The Colorado Bureau of Investigation issued its first Lacking Indigenous Particular person Alert for a 27-year-old man who was final seen in Denver.
Wanbil Vigil was final seen about 2 p.m. Thursday within the 3400 block of West thirteenth Avenue, simply off of Knox Court docket, in line with Denver police.
The CBI posted the Lacking Indigenous Particular person Alert on social media on Tuesday, the primary of its sort after the passage of SB 22-150.
“That is the primary alert below the brand new banner,” mentioned Susan Medina, chief of workers media relations with the CBI.
The @DenverPolice requested a Lacking Indigenous Particular person Alert for Wanbli Vigil. Please name police with info. pic.twitter.com/X6be1nEXDr
— CBI (@CBI_Colorado) January 3, 2023
The alert system went stay on Dec. 30. The brand new laws “expands the investigation of lacking and murdered Indigenous relative circumstances,” together with the brand new lacking alert system, in line with the Colorado Division of Public Security. The CBI is answerable for issuing the alerts with info supplied by legislation enforcement companies.
SB22-150, sponsored by Reps. Leslie Herod and Monica Duran and Sen. Jessie Danielson, all Democrats, goals particularly to handle the disaster of lacking and murdered Indigenous individuals in Colorado. Indigenous girls specifically face heightened charges of violence, advocates and researchers say. And people crimes are too typically not correctly tracked or understood.
Vigil, who’s 6′ 1″ tall and weighs 180 kilos, was final seen sporting blue denims and a black jacket with white stripes. He has black hair and brown eyes. Anybody with info on his whereabouts is requested to name 911 or Denver police at 720-913-2000.