On February 4, 2025, at about 1015 am, the Lake County Sheriff’s Office was notified that a Tribal Game Warden had located skeletonized human remains in the Buffalo Bridge area on the Flathead River. Sheriff/Coroner, Don Bell responded to the scene with other LCSO personnel, and it was confirmed that human remains had been discovered. The remains have been sent to the Montana State Medical Examiner for further investigation and identification. The case remains under investigation by Lake County Sheriff and Coroner’s Office.