Jan. 15—SPIRIT LAKE RESERVATION — One year after her disappearance, federal law enforcement agencies continue to dedicate time and resources to finding Jemini Posey, because “no missing person case is acceptable,” according to the U.S. Attorney for the District of North Dakota.
“The investigation, to this day, is ongoing,” Mac Schneider told the Grand Forks Herald. “It’s very active.”
The U.S. Attorney’s Office has been involved with the case since the beginning, responding within hours of the request for a welfare check on Posey, who was reported missing on Jan. 7, 2024.
Working on the case are three federal law enforcement agencies: the Federal Bureau of Investigation; the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives; and the Bureau of Indian Affairs. Additional investigative resources have been assigned through the FBI’s Operation Not Forgotten.
Within the U.S. Attorney’s Office, the assistant U.S. attorney assigned to the Spirit Lake Reservation, Lori Conroy, works daily on Posey’s case — as well as the case of Isaac James Hunt, who disappeared from the reservation in March of 2024.
“Our goal is finding the location of these two individuals,” Schneider said. “It is what these families need, it’s what the community deserves, and it’s the first step in obtaining justice. That’s the focus of three federal law enforcement agencies and the United States Attorney’s Office right now — finding these individuals and bringing them home, no matter what.”
Though it has been months since Posey or Hunt were last seen, investigators haven’t jumped to conclusions, Schneider said. They simply focus on working the case to its conclusion.
The community has done its own work to find Posey and Hunt, holding a number of searches. The Spirit Lake Tribal Council is now offering a $20,000 reward for information that leads to the location of either missing person,
according to the tribe’s missing persons Facebook page.
In previous reporting, the Herald linked Posey and Hunt
. It appears that Posey’s boyfriend, D’Angelo Hunt, is Isaac Hunt’s brother. Schneider declined to comment on whether law enforcement suspects the disappearances to be related.
He also declined to comment on whether an official suspect has been identified in either disappearance.
“I think it’s a perfectly fair question, but it’s just not something that I can get into,” Schneider said.
He declined to discuss details of the investigation as a whole.
Though many may think of the work of the assistant U.S. attorneys as starting after a disappearance, the work they do beforehand — namely through its multi-disciplinary teams located on reservations throughout the state — is critical, Schneider said.
“That’s where they roundtable with federal law enforcement — FBI, BIA, tribal child protective services, other entities — to make sure that at-risk youth and other individuals who are at risk are accounted for and don’t go missing,” he said.
Since April 2022, when the U.S. Attorney’s Office first took on additional duties under Savanna’s Act, it has received and helped respond to 73 missing person reports across North Dakota, including 40 juveniles. Seventy-one have been resolved; only Posey and Hunt’s remain subject to open investigations, Schneider said.
“There may be instances in life where (71) out of 73 is acceptable,” he said. “To us, no missing person case is acceptable. We want to just continue to work with our partners until all those cases are resolved.”
Posey was last seen leaving the residence she shared with her boyfriend and their infant daughter in Fort Totten. She was 21 years old at the time, but would now be 22. She is 4-foot-7, Indigenous, with blue eyes and blond hair. When she was last seen, she weighed 120 pounds, according to the state’s missing persons database.
According to the Spirit Lake Missing Persons Facebook page, Posey has a scar on her forehead and two tattoos: an infinity sign on her right ankle and “I-XIII-MMXX” on her right collarbone. She may be wearing a yellow Nike hoodie.
Hunt was last seen leaving his father’s residence in St. Michael. He was 27 at the time, but would now be 28. He is 5-foot-9, Indigenous, with brown eyes and black hair. When he was last seen, he weighed 180 pounds, according to the state database.
The Spirit Lake Missing Persons page says Hunt has a scar above his lip and tattoos on his neck and arm. He has an ace of spades and Superman tattoos on his neck, and the names “Angelita” and “Adam” tattooed on his arm. When he disappeared, he was wearing dark blue jeans, white Nike shoes, a gray Reebok pullover hoodie, a black jacket, a white Adidas hat and diamond earrings.
Anyone with information about either disappearance can contact the Fort Totten Police Department at 701-766-4231 or the FBI by phone at 1-800-225-5324 or online at
tips.fbi.gov.