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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.
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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-dulce-the-case-of-melissa-montoya/ -
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.
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https://mmip.nmdoj.gov/dashboard.html -
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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 Whisperâs family and friends finally received justice.
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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/
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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-actionCanada: unidentified victim of alleged serial killer given name Buffalo Woman | Canada | The Guardian
Canadian man charged with murdering four Indigenous women | Canada | The Guardian
Jeremy Skibicki to plead not guilty on all charges in 1st-degree murder case: lawyer - Winnipeg | Globalnews.ca
Winnipeg trial hears admitted serial killer searched web for serial killer definition - Winnipeg | Globalnews.ca
https://globalnews.ca/news/10494416/trial-of-winnipeg-serial-killer-expected-to-hear-testimony-from-dna-expert/
Winnipeg trial hears victimsâ clothing, jewelry found in serial killerâs apartment - Winnipeg | Globalnews.ca
âAs though they were garbageâ: Trial hears serial killer targeted Indigenous women - Winnipeg | Globalnews.ca
Winnipeg serial killer told shelter worker 'he was just there to stalk his victims,' trial hears | CBC News
Women's remains believed to have spent 2 weeks in same Winnipeg dumpster before going to landfill, trial hears | CBC News
Serial killer who targeted Indigenous women gets life sentence in Canada - ICT News
Canadian serial killer Jeremy Skibicki found guilty of murdering four women (bbc.com)
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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.
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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 -
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 â The Charley Project
50 years later, Lakota girl still missing - ICT News
Search for Native womanâs identity reignites - ICT News
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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
https://humboldtgov.org/DocumentCenter/View/115172/sumi-juan-case-press-releases
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-03-14/native-americans-tribes-california-missing-women-girls
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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 motherâs home in New Bedford, MA. She was never seen alive again.
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Missing Mass. Teen Jalajhia Finklea Was Pregnant: Police Report â NBC BostonPregnant 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 shot - ICT News
Mashpee Teen Still Missing After Officers Shoot Man Wanted in Her Disappearance â NBC Boston
Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe (mashpeewampanoagtribe-nsn.gov)
Missing Pregnant Teen Found Dead In Florida, Believed To Be Jalajhia Finklea (balleralert.com)
Suspect Killed by Law Enforcement, But Mashpee Wampanoag Woman Still Missing | Currents (nativenewsonline.net)
Missing Mashpee woman's body found in Florida, autopsy confirms (heraldnews.com)
Gunshots listed as Jalajhia Finklea cause of death; phone led police to body in Fellsmere (tcpalm.com)
New Bedford Police search for missing teen, member of Mashpee Wampanoag tribe â Boston 25 News
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In 2017, the body of 21-year-old CiâLina 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 CiCiâs story heard.
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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 daughterâs murder (kswo.com)
Unsolved Homicide: CiâLina Teira Bell-Deloney â If you have credible information about CiâLinaâs murder, contact the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation at 1-800-522-8017. You can remain anonymous. (wordpress.com) -
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 jeans.
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https://www.bia.gov/missing-murdered-cases/michelle-elbow-shield#:~:text=Profile&text=Michelle%20Elbow%20Shield%20went%20missing,blue%20sweater%20and%20black%20jeans.https://www.kotatv.com/2024/01/18/police-seek-pine-ridge-woman-missing-since-october/
https://www.greatplainstribalhealth.org/missing-and-murdered-indigenous-women.html
https://missingpersons.sd.gov/
https://www.newscenter1.tv/news/pennington-county-missing-persons/article_ac0ebdda-bc78-11ee-8bbd-2380e5b4bb58.html
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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.
