Missing
Larissa Lone Hill
Lone Hill, approximately 2016; Tattoo on Lone Hill's hand
Date and time person was reported missing : 10/03/2016
Missing location (approx) :
Rapid City, South Dakota
Missing classification : Endangered Missing
Gender : Female
Ethnicity :
Native American
Age at the time of disappearance: 21 years old
Height / Weight : 5'3 - 5'4, 120 - 130 pounds
Distinguishing characteristics, birthmarks, tattoos
: Native American female. Brown hair, brown eyes. Lone Hill is a member of the Lakota Indian tribe. Her nickname is Rissa and she may use the first name Lisa. She has the following tattoos: a paw print on her hand and the words "Mom", "Lisa" and "Luda" elsewhere on her body. A photo of the paw print tattoo is posted with this case summary.
Information on the case from local sources, may or may not be correct : Lone Hill was last seen on October 3, 2016. She texted her cousin to say she was going with two male friends from the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation to Rapid City, South Dakota. One of the men reportedly dropped her off at a party. She has never been heard from again.
Prior to her disappearance, Lone Hill lived in Manderson on the Pine Ridge reservation. She would occasionally stay with her sister, Carol Piper, at her home in Rapid City, but the two women got into an argument and Piper asked her to leave the house.
Piper stated Lone Hill had been using drugs, and she asked her to leave after one of their siblings told her he'd seen Lone Hill smoking methamphetamine in the bathroom. Their mother also believes she was involved with drugs. The last time Piper spoke to Lone Hill, a few days after their argument, she advised her to get substance abuse treatment.
Lone Hill is the sixth of eight children and attended school on the reservation, but didn't graduate high school. She wasn't working because she had lost her identification card, and her family isn't sure where she was getting money. Her two-year-old daughter lived with her father's family, but Lone Hill's family described her as a devoted mother who regularly visited her daughter even if she had to hitchhike or walk to get there.
Authorities believe Lone Hill is dead and that her body was disposed of somewhere within a hundred-mile radius of Rapid City. They have not identified any suspects or released much information about the case; they haven't even stated it's a homicide case. Her disappearance remains unsolved.
Other information and links : ncy
Rapid City Police Department
605-394-4134
Oglala Sioux Tribal Police
605-867-5111
September 2021 updates and sources
Interactive Missing Person Search Map
