FBI offers $5,000 reward for information on Montana teen missing for 8 months

GARRYOWEN, Montana (ABC4) — The FBI Salt Lake City Field Office is now offering a $5,000 reward for information leading to the recovery of a missing 13-year-old from Montana. A new tipline phone number has been established solely for her case: 801-579-6195.

Sa’Wade Birdinground was last seen at her family’s residence in Garryowen, Montana, on October 6, 2024. She is 13 years old, roughly 5’4″ to 5’5″ tall, 130-140 pounds, and has brown eyes and curly brown hair.

According to the FBI, Birdinground was last seen wearing a black hoodie with mushrooms on it, an anime t-shirt, basketball shorts, and purple slip-on Skechers. She may have been wearing a black and purple Adidas backpack and an elk tooth necklace.

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In a press conference today, Special Agent in Charge Mehtab Syed from the FBI’s Salt Lake City Field Office held a press conference on the search for Birdinground. The SLC Field Office covers Montana, Utah, and Idaho.

“Eight months ago today, on October 6, 2024, Sa’Wade disappeared from her family home in Garryowen. This was the last time those of you who know and love Sa’Wade saw her,” Syed stated. “Eight months is an incomprehensible amount of time for any family to be without their child.”…

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