Episode Summary
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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Episode Info
- If you have any information about the murder of Terri McCauley, you can submit a tip to the Sioux City Crime Stoppers at 712-258-8477, or online at siouxcitypolice.com/crimestoppers.
- If you have any information about the disappearance of Alyssa McLemore, please contact Kent police at 253-856-5808, or email them at [email protected].
- If you have any information about the disappearances of Kendra Nicole Battelo, or Colby Sheppard, please call the Enid police department at 580-242-7000.
- For additional resources, please reference the Minnesota Indian Women’s Resource Center.
- Where is Kendra Battelo? Facebook Group
- If you have any information about the disappearance of Kit Mora from Omak, Washington, please contact the Omak Police Department at 509-826-0383. You can also contact the Washington State Patrol’s Missing Persons Unit at 1-800-543-5678, or the National Center of Missing and Exploited Children at 1-800-843-5678.
- If you have any information about the disappearance of Abigail Andrews in Fort St. John, British Columbia, on April 7, 2010, please reach out to the Fort St. John RCMP Serious Crime Unit at 1-778-290-3900, or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.
If you’re a law enforcement agency or family member of one of the people we mentioned in this episode, or if you’re looking for more coverage on an MMIP case, please reach out! We’d love to speak with you and see how we can support. You can email us at [email protected].
If you’re in need of MMIP resources or are looking for ways you can join us in the fight for justice, please check out the organizations below:
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.
Photo Source: Created by audiochuck staff
18-year-old Terri McCauley.
Terri McCauley.
Terri McCauley’s gravestone.
21-year-old Alyssa McLemore.
Alyssa McLemore.
Alyssa McLemore.
Kendra Nicole Battelo.
25-year-old Colby Sheppard.
Kendra Battelo.
Kit Mora.
Kit’s mother, Lorie Sue.
Abigail Andrews.
Abigail Andrews.
Episode Source Material
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- 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.
- Sioux City Journal (Sioux City, IA): Police believe suspect ‘got away with murder’ by Timothy Allen via Newspapers.com.
- Sioux City Journal (Sioux City, IA): Police believe suspect ‘got away with murder’ by Timothy Allen via Newspapers.com.
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- The Des Moines Register (Des Moines, IA): Terri McCauley, 18, killed in 1983 via Newspapers.com.
- KTIV (Sioux City, IA): A 38-year-old cold case continues to search for justice by Hailey Barrus via Internet Archive.
- KWIT (Sioux City, IA): Cold Case: Why Hasn’t a Suspect Been Arrested for the Murder of Sioux City Teen Terri McCauley?
- KTIV (Sioux City, IA): Police have a suspect in a 40-year-old murder case, but they need the public’s help to solve it by Matt Hoffmann.
- K92.3 (Cedar Valley, IA): Iowa’s Drinking Age Used To Be 19, Should We Go Back? By Kerri Mac.
- U.S. Department of the Interior (Indian Affairs): Missing and Murdered Indigenous People Crisis: Violence Against Native Americans and Alaska Natives far exceed national averages provided by Office of Justice Services.
- KOMO News (Seattle, WA): Search on for woman whose phone called 911, by KOMO Staff.
- Kent Reporter (Kent, WA): Kent resident Alyssa A. McLemore reported missing, by Steve Hunter.
- Kent Reporter (Kent, WA): ‘I just want closure’: Friend of missing Kent woman Alyssa McLemore refuses to give up the search, by Steve Hunter.
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- King 5 (Seattle, WA): Family searching for Kent woman who disappeared after haunting 911 call, by PJ Randhawa.
- People: Young Indigenous Mom Said ‘Help Me’ on Frantic 911 Call Before 2009 Disappearance, Aunt Says, by Elaine Aradilas.
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- Enid News & Eagle (Enid, OK): Family, police searching for missing 24-year-old Enid woman by Kelci McKendrick.
- Enid Live (Enid, OK): Enid Police Still Searching For Missing Woman Kendra Battelo by Derek Darr.
- News 9 / KWTV (Oklahoma City, OK): Family Asks For Help Finding Missing 25-Year-Old Woman by Haley Weger.
- Newsbreak (Mountain View, CA): A young mom was last seen with her boyfriend when she vanished without a trace. What happened to Kendra Battelo? by Fatim Hemraj.
- Enid Police Department Facebook (Enid, OK) via Facebook.
- Your Source One (Quincy, WA): Non-binary, Indigenous, Latino… Esmerelda ‘Kit’ Mora’s family refuse to let her fall through the cracks post-disappearance.
- KHQ (Spokane, WA): Washington State Patrol needs help finding a missing Indigenous person.
- Yakima Herald-Republic (Yakima, WA): Missing Omak teen with ties to Yakima added to WSP’s list of missing Indigenous people by Tammy Ayer.
- KHQ (Spokane, WA): ‘It hurts to talk about it’: Family, Omak Police asking for tips on teenager’s suspicious disappearance by Hayley Guenthner.
- The Cooper Point Journal (Olympia, WA): Kit Mora by Hero Winsor.
- Yakima Herald-Republic (Yakima, WA): Kit Mora, who disappeared in 2022, would have graduated this year. Reward for info is $10K by Tammy Ayer.
- King 5 (Seattle, WA): Family searching for missing Indigenous, non-binary teen that has been missing for almost two years by PJ Randhawa.
- InvestigateWest (Seattle, WA): An Indigenous Teen In Washington Disappeared Amid Clear Signs of Danger. It Took More Than A Year Before Police Started Investigating by Kelsey Turner.
- Washington State Governor’s Office of the Education Ombuds: Attendance and Truancy.
- Energeticcity.ca (Fort St. John, British Columbia, Canada): 28 year old pregnant woman missing from Fort St. John via Internet Archive.
- Energeticcity.ca (Fort St. John, British Columbia, Canada): RCMP release information about the disappearance of Abigail Andrews via Internet Archive.
- The Province (Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada): Pregnant woman disappears, parents fear pal connected by Sam Cooper via Newspapers.com.
- Canadian Broadcasting Corporation/CBC (Ottawa, Canada): Pregnant B.C. woman missing 7 days.
- Canadian Broadcasting Corporation/CBC (Ottawa, Canada): B.C. landfill searched in missing woman case.
- CTV News (Toronto, Ontario, Canada): Have you seen Abigail Andrews?
- EnergeticCity.ca (Fort St. John, British Columbia, Canada): RCMP searching landfill in connection to Abigail Andrews case.
- The Province (Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada): Landfill searched for clues to disappearance by Sam Cooper via Newspapers.com.
- Vancouverite (Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada): Abigail Andrews: Cops search landfill for clues about missing woman via Internet Archive.
- Energeticcity.ca (Fort St. John, British Columbia, Canada): RCMP still searching for missing Fort St. John woman.
- Energeticcity.ca (Fort St. John, British Columbia, Canada): Update – RCMP investigators remain at a local landfill site by Christine Rumleskie.
- Global News (Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada): Fort St. John family uses billboards to help find missing woman by Yolande Cole (The Province).
- Vancouver Sun (Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada): Parents plead for help finding Fort St. John woman missing 3 years by Matthew Robinson.
- RCMPTV (YouTube): Re-enactment video of missing Ft. St. John woman, Abigail Andrews via YouTube.
- Energeticcity.ca (Fort St. John, British Columbia, Canada): 12 years after Abigail Andrews’ disappearance, her family continues to seek closure by Spencer Hall.
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- Government of Canada: Hope for Wellness Helpline.
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- CBC News: Missing & Murdered: The Unsolved Cases of Indigenous Women and Girls: Abigail Andrews.