Colorado rolled out one of the nation's first alert systems for missing Indigenous people. The first person it was used for was found dead.

Colorado's new Missing Indigenous Person Alerts system went live on Dec. 30 by searching for a 27-year-old man who had gone missing just a day earlier. But one week later, he was found dead. 

A Missing Indigenous Person Alert for Wanbli Vigil was issued the same day the system went live. The Lakota man had last been seen in Denver and was the first missing person's case to activate the statewide alert system, which operates under the Colorado Bureau of Investigation. 

According to CBS Colorado, when activated, the system will send the person's photo, name, description and other relevant details to state law enforcement agencies, who then have to disseminate the information. The public and media can sign up for alerts.