Stolen

We have been told the American Revolution was fought over taxation and representation. But the last entry of the Declaration of Independence focuses on the founding fathers' contempt for the “merciless Indian savages.” America celebrates the 250th anniversary of its founding this year, and somehow, we’ve managed to skim right past that line. How does a whole country miss a point of its own foundin...

Hear more from Connie Walker in this week’s episode of Origin Stories. About Origin Stories Have you ever wondered how your favorite movie, book, podcast, TV series, or documentary came to be? Each week, veteran journalist Matthew Shaer sits down with a writer or director to unpack the creation of a work close to their hearts (and ours). The conversations cover everything — the frustrations and th...

An unexpected development in Ella Mae’s case raises questions around justice and closure for families like hers, and Kristina’s. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

As we go deeper into Kristina’s circle, a surprising connection takes us back to the start of our investigation, back to Sweetwater. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Violence erupted at home not long before Kristina went missing. Could her disappearance be an act of retaliation? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jiní news, nunchucks, and a gruesome discovery near where Kristina Carrillo lived. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Stolen team is traveling back to the Navajo Nation this week to cover some important developments. The stories of Ella Mae Begay and Kristina Carrillo are still unfolding and we are continuing to report on their cases. We will be back next week. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A terrible rumor leads to the discovery that another woman is missing in the Shiprock district. Why is barely anyone looking for her? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The search for answers in Ella Mae’s disappearance leads her family to take matters into their own hands and raises questions about policing on the Navajo Nation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In a remote corner of the Navajo Nation, Ella Mae Begay lived alone in a little blue house. Until one summer night when she and her truck disappeared, never to be seen again. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Violence. Retaliation. Disappearances. The Navajo Nation is 27,000 square miles of remote terrain with just over 200 tribal police officers. This season on Stolen, Connie Walker’s investigation into the cases of two missing women leads her on a search for justice in a place where people say you can get away with murder. This reporting was supported by the International Women’s Media Foundation’s F...

More than five years after Jermain Charlo went missing, her ex-boyfriend Michael DeFrance is sentenced after being convicted of federal firearms offenses. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jermain’s ex-boyfriend Michael DeFrance goes on trial for federal firearms charges. The charges are not related to Jermain’s disappearance, but connected to an assault on Jermain in 2013. After the judge announces a verdict, someone reaches out to us to talk about Michael and the day Jermain went missing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The effects of residential school didn’t end after St. Michael’s closed. Connie realizes that this journey to understand her dad’s life has been an attempt to heal from her own trauma. And there’s something else in her story that she needs to confront. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

After the Oblates reveal new allegations against Father Gauthier, Connie wants to know: how many other priests at St. Michael’s are accused of sexual abuse? A search for records comes up short. But then the team has a breakthrough. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Connie goes to Edmonton to try to talk to Father Gauthier, the priest who two of her uncles said abused them at residential school. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

After the trauma of residential school, Connie’s dad and thousands of other survivors had to find a way forward. Canada eventually offered a path for compensation, but justice was rare. Now, decades later, is it too late for accountability? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

After operating as a residential school for more than 100 years, St. Michael’s burned to the ground in 2001. Dozens of survivors, including Howard, went to the school grounds to watch the building burn. What really happened inside those walls? The students of St. Michael’s share their stories. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

After hearing allegations from members of her family against two priests, Connie sets out to investigate these men and their work at St. Michael’s. What she discovers is alarming. But when Connie shares her findings with a survivor who knew her father, he issues a stark warning that leaves her reeling. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

There are things in every family that no one ever talks about. In Connie’s family, the truth of what really happened to the Cameron kids in residential school has largely remained unspoken. But when Connie breaks that silence and begins asking questions, her Aunties and Uncles start telling their stories—and naming names. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

One night back in the late 1970s, an officer in the Royal Canadian Mounted Police pulled over a suspected drunk driver. When he walked up to the vehicle, he came face-to-face with a ghost from his past: a residential school priest. That officer was journalist Connie Walker’s late father. What happened that night on the side of the road compelled her to return home to Saskatchewan nearly 40 years l...

Last May, investigative journalist Connie Walker came upon a story about her late father she'd never heard before. One night back in the late 1970s while he was working as an officer in the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, he pulled over a suspected drunk driver. He walked up to the vehicle and came face-to-face with a ghost from his past—a residential school priest. What happened on the road that n...

We find out Jermain’s ex-boyfriend has been arrested and is facing an unusual charge in federal court. Does this mean police are closer to solving the mystery of her disappearance? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The story of what happened to Jermain Charlo began long before she disappeared. And her legacy goes on long after. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

As the story goes, one night in June of 2018, Jermain Charlo vanished without a trace. Except no one disappears without leaving a trail. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices