SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, April 2, 2024 (Gephardt Daily) — The Department of Justice has announced a surge of investigative resources to focus on unsolved violent crimes in Indian Country, to include crimes committed in Utah.
“Operation Not Forgotten” will assign 60 FBI investigators from 10 field offices, including Salt Lake City’s. Other offices with investigators participating in the 90-day project will include those in Albuquerque; Denver; Detroit; Jackson, Miss.; Minneapolis; Oklahoma City; Phoenix; Portland, Ore.; and Seattle. The FBI will work in partnership with the Bureau of Indian Affairs and Tribal law enforcement agencies across jurisdictions.
FBI personnel will be assisted by the Bureau of Indian Affairs Missing and Murdered Unit, and they “will use the latest forensic evidence processing tools to solve cases and hold perpetrators accountable,” says a news release issued by the Department of Justice, District of Utah…