United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced Darwin Wade Red
Cloud, a/k/a Darwin Raisch, 25, of Wounded Knee, South Dakota, appeared before
U.S. Magistrate Judge Daneta Wollmann on March 22, 2018, and pleaded guilty to
Second Degree Murder.
The Magistrate Judge recommended Red Cloud’s plea be
accepted by the District Court. The
maximum penalty upon conviction is life imprisonment and/or a $250,000
fine.
Between August 2014 and October 2014, at Wounded Knee, Red
Cloud knowingly failed to provide sufficient sustenance to an infant, which
resulted in the baby’s death.
The investigation was conducted by the Federal Bureau of
Investigation and the Bureau of Indian Affairs Office of Justice Services. The case is being prosecuted by Assistant
U.S. Attorney Sarah Collins.
A presentence investigation was ordered and a sentencing
date will be set. Red Cloud was remanded
to the custody of the U.S. Marshals pending acceptance of his plea and
sentencing
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