Was The Dead Body A Cop? – by Travis Mateer

After asking around about the dead body found mid-November and STILL not identified as of January 22nd, 2026, one rumor emerged as pretty out there, but it’s one I’m considering nonetheless: was it a cop?

I’m publishing the above image from the abandoned encampment today because I think the presence of Unicorns might be significant.

Why? Here’s why:

And here’s a comment responding to someone asking what a male Unicorn is called:

Two months before the unidentified body was found, my co-worker, Leah Hartley, was found dead in an irrigation ditch near her apartment. The person of interest interviewed by Missoula Detectives told me (before telling me I no longer worked at Silk Road) about one question the Detectives asked him, since he lived in the apartment unit right above Leah. Did he ever hear Leah having loud sex?

Why would they ask a question like that?

One reason I’m entertaining the possibility that the dead body found in November could be a cop is because of how VERY aggressive local law enforcement has been lately. After I documented a big police response with the use of a drone on January 8th, there have been several other big police responses, with the latest getting some attention from Reddit:

With this in mind, does it make sense that the reason for this response was some blood found on the street?

While I continue to do REAL citizen journalism, with only the occasional (and much appreciated) donation coming my way, a new whisper campaign is materializing against me, which is why I took immediate action and investigated myself on January 16th.

I’m taking this whisper campaign VERY seriously because I understand, better than most, how much being innocent doesn’t matter. What matters to the city and county of Missoula is throwing as much lawfare at me as they can to see what they can make stick.

Marijuana DUI? Dismissed. First restraining order violation? Dropped, but it laid the foundation for the second one, which stuck, and then there’s the amazing plea deal that resulted in six months of my probation officer being my editor to make sure United Way of Missoula County remained safe from my dangerous fingers.

Speaking of danger, when will the Missoula County Attorney’s Office finally announce their “secret charges” that they’re cooking up against Brandon Bryant after he lost a street brawl with four cops and their taser?

Before this latest round of criminal charges for Brandon Bryant I wrote about what I saw starting to materialize against him. Then, a few days later, I was writing about the violence he endured at the hands of our well-trained “officers” of the law. Then, at the end of October, I challenged local media to cover his case.

I suspect when local media finally DOES cover Bryant’s case, it will be because very serious terrorism-related charges will be getting dropped. THEN the local media will be allowed to skewer Bryant (again).

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