United States Attorney Bob Murray announced today that a federal jury returned a not guilty verdict in a case against BURDETTE LYNN MESTETH, a.k.a. Burdette Lynn Seminole, 32, of Ethete, Wyoming, for involuntary manslaughter. The trial took place in Casper, Wyoming before Chief Federal District Court Judge Scott Skavdahl and lasted three days.
The indictment stemmed from a Sept. 13, 2020, motor vehicle crash on Blue Sky Highway on the Wind River Reservation during which an occupant was ejected and declared deceased at the scene while Mesteth was entrapped in the driver’s seat and had to be extricated from the vehicle.
The investigation was conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Bureau of Indian Affairs and Wyoming Highway Patrol. Assistant United States Attorney Timothy W. Gist prosecuted the case.
Case Number: 0:21-cr-00053
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
