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Denise Phoenix, a Bureau of Indian Affairs criminal investigator died last week after being exposed to methamphetamine chemicals. She was 43.
Phoenix was a member of the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe of Nevada.
She was investigating a child abuse case in Montana when she entered a home that was used to produce meth.
The chemicals caused Phoenix to develop vasculitis. She was awaiting a double-lung transplant when she died.
Law enforcement officers from across Indian Country are expected for Phoenix's funeral services in Nevada.
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Pyramid tribe mourns loss of officer
(The Reno Gazette-Journal 2/20)
Colleagues honor fallen BIA investigator (The Billings Gazette 2/17)
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