Bessie Walker's family holds vigil three years after her death

FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) -- The telephone for justness echoes 3 years aft 27-year-old Bessie Walker was recovered dormant connected tribal onshore successful Fresno County.

Her household continues to hunt for answers and is joining with indigenous organizations to rise consciousness astir her death.

The Fresno County Sheriff's Office is starring the probe into Walker's decease and says the lawsuit is inactive open.

Walker was recovered dormant conscionable weeks aft going missing successful 2021.

Her household is inactive searching for answers.

"It hurts. It hurts a lot. Like we were each adjacent erstwhile we were increasing up," said Lara. "It was ever america unneurotic and she's not present and I'll ne'er spot her again. I'll ne'er beryllium capable to hug her oregon archer her I emotion her and she'll everlastingly beryllium 27."

Walker's sister Rayetta joined dozens of others astatine The Fresno American Indian Health Project Community Garden Tuesday to retrieve Walker and gully to attraction to her case.

Walker was past seen connected August 4th oregon 5th successful 2021 her household reported her missing connected the 8th.

It would instrumentality 2 much weeks for household members to find her assemblage conscionable 50 yards distant from her mother's location connected the Big Sandy Rancheria.

The Fresno County Sheriff's Office ruled her decease suspicious, her sister believes idiosyncratic successful their assemblage knows much than they're sharing with her oregon instrumentality enforcement.

"It hurts, it hurts," said Lara. "I don't spot anybody successful the community. I don't spot a batch of radical who are adjacent to me. I don't spot a batch of household and friends. It's a tiny community. Somebody has to cognize something."

Lara feels her sister's lawsuit has been pushed speech due to the fact that she's Indigenous truthful arsenic they remembered Walker they besides spotlighted the Indigenous organizations that person assisted the household done the years, including Indigenous Justice, North Fork Tribal TANF, and The Fresno American Indian Health Project.

"When it comes to Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women oregon Missing and Murdered Indigenous relatives for our autochthonal assemblage we travel arsenic 1 to beryllium assistance nexus them to different resources to their loved ones backmost together," said Teela Kipp, The Fresno American Indian Health Project.

After everyone other goes location Lara's combat for her sister volition continue.

"Forever," said Lara. "I'm not going to springiness up. I'm not going to springiness up."

There is simply a $10,000 reward being offered for accusation connected Walker's death.

If you cognize anything, you're asked to telephone the Fresno County Sheriff's Office.

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