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Thursday, August 21, 2003

The executive director of the Nebraska Commission on Indian Affairs said she had been skeptical of a woman whose dog seemed to find bones that no one else could.

"It seemed very contrived and convenient," Judi Morgan gaiashkibos told The Washington Post.

Sandra M. Anderson brought her dog to the University of Nebraska-Lincoln to search for remains. The school knowingly incinerated Native ancestors, and Anderson claimed her dog, Eagle, found some bones.

"We couldn't find what she claimed to be there," gaiashkibos told the paper. "To exploit man's best friend for a personal agenda is a crime."

Andersen has been charged with five counts of falsifying and concealing facts, three counts of obstruction of justice and two counts of lying to law enforcement authorities for planting body parts and evidence at other crime scenes.

Get the Story:
Dog Owner Is Charged With Planting Body Parts, Evidence (The Washington Post 8/21)

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