Jumping Eagle jailed on $1 million cash bond

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — A South Dakota man has been jailed on $1 million cash bond after prosecutors charged him in the death of his wife.

Forty-three-year-old Irving Jumping Eagle appeared in court Wednesday following his arrest in the death of 33-year-old Alicia Jumping Eagle. She was found dead in the couple’s Sioux Falls apartment Monday.

Irving Jumping Eagle is charged with first-degree murder, second-degree murder and four counts of manslaughter. His public defender did not return a phone call for comment.

Police allege Irving Jumping Eagle had blood on himself Monday afternoon while at a gas station about 300 miles away near Streeter, North Dakota.  The car he was driving hit a bridge pillar Tuesday morning in Deuel County, in eastern South Dakota. He was taken to a hospital and then jailed in Sioux Falls.

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SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Police say a South Dakota man detained for questioning in the death of his wife had blood on himself when he asked to use a gas station’s bathroom just hours after her body was found.

Sioux Falls police say 43-year-old Irving Jumping Eagle was  found near the Minnesota border in South Dakota Tuesday and  arrested on a warrant  in the death of 33-year-old Alicia Jumping Eagle. The warrant was on charges of first-degree murder, second-degree murder and manslaughter. Formal charges are expected Wednesday.

Alicia Jumping Eagle was reported missing Sunday. Her body was found in a Sioux Falls apartment Monday.

Police allege Irving Jumping Eagle had blood on himself while at a gas station Monday afternoon about 300 miles away near Streeter, North Dakota. He was detained Tuesday in eastern South Dakota.

The Stutsman County Sheriff’s Office assisted the Sioux Falls (S.D.) Police Department in its investigation.

Sioux Falls (Forum)  — A person of interest in the killing of a 33-year-old Sioux Falls woman on Monday, April 3, was detained for questioning Tuesday morning in Deuel County in South Dakota.