McKenna Wendel, a teenager from South Dakota, goes missing in mid-March and is later found dead in a rural area near Brookings. CBS News and ABC News report that Wendel was last seen alive on March 14 and that her body is discovered outside Brookings about five days later, following a days-long search. The reports say the case involves a man who is charged in connection with Wendel’s death. Both outlets note that the charged individual previously received a life sentence that is later commuted by South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem. The charges come after the commutation, according to the coverage. The articles also describe the location of Wendel’s death as outside Brookings, roughly an hour’s drive north of Sioux Falls, and characterize the discovery as occurring after authorities search for her. The reporting is consistent that Wendel’s disappearance and death are central to the case and that the man’s earlier sentence commutation is part of the background leading up to the new charges.