Trea Shay Northrup

Trea Shay Northrup was a 19 year old member of the Fort McDermitt Paiute and Shoshone Tribe who lived in Winnemucca, Nevada, a small city in Humboldt County near the Oregon border. She was born on November 10, 2006, and her life, by most accounts, was rooted in family and community in the Winnemucca and Fort McDermitt area. She is survived by her parents, Tramaine Northrup and Brandon Hoodie, her grandmother Rutheva Victor, and several siblings, aunts and an uncle, a large extended family that obituary notices describe as central to her life.

Northrup died on August 2, 2026, in Winnemucca. For more than two months after her death, few public details emerged, and it was only in October that her case drew wider attention. On October 7, 2026, Not Our Native Daughters, a national nonprofit that advocates for missing and murdered Indigenous people and their families, issued a news release announcing that it was offering a reward of up to 5,000 dollars for information leading to an arrest and conviction, should a crime be established in connection with her death.

According to that release and subsequent local news coverage, Northrup's family is asking investigators to keep the case open while they review evidence and seek answers about what happened in the hours before she died. The organization and her family have appealed to the public, asking anyone who saw or communicated with Northrup, or who has any information about her final hours, to come forward to law enforcement. As of this writing, no cause of death has been made public, and the Humboldt County Sheriff's Office, which is understood to be handling the investigation, has not released findings describing how she died or whether a crime occurred.

The case has been framed publicly within the broader, long running concern over missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls in the United States, a crisis that Indigenous advocacy groups say receives too little attention from law enforcement and media. Lynnette Grey Bull, founder of Not Our Native Daughters, described Northrup as a daughter, sister, granddaughter and niece, and said her family continues to carry the heartbreak of losing her while seeking answers. The organization also asked the public to respect the privacy of Northrup's mother, Tramaine Northrup, and other relatives, and asked people not to approach the family with rumors or unverified theories about the case.

Funeral and memorial arrangements for Northrup were handled by Sonoma Funeral Home in Winnemucca. Beyond the circumstances of her death, little has been published about her schooling, interests or work, though she was connected to the local community through family and acquaintances noted in tribute postings, including people associated with the Humboldt Softball League. This page will be updated as investigators, her family or Not Our Native Daughters release further information.