Episodes

In December 2017, 39-year-old Audra Willis was tragically murdered in Albuquerque, New Mexico, in a case that initially baffled investigators. For over a year, there were no leads, and her family was left without answers or justice. However, in a surprising turn of events, an unlikely witness came forward with crucial information providing the breakthrough needed to identify her killer. Sources: https://www.krqe.com/news/crime/man-sentenced-for-stabbing-decapitating-homeless-woman-in-2017/ http...

This Christmas Eve, we revisit the story of Janice Hannigan, a 16-year-old Yakama girl who disappeared on this very day in 1971 in Washington state. Her case remains unsolved, and her story is a somber reminder that the MMIP crisis doesn’t take a holiday. Join me for this special recap episode as we reflect on Janice’s life, her family’s heartbreak, and the systemic challenges that continue to leave families searching for answers. Sources: https://charleyproject.org/case/janice-marie-hannigan ...

In 1989, Ronald Jack, his wife Doreen and their two young sons, Russell and Ryan, vanished without a trace from Prince George, British Columbia. What began as a hopeful opportunity quickly turned into one of the region's most enduring mysteries. Decades later, questions remain unanswered, and the search for the truth continues. Sources: Vigil remembers missing B.C. family 35 years after disappearance | CBC News Relatives of Prince George family missing since 1989 mount new search | Vancouver Su...

In 2023, a 28-year-old Pascua Yaqui woman, Wilma Acosta, embarked on an exciting new chapter by moving to Portland, Oregon, filled with hope and the promise of new beginnings. But just a few months later, she vanished, leaving her family, friends, and community devastated and searching for answers. Sources: https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/south-bay/south-bay-family-missing-daughter/3388725/?os=f&ref=app https://www.opb.org/article/2024/08/26/wilma-acosta-yaqui-disappearance-portland-poli...

We’re excited to be back! We Are Resilient returns with more MMIP stories, and Sgili Queens is ready with fresh spooky and pop culture episodes. Catch both starting December 1 on Apple, Spotify, and more! Support the show

Melissa Montoya, 42, was of the Jicarilla Apache Nation and in 2001 was living with her boyfriend in Colorado, about about 30 minutes for her hometown of Dulce, New Mexico on the Jicarilla Apache Nation Reservation. On March 9th, 2001 during an evening out Melissa vanished without a trace. Sources: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna164088 https://www.kob.com/new-mexico/search-continues-for-new-mexico-woman-23-years-after-disappearance/ https://radio.foxnews.com/2024/06/18/disappearance-in-d...

Shauntae Marshall, 26, is a member of the Navajo Nation in Albuquerque, New Mexico who went missing in June 2024. Her family desperately needs help to find her. Sources: https://mmip.nmdoj.gov/dashboard.html Support the show

In August 2022, 28-year-old Whisper Sellars was shot to death outside a saloon in Montana. Two years later, her killer finally had his day in court and Whisper’s family and friends finally received justice. Sources: https://www.krtv.com/news/crime-and-courts/del-orrin-crawford-found-guilty-for-deadly-martin-city-shooting https://flatheadbeacon.com/2024/07/23/trial-begins-for-man-accused-in-martin-city-murder/ https://flatheadbeacon.com/2024/07/25/jury-convicts-kila-man-of-martin-city-murder/ S...

According to the National Inquiry in Canada, Indigenous women are 12 times more likely to be murdered or go missing than any other women in Canada, and 16 times more likely than Caucasian women. This statistic is especially terrifying when the world learned that in 2022 a serial killer targeting Indigenous women was captured in Winnipeg. Sources: https://ywcavan.org/blog/2019/10/mmiwg-truth-action Canada: unidentified victim of alleged serial killer given name Buffalo Woman | Canada | The Gua...

In April 2024, 36 year old Utahnna Bearcomesout was out on drive with her husband and daughter in Fort Washakie, Wyoming when a tragic turn of events cost her, her life. With her husband behind bars, her family and friends are desperately seeking justice. Sources: https://cowboystatedaily.com/2024/06/10/hes-not-sorry-family-of-slain-woman-says-as-accused-killer-pleads-not-guilty/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR2bOKmZWinWfA1crN1HP66CkkVSUngWbFaJALqKyY6b8XN72rS1mIeyjmI_aem_eWofmuH0NGtnzEmK_5dwUQ Supp...

Delema Sits Poor was just 12 years old when she disappeared from Pine Ridge, South Dakota in February 1974. She and another twelve-year-old girl left Delema's home walking a back road from Oglala to Manderson on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. Her friend turned back to head back home, Delema did not. She was never seen again. Sources: Delema Lou Sits Poor – The Charley Project 50 years later, Lakota girl still missing - ICT News Search for Native woman’s identity reignites - ICT News Suppor...

