Stolen Sisters

Phyllis Berry was a 21-year-old Chickasaw woman who disappeared during a trip to Terlingua, Texas, in November 1975. Phyllis, along with friends Vangie Strait and Terry Robert Bailey, visited the town for the annual chili cook-off and planned to camp. Phyllis was last seen by a campfire with friends and a hitchhiker named Jim. After a brief absence to gather wood, her friends returned to find her...

On the morning of March 10th 1993, a motorist passed through the eastern side of Lake Andes, a town situated in South Dakota, near the Missouri River and close to the Nebraska border, when they witnessed a chilling sight; a woman’s body, floating in meltwater between Route 281 and a railroad. The motorist called the police, who diverged on the area and carried out their investigation. The followin...

By early 2019, Autumn Prince was 18 years old with her entire life ahead of her. She was described by her family and friends as a remarkable young woman who had a way of making everyone around her feel special. Known for her kindness and compassion, Autumn cherished spending time with her family and friends. On February 16th, 2019, Autumn visited her mother, Gardina's house on Bannatyne Avenue...

On the evening of January 23rd, 1999, 2-year-old Teekah Lewis enjoyed her time bowling with various family members at the New Frontier Lanes on Center Street in Tacoma, Washington. Given that it was a Saturday night, the alley bustled with activity, and the parking lot was nearly at capacity. The bowling alleys league night, a popular community event held every weekend, drew a considerable crowd....

On April 22nd 2021, 3 year old Arden Pepion disappeared from the Blackfeet Reservation at approximately 7pm. According to witness testimonies, she was last seen in the surrounding areas of Joe Show East Road near the Two Medicine River off U.S. Highway 89 South in the company of her non-custodial uncle, who was babysitting her that evening. He was partaking in target practice down by the river, wh...

Buffalo Narrows is located in northern Saskatchewan, around 275 miles north of Saskatoon, Canada. 32-year-old Thomas Pederson and his wife, Bernadette, resided in the settlement with their children, Grace, Robert, Fred, Connie, Richard, Rhoda and Cynthia. The Pederson family were Metis Nation, meaning that they were of mixed European and Indigenous ancestry. In 1969, Buffalo Narrows was predominan...

20-year-old Kala Williams was described by her loved ones as someone who brought everyone together, enjoyed to laugh and had many friends. She resided in Spokane, Washington, and would frequently spend time with her friends, family or her boyfriend. Her mother, Martine Maggio, described her daughter as "Some people just glow, because of their personality, you know? Kala was one of them."...

Tina Fontaine was a young Indigenous girl from the Sagkeeng First Nation in Manitoba, Canada. Her body was discovered in the Red River in Winnipeg, wrapped in a duvet cover. Her death sparked widespread outrage and renewed calls for justice and action to address the systemic issues and violence faced by Indigenous women and girls across the country. The circumstances surrounding Tina's death h...

17-year-old Shannon Alexander and her best friend, 16-year-old Maisy Odjick, both of the Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg First Nation, mysteriously vanished on September 6th 2008 from Alexander's fathers home in Maniwaki, Quebec. That weekend, both girls were planning on attending a school dance and then were going to spend the night at the Maniwaki apartment, however, when Shannon's father retur...

Early on the morning of April 6th, 1986, a neighbourhood in Gallup, New Mexico awoke to the news that 9-year-old Anthonette Cayedito has disappeared from her home during the night. Despite extensive searches for the schoolgirl, Anthonette has never been found, but a mysterious phone call placed to police would throw a curveball in this case, leading many to believe that Anthonette was abducted by...

The town of Lumberton, North Carolina, holds a dark secret involving the unsolved murders of five Indigenous women. All were brutally killed and discarded by their phantom killer, who has never been apprehended nor punished for their crimes.  Those with any information regarding the murder of Michelle Driggers or Lisa Hardin are urged to contact either the North Carolina State Bureau of Inves...

19-year-old Faith Hedgepeth, a proud member of the Haliwa-Saponi tribe, was born and raised in North Carolina alongside her mother and three siblings - her parents having separated shortly after Faith's birth in 1992. At high school, Faith was a well-liked and intelligent student who studied hard to achieve her life-long goal of being the first member of her family to graduate university. She was...

32-year-old Olivia Keri Lone Bear, a member of the Ma-xo-xadi clan, loved the outdoors, playing sports such as volleyball and basketball, and was an energetic and warm individual. New Town, North Dakota was where Olivia felt at home, despite living much of her life as a free spirit, travelling and exploring new places. She was hard working, obtaining her high school diploma despite the challenges...

