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aren't those falling through the cracks," Volk said.
• Panelists said Wednesday that networking among agencies can help with simple problems, such as finding addresses for a victim or figuring out who has legal custody of the child, or with more complex cultural issues, such as use of traditional Native American healing methods in medical care.
• "It's very important we find out the needs of that particular reservation," Halvorson said. "All of them are a little different."
• Halvorson said that while face-to-face contact with the victims and their families is essential, several prefer to conduct interviews off the reservation "so the rumor mill doesn't start, as in any small community."
• Dr. Arne Graff, of the Fargo-based Sanford Child Advocacy Center, told the

group of police officers, social workers, prosecutors, counselors and community leaders from North Dakota, South Dakota and Minnesota that healing is a long and involved process.
• "Mostly what I want you to take away is this: Caring for these kids is a team effort," Graff said. "There is no one person in this room who has any more power or need for these kids than the entire team."
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Execution set for man convicted of SD girl's death
DIRK LAMMERS,Associated Press

• SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- In the 22 years since the kidnapping, rape and killing of a 9-year-old girl, Donald Moeller has repeatedly fought his conviction and sentence of death.
• On Wednesday, a 60-year-old Moeller indicated he's ready to accept execution. Moeller was convicted in 1997 for the rape and killing of Becky O'Connell.
• "It's been long and drawn out and uncalled for, and now he says he's ready?" the girl's mother, Tina Curl, said. "Huh. Why didn't he say he was ready 22 years ago?
• Ruling on a request by Attorney General Marty Jackley, circuit court Presiding Judge Kathleen Caldwell on Wednesday set Moeller's execution for between Oct. 28 and Nov. 3, with the exact date and time up to prison officials.
• Moeller, through attorney Mark Marshall, had asked to be executed on Aug. 6.
• "Mr. Moeller specifically told me that he accepts the execution as the consequences of his actions," Marshall told the judge.
• Moeller has exhausted his available state and federal remedies, and the U.S. Supreme Court last month refused to hear an appeal, Jackley said.

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