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Episodes

April 8, 2024

MURDERED: Ruby Sky Montelongo

In April 2023, the body of 16-year-old Ruby Sky Montelongo was discovered in a vacant lot in Covelo, California. Her death came three weeks after the death of 20-year-old Round Valley Man. With the rates of Missing and Murder...

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March 25, 2024

MURDERED: Esther Wolfe

Esther Wolfe, a 25-year-old South Dakotan woman was shot and killed on February 21st 2024, in what news reports have called a public execution. Her story prior to her death had been one with filled unimaginable pain and overc...

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March 4, 2024

MURDERED: Kathleen Henry and Veronica Abouchuk

In February 2024, 52-year-old Brian Steven Smith, a South African man residing in Alaska, was convicted of the savage killings of two Alaskan Native women, Kathleen Henry and Veronica Abouchuk. The grim particulars surroundin...

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Feb. 12, 2024

MURDERED: Mia Janelle Henderson

She was called Mighty Mia. In 2007, at 18 years old, she was embarking on her freshman year of college at the University of Arizona and excited about the new chapter in her life. A member of the Navajo Nation, Mia had dreams ...

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Jan. 29, 2024

UNKNOWN: Bryanna Rayne Ducheneaux Clown

Bryanna Rayne Ducheneaux Clown was 22 years old and on the cusp of doing great things in her community in Eagle Butte, South Dakota, however, her promising young life was cut short in October 2023 and her family is demanding ...

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Jan. 15, 2024

MURDERED: Susanna "Sue Sue" Norton (Part 2)

In 2020, the body of Susanna “Sue Sue” Norton, 30, was discovered in an ex-Alaskan Mayor's house, beaten and strangled. An autopsy determined the cause of death to be homicide. If this sounds familiar, it's because it's the s...

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Jan. 1, 2024

UNKNOWN: Jennifer Kirk (Part 1)

In 2018, the body of 25 year old Jennifer Kirk was discovered an ex-mayor’s property in Alaska with police swiftly closing the case declaring her death a suicide. Her family believes otherwise as Jennifer had allegedly been i...

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Dec. 31, 2023

SPECIAL EPISODE: Remembering Selena Not Afraid (Mini Episode)

Four years ago, on New Year's Day in 2020, Selena Not Afraid, 16, vanished at a rest stop in Big Horn County, Montana. Her body was discovered almost three weeks later in a field less than 1 mile from the rest stop where she ...

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Dec. 29, 2023

MURDERED: Mercedes Hernandez (Mini Episode)

In August 2021, Mercedes Hernandez, 19, was killed in a senseless act of gun violence in Milwaukee, WI. The man who shot her, 21-year-old Renzo Rascon-Gamboa, has eluded custody and remains on the run. Rascon-Gamboa has been ...

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Dec. 18, 2023

MURDERED: Twilight Song Crooks

On September 10th, 2001 the body of 15-year-old Jessie Marie Twilight Song Crooks was found 5 miles from her home in Bowling Green, Kentucky. To this day, her case remains unsolved. Anyone with information on the murder of Tw...

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Nov. 22, 2023

ARREST MADE: Marie Walkingstick Pheasant Murder Case

On Tuesday, November 21, 2023 the Cherokee Indian Police Department, FBI, and BIA made an arrest in connection to the murder of 26 year old EBCI enrolled member Marie Walkingstick Pheasant. It’s been 10 years since her body w...

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Nov. 21, 2023

SPECIAL EPISODE: Two Years of "We are Resilient" podcast

Today's episode is different. We had the opportunity to look back on past cases and talk about what we've learned over the last two years of hosting We are Resilient. What have we learned? There's still so much work to be don...

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Nov. 6, 2023

MURDERED: Christine Lester & UPDATE: Jamie Yazzie

On May 5th, 1987, 24-year-old Christine Lester left her home in Arizona to go shopping and was never heard from again. It would be 36 years after her disappearance that her family would receive the news that her remains were ...

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Oct. 23, 2023

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Oct. 16, 2023

UNKNOWN: Jessie Waters

In April 2015, 30-year-old Jessie Waters' lifeless body was discovered just off Hwy 18 just south of Oglala in South Dakota. Even though her life was marred by domestic violence, there are still no arrests made in connection ...

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Oct. 2, 2023

MURDERED: Mona Lisa Two Eagle

In February 1979, Mona Lisa Two Eagle was last seen leaving her home on the Rosebud Sioux Reservation in South Dakota only to be found two weeks later murdered in a field. Her family is still seeking justice. If you have any ...

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Sept. 18, 2023

MURDERED: Ashlynne Mike

In May 2016, 11-year-old Ashlynne Mike and her 9-year-old brother were playing together on the Navajo Indian Reservation in San Juan County, New Mexico, when a man they didn’t know — drove up in a van and offered them a ride ...

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Sept. 11, 2023

MISSING: Larissa Lone Hill (Mini Episode)

On October 3rd, 2016, Larissa Lone Hill, 21, texted her cousin that she was leaving the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota to head over to Rapid City with two male friends. She has not been seen or heard from again. Laris...

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Sept. 4, 2023

MISSING: Sharon Baldeagle

On September 19th, 1984, two Indigenous girls from South Dakota were kidnapped as they were hitchhiking along a highway in Wyoming. While one of the girls survived, 12-year-old Sharon Baldeagle has never been seen or heard fr...

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Aug. 21, 2023

MURDERED: Candace McCulley Kehoe

In July 2023, Candace McCulley Kehoe, a 26-year-old from Claremore, Oklahoma, lost her life at the hands of her abusive ex-husband. As we dive into her story, we are reminded that domestic violence is a common theme regarding...

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Aug. 14, 2023

MURDERED: Stacy Bigwitch (Mini Episode)

In July 1989, Stacy Bigwitch, 21, of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians was shot and killed by her boyfriend after they got into an argument during a night out with friends. Her killer was arrested and sentenced, but was ju...

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Aug. 10, 2023

MURDERED: Eternity Flying Horse & Nevaeh Braveheart (Mini Episode)

Eternity Flying Horse, 13, and Nevaeh Braveheart, 14, both tragically lost their young lives to senseless acts of violence. Although their murders were unrelated and happened within a year of each other (2021-2022), we cannot...

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Aug. 7, 2023

MURDERED: Tasha Lewis

Tasha Lewis, 29, was reported missing by her family in March 2021, only for her body to be discovered days later at the bottom of a mesa in Thoreau, Arizona. Police ruled her death accidental. However, her family is adamant t...

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July 24, 2023

MISSING: Freda Jane Knowshisgun (Mini Episode)

In October 2016, 34-year-old Freda Jane Knowshisgun planned to take her children trick-or-treating on Halloween 2016. Instead, one seemingly ordinary trip to the store led to her mysterious disappearance. Freda’s physical des...

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