Mildred Alexis Old Crow, known as Milly, of the Crow Tribe, was just six-years-old when relatives last saw her alive in July of 2018, though she wasn't reported missing from her home in Billings, Montana, until November 2020. A last reported sighting of the little girl was on the Crow Indian Reservation in April of 2019. Milly was outgoing and compassionate, and she loved to dance and sing, as wel...

On October 18th 2016, 34-year-old Freda Jane Knows His Gun of Crow Agency, Montana, called a friend from a Walmart in Kennewick, Washington, to ask for a money transfer which she was intending to use to travel back to her home having promised her three children that she would take them trick-or-treating for Halloween, but when her friend called her back fifteen minutes later to see if the money ha...

On August 19th 2017, 22-year-old Savanna Greywind, of the Spirit Lake Tribe, who was eight months pregnant with her first child at the time, decided to visit a neighbour who lived in an apartment upstairs for a dress fitting when something truly horrific happened. Her neighbour, Brooke Crews and her husband, William Hoehn, murdered Savanna in cold blood, ripping her unborn baby from her womb and d...

In the early hours of August 2nd 1989, 26-year-old Doreen Jack, her husband Ronnie, and their two young sons, Russell, nine, and Ryan, four, mysteriously vanished from their Burns Lake home in the middle of the night after an unidentified man offered Doreen and Ronnie two-weeks work at a nearby logging camp. The Jack family were struggling financially, and jumped at the chance, however, after they...

25-year-old mother-of-two, Brooklyn Moose, mysteriously vanished on her way home from a gathering in East Regina, Saskatchewan, on February 27th 2015. Seven months following her disappearance, Brooklyn's body was found in the attic of her rented apartment. Many raised questions as to how the RCMP missed her remains; was a search of Brooklyn's home conducted at all following her disappearance? Furt...

15-year-old Leah Kendra Anderson, of the Cree Nation, had plans to go ice skating with her friends on January 4th 2013 in Gods Lake Narrows, a remote community in northern Manitoba, however, Leah never showed up at the ice arena. Two days later, a body was found by a snowmobile trail not far from her home. She had been brutally beaten, though had put up a fight. Suspects in this case came and went...

In the early hours of New Years Day 2006, 16-year-old Brittany Bearspaw, of the Stoney-Nakoda Nation, was found lying dead on the Trans-Canada highway a mere ten minutes from her family home in Morley, near Calgary, Alberta. Brittany had been struck by a vehicle at least three times, though the driver who initially struck her has never come forward. The RCMP ruled Brittany's death as a suicide, ho...

The Highway of Tears is an infamous location where countless Aboriginal women and girls have mysteriously vanished, or have been murdered, along the Prince Rupert to Prince George corridor. The horrors of the highway have, in the past and in present day, continued to haunt the British Columbian population. We have discussed heartbreaking cases from the Highway before, and will continue to in futur...

On Christmas Day 1996, 24-year-old mother-of-two, Joanne Ghostkeeper, had plans to meet her parents in Edmonton, Alberta, for Christmas dinner and to open gifts with her two children, however, she failed to show up. Joanne's parents, Daniel and Mary, became concerned for her welfare, and as a result, police were sent to her apartment on 34th St. Within the apartment, authorities found Joanne's dea...

Ashley Mariah Loring Heavy Runner was a 20-year-old environmental science student from the Blackfeet Reservation in Montana, USA, who disappeared in very mysterious circumstances in June 2017. Many rumours started swirling around Browning where Ashley lived, with some theorizing that she vanished following a party she attended, others speculating that an older crowd were involved, though the true...

On June 11th 1994, 16-year-old Ramona Wilson of the Gitxsan First Nation planned on travelling from her home in Smithers, British Columbia, to Hazelton, some 75 kms away, to meet up with her best friend to go to a graduation party, however, Ramona never showed. By the following morning, friends and family became concerned for Ramona's welfare as she failed to return home. A search ensued for the t...

16-year-old Selena Not Afraid, a Native American teen from the Crow and Nakota tribes, living in the Crow Reservation, Montana, USA, disappeared on her way home from a New Years party on January 1st 2020. She was left at a rest stop along I-90 with another woman, the pair having been left behind by four other adults who attended the party who agreed to give them a lift home. For reasons still uncl...