But Leroy Not Afraid, who lives in Hardin with his wife, had not taken part in meetings at the school. The first time Riverside school and district officials heard from him was more than a week after Zoey died, when he called on Oct. 15 to request a meeting with teachers, Bouck said.

Not Afraid and Big Hair shared custody of their twin girls. Zoey and her sister lived with their mother in Billings during the school year, while Not Afraid had custody of the girls every other weekend and during summer vacation, he said.

He was re-elected on Tuesday as Justice of the Peace in Big Horn County and is Chief Judge of the Crow Nation Judicial Branch.

On Oct. 16, the day after requesting a meeting with the district, Not Afraid held a press conference in Hardin to announce he would be turning over his judicial campaign to friends in the wake of his daughter's death. There, he also spoke with local media about the bullying allegations stemming from the hospital.

In a subsequent interview with The Gazette on Oct. 17, Not Afraid put the responsibility to investigate those claims on SD2 and local law enforcement. If the allegations are true, he told a reporter, the school system "can no longer afford to sweep this under the rug."