MUS-2026-0372
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MUS-2026-0372
Homicide
- Incident
- 2005
- Indexed
- Oct 20, 2026, by MuseUnsolved
- Agency
- Independence Police Department
- Location
- Independence MO
Public record. Index entry.
Index entry. Case details compiled from public reporting; our researchers have not verified this file yet.
Summary
What happened, as the record shows.
Lakota Rae Renville, 22, a Dakota woman from the Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate tribe, was found beaten, stabbed, stripped naked, and wrapped in a distinctive southwestern-style blanket in a vacant lot in Independence, Missouri, on October 16, 2005. Crime scene DNA has never produced a CODIS match and no one has been charged.
Timeline
What the record establishes.
- 2005
Lakota Rae Renville, 22, is found beaten, stabbed, and wrapped in a distinctive southwestern-style blanket in a vacant lot in Independence on October 16.
- 2025
Crime scene DNA has still never produced a CODIS match and no one has been charged.
- 2026
The case remains unsolved.
Key people
The people in the file.
22, Dakota woman of the Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate. Found dead in a vacant lot in Independence, Missouri, on October 16, 2005.
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Investigating agency
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