# Staffing problems stall federal investigations of missing and killed Native people

https://mins.news/en/item/60951

- The Associated Press, 2026-09-16 13:00 UTC
- Society
- Original: https://bit.ly/4AnmG2L

> A Bureau of Indian Affairs audit released this month found staffing difficulties in its Missing and Murdered Unit, a backlog of hundreds of case referrals and families left without required victims’ services.