WANTED: Justice for MMIP
May is Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons Awareness Month, and we want to highlight some of the many cases involving members of Native American communities that so often go underreported and underserved, and thus unsolved. Today, we’re bringing you five stories that can be solved… if the right people come forward.
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A collage the 5 victims discussed in this episode, from left to right: (upper) Terri McCauley, Alyssa McLemore, Kendra Nicole Battelo, (lower) Abigail Andrews, Kit Mora.
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Please contact the authorities if you have any information about the following cases:
The murder of Terri McCauley
The disappearance of Alyssa McLemore
The disappearances of Kendra Nicole Battelo, or Colby Sheppard
- For additional resources, please reference the Minnesota Indian Women’s Resource Center.
- Where is Kendra Battelo? Facebook Group
The disappearance of Kit Mora
The disappearance of Abigail Andrews
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Episode Source Material
- Sioux City Journal (Sioux City, IA): Hiker finds murder victim by Bob Davis via Newspapers.com.
- Sioux City Journal (Sioux City, IA): Police tentatively identify slain girl by J.W. Huttig via Newspaper.com.
- Sioux City Journal (Sioux City, IA): Police receive positive identification on body via Newspapers.com.
- The Muscatine Journal (Muscatine, IA): Officials identify woman’s body by Associated Press via Newspapers.com.
Suggested Episodes
WANTED: Justice for Rhys Pocan & MMIW Part 2
In 2021, we set out to cover the case of Rhys Pocan, a 35-year-old Indigenous woman who was murdered in Wisconsin in the ‘80s. In Part 2, we look into cases of two other female dismemberment victims in Wisconsin with striking similarities to Rhys Pocan’s.
WANTED: Justice for Rhys Pocan & MMIW Part 1
In 2021, we set out to cover the case of Rhys Pocan, a 35-year-old Indigenous woman who was murdered in Wisconsin in the ‘80s. But while we were in the field, we uncovered a disturbing pattern of murders with similarities to Rhys’ that were just too blatant to ignore. So, we spent the next three years working with local and federal law enforcement to try and get to the bottom of it.
WANTED: The Keddie Cabin Killer
A family’s brutal murder rocks a tiny California town and leaves behind too many unanswered questions.
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