Burial dispute leaves slain woman's Native American spirit in limbo

Tess M.M. White had already suffered plenty in her 25 years.

Born in Milwaukee, raised in the Potawatomi tribe near Crandon until she left a troubled home at age 15, she moved around a lot, struggled with substance abuse and mourned her younger brother's death from a heroin overdose last year.

Then she disappeared from West Allis on May 4. On May 17, farmers found severely damaged human remains in a South Dakota bean field. It took another 10 days to positively identify them as White, who was two months pregnant.

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