An Oddly Ironic Name

The August 9, 2007 Idaho Statesman had an article about the extraordinarily rough year that Boise is having for murder--nine so far, which is quite remarkable for this place. One of the victims, I am guessing, is Native American, with an oddly perfect name:

Feb. 16: Yazzie Billie Plentywounds, 26, was found dead in a Boise Bench field, shot six times. No one has been arrested.

My guess is that one of her ancestors was a strong and courageous warrior who survived a battle with many injuries, and acquired that name as a statement of his strength. Unfortunately, Ms. Plentywounds wasn't so fortunate.

In spite of having extremely lax gun control laws, of the nine murders so far this year, only two seem to involve a gun. The rest are knives, arson, beatings, and one recent murder where the cause of death is still uncertain. (That's usually not difficult to figure out if a gun was used.)

UPDATE: A reader points out that it is Mr. Plentywounds, and points to this Wanted poster for him from a couple of years back.