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California girl, 15, suspected of killing another teenager | AP NewsâThey took everythingâ: an Indigenous town rocked by the killings of young people | Indigenous peoples | The Guardian
Girl, 15, suspected in killing of girl, 16, as NorCal town reels (sfgate.com)
MMIW: Ruby Sky Montelongo - The Cherokee One Feather (theonefeather.com)
California tribes ask lawmakers for help to stem violence - Los Angeles Times (latimes.com)
15-Year-Old Girl Booked for Murder as a Suspect in the Killing of Covelo Teen | MendoFever â Mendocino County News
Round Valley Indian Tribes of the Round Valley Reservation - Wikipedia
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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.
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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/
https://www.kotatv.com/2024/03/05/second-suspect-involved-death-esther-wolfe-appears-court/?outputType=amp
https://www.siouxfuneralhome.com/obituaries/Esther-Marie-Wolfe?obId=30866952 -
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.
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https://law.alaska.gov/press/releases/2024/022224-Smith.htmlhttps://www.alaskasnewssource.com/2024/02/23/brian-smith-found-guilty-14-charges-related-murders-2-women/
https://people.com/brian-steven-smith-murder-conviction-two-women-alaska-8598994
https://heavy.com/news/2019/10/kathleen-j-henry/
https://www.ktoo.org/2024/02/23/jury-makes-quick-decision-in-the-brian-smith-murder-trial-convicting-him-in-the-deaths-of-two-native-women/
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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.
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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/16/remembering-mia-henderson/
https://murderpedia.org/female.H/h/harrison-galareka.htm
https://navajotimes.com/news/2008/1108/112508harrison.php
https://www.eastvalleytribune.com/news/former-ua-student-gets-life-in-dorm-stabbing/article_a72779e6-fb82-5db7-9c1a-213cf52f22cd.html
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/21398968/mia-janelle-henderson -
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.
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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
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In 2020, the body of Susanna âSue Sueâ 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.
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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-mayor-sons-girlfriends-dead.html
https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/23911794-pra-response-of-kpd-cok-august-3-2023-for-kyle-hopkins-adn-jennifer-kirk-death-investigation#document/p8/a2374340
https://www.propublica.org/article/for-alaska-families-questions-remain-about-unsolved-deaths -
In 2018, the body of 25 year old Jennifer Kirk was discovered an ex-mayorâs 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-mayorâs son.
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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-mayor-sons-girlfriends-dead.html
https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/23911794-pra-response-of-kpd-cok-august-3-2023-for-kyle-hopkins-adn-jennifer-kirk-death-investigation#document/p8/a2374340
https://www.propublica.org/article/for-alaska-families-questions-remain-about-unsolved-deaths -
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.
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https://open.spotify.com/episode/6CGgSZvJFlGzmXGtaXDFZO?si=5xflVo6hRTuTJ1xbybRGhw
https://open.spotify.com/episode/5100SUTb9VtUpZvNBngO1R?si=4a9887d73a464721 -
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-Gamboaâs whereabouts, please contact the Milwaukee Police Department, District 2, at (414) 935-7360.
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Milwaukee man accused, double shooting on city's south side (fox6now.com)
Arrest warrant issued for man accused in double shooting on Milwaukee's south side (cbs58.com)
Renzo Rascon-Gamboa Charged With 1st-degree Reckless Homicide For The Fatal Shooting On August 26 That Left A 19-year-old Woman Dead And Another Injured | Hispanic News Network USA Blog (wordpress.com)
https://open.spotify.com/episode/3mAwwlMBwGA24vDCBM1eiO?si=3Sdu9eWqSRGtVI7qVLrPmg -
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 Twilight Song Crooks is encouraged to call the Warren County Sheriffâs Office at 1-270-842-1633.
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Facebook
Help still needed to solve slaying of Twilight Crooks | Our Opinion | bgdailynews.com
https://www.bgdailynews.com/opinion/our_opinion/help-still-needed-to-solve-slaying-of-twilight-crooks/article_5e67f92b-278a-5d0a-8909-f3a9ec84f62b.html
#2: Who Killed Twilight Crooks? â Crackin' a Cold One (wordpress.com)
A teenage girl was found dead after a mysterious phone call. Two decades later, the case is being reopened | The Independent
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