By MSU News Service on Apr 6, 2023

Dust Pleads Not Guilty in Old Crow Case

Defendant appeared via video from Yellowstone County Detention Facility

Crime

Mildred Alexis Old Crow was last seen by family in March 2019. Her guardians have been charged with deliberate homicide in connection to her death. / Courtesy photo

Veronica Tierza Dust pleaded not guilty on Friday, March 31 to felony deliberate homicide and felony tampering with evidence in Big Horn County District Court in Hardin.

Veronica Tierza Dust entered a not guilty plea in connection to the death of Mildred Old Crow. / File photo courtesy of BHCDC

The charges stem from the April 2019 death of Mildred Alexis Old Crow. Old Crow was reported missing in November 2020 after family reported not seeing her since March 2019.

Dust appeared via video from Yellowstone County Detention Facility. She remains in custody with a $1 million bail.

Co-defendant Roseen Lincoln pleaded not guilty to the same charges on Tuesday, March 28 and is being held at Rosebud County Detention Center in Forsyth on a $1 million bail.

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