In October, 2010, 32 year old Sumi Gail Juan, a member of the Hoopa Valley Tribe, disappeared without a trace. Her story, mirroring similarities with another Hoopa Valley woman, further highlights the prevalence and complexities of the MMIW crisis that is happening in Northern California. Sources: https://www.equatorinitiative.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Yurok-Tribe-Case-Study-English-FNL.pdf https://www.equatorinitiative.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Yurok-Tribe-Case-Study-English-FNL.pdf...

On October 20, 2020, one day before her 18th birthday, Jalajhia Finklea of the Mashpee Wampanoag tribe was last seen getting into a rental car driven by a Florida man near her mother’s home in New Bedford, MA. She was never seen alive again. Sources: Missing Mass. Teen Jalajhia Finklea Was Pregnant: Police Report – NBC Boston Pregnant teen, 18, found dead in Florida 1,400 miles from home after five weeks missing as 'kidnapper' shot by cops | The US Sun (the-sun.com) Autopsy: Mashpee teen was sh...

In 2017, the body of 21-year-old Ci’Lina Deloney was found on a Comanche Country Road in Oklahoma. Known to her family and friends as CiCi, her murder remains unsolved and her family struggles with getting CiCi’s story heard. Sources: Family seeks answers for Ci'Lina Deloney's death (kswo.com) Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation looking for leads in Comanche County cold case (okcfox.com) Mother seeks justice in daughter’s murder (kswo.com) Unsolved Homicide: Ci’Lina Teira Bell-Deloney – If ...

Michelle Elbow Shield, age 26, went missing on September 27, 2023. It is believed she was in the Sioux Falls, SD area and was last seen. Michelle has light brown eyes and brown hair. She is 4' 10" and weighs approximately 100 pounds. Michelle also has tattoos, one is a butterfly on her left ankle, an infinity symbol on her left arm with the names Michelle and Cody Red Wing and a heart with devil horns behind her right ear. Michelle was last seen wearing a black, blue and gray sweater and black ...

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 Murdered Indigenous people skyrocketing in Northern California, Round Valley Indians Tribes have declared a state of emergency. Sources: California girl, 15, suspected of killing another teenager | AP News ‘They took everything’: an Indigenous town rocked by the killings of young...

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 overcoming the most harrowing of circumstances. Sources: https://www.blackhillsfox.com/2024/02/28/states-attorney-esther-wolfe-death-was-public-execution/?outputType=amp https://www.keloland.com/news/local-news/2nd-man-arrested-in-connection-with-death-of-esther-wolfe/amp/ ht...

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 surrounding their demise are chilling and profoundly unsettling. Listener discretion is advised. Sources: https://law.alaska.gov/press/releases/2024/022224-Smith.html https://www.alaskasnewssource.com/2024/02/23/brian-smith-found-guilty-14-charges-related-murders-2-women/ https://pe...

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 to become a doctor and return to her tribe to help her people. She never got that chance. Sources: https://tucson.com/news/blogs/police-beat/life-sentence-affirmed-in-2007-ua-homicide/article_9fbce65d-cf7a-5cb7-9c77-cc9d8527d4b1.html https://www.nhonews.com/news/2008/sep/1...

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 answers. Sources: https://kbhbradio.com/women-from-eagle-butte-found-dead-near-terry-peak/ https://www.blackhillsfox.com/2023/11/07/eagle-butte-woman-found-dead-near-terry-peak/?outputType=amp https://www.keslingfuneralhome.net/obituary/bryanna-ducheneaux-clown Support the...

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 same property where two years earlier the body of 25-year-old Jennifer Kirk was found. There have been no arrests made in either case. Sources: https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/crime-courts/2023/11/21/for-families-in-northwest-alaska-questions-remain-about-unsolved-deaths-an...

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 involved in a tumultuous relationship with the ex-mayor’s son. Sources: https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/crime-courts/2023/11/21/for-families-in-northwest-alaska-questions-remain-about-unsolved-deaths-and-suicides/ https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12740427/alaska-may...

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 was seen. We are revisiting her story, as her death was ruled accidental from hypothermia, yet the circumstances around her death remain suspicious, and her family is still searching for answers. Sources: https://open.spotify.com/episode/6CGgSZvJFlGzmXGtaXDFZO?si=5xflVo6h...

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 allegedly spotted in Veracruz, Mexico. If you know of Rascon-Gamboa’s whereabouts, please contact the Milwaukee Police Department, District 2, at (414) 935-7360. Sources: Milwaukee man accused, double shooting on city's south side (fox6now.com) Arrest warrant issued for ...