved cases of missing and murdered American Indians and Alaskan natives.
“It’s been three weeks, and I know it takes time, but you know we just want them to say this is not going to be swept under the rug and we’re going to keep on this because it happened here,” said Verdie Marble, Saganitso’s grandmother. “He was a Native boy, he was a Paiute boy, he was a Mojave boy and he was a Navajo boy. We just want to know that they’re standing right behind us.”
Saganitso died on Oct. 17 after he was found lying in the street with a stab wound to the chest, according to the Clark County coroner’s office. The reservation is roughly 40 miles northeast of downtown Las Vegas.
Marble, who teared up during the pr...