On August 5, 2016, Sherry Wounded Foot of Porcupine South Dakota was found unresponsive behind a local building in the township of Whiteclay, Nebraska. Wounded Foot is known to have been in Whiteclay on August 4, 2016 and had stayed overnight in this area.  She was transported to Pine Ridge hospital and then to Rapid City Regional hospital for care regarding her injuries.  Sherry Wounded Foot passed away on August 17, 2016 at the Pine Ridge hospital in Pine Ridge South Dakota.

Information relating to persons who were associating with Sherri Wounded Foot on August 4, 2016 or information relating to any incident where Sherri Wounded Foot was injured or to the cause of the injuries she sustained while in White Clay is being sought.