Poor Bear and Camp Justice supporters say the FBI and local law enforcement agents appear to be involved in a cover-up. Very little information has been release on the investigation and, they say, there seems to be little effort going into finding the killers. But FBI Special Agent Mark Vukolich, who is working on the case out of Rapid City, said the FBI is doing everything it can to find the killers. We're following every possible lead. It's almost certain that Black Elk and Hard Heart were killed off-reservation and dumped where they were found.
Witnesses say there was almost no blood at the scene.
Sheridan County law enforcement officials are viewed by many Camp Justice supporters as prime suspects. In the past three years two Lakota prisoners have died in the county jail, one hung by his own belt. The Sheriff called it suicide. The other prisoner was said to have died falling down the stairs. But other inmates saw deputies beat him prior to him being found dead.