We Are Resilient: An MMIP True Crime Podcast

Send us Fan Mail Jamie Yazzie was 31 years old when she went missing in June 2019 in Pinon, Arizona, within the boundaries of the Navajo Nation. By all accounts, Jamie was a hard-working mother of three young boys. She was a medical assistant with dreams of furthering her education and becoming a nurse. In February 2022, it was reported that her remains had been discovered. Who killed Jamie Yazzie...

Send us Fan Mail Pepita Redhair, 27, left home in the Crownpoint Community in New Mexico to visit her boyfriend, living two hours away in Albuquerque, in March 2020. A member of the Navajo Nation, Pepita was close to her family and was always responsive when it came to phone calls and texts. When she stopped responding to messages three days later, her family knew something was wrong. Pepita Redha...

Send us Fan Mail Thirty-two-year-old Misty Upham was a rising star in Hollywood, having acted in various films, including August: Osage County and Django Unchained. However, on October 5th, 2014, she would be seen leaving her sister’s apartment on the Muckleshoot Indian Reservation in Washington, only to be found dead 11 days later. Citing a failure of the local police to take Misty’s disappearanc...

Send us Fan Mail In July 2018, 22-year-old Tristen Gray was killed in a hit-and-run in Billings, Montana. Even with the driver identified, surveillance footage, and witness statements, her case is still considered unsolved, and no criminal charges have been filed.  If you have any information regarding the circumstances around Tristen’s death, please call the Billings Police Department at (406) 65...

Send us Fan Mail In April 2009, Alyssa Angelique McLemore, a member of the Aleut tribe and a young mother, was just 21 years old when she suddenly vanished without a trace, leaving behind a startling 911 call that has left more questions than answers. Alyssa is estimated to be around 130 pounds and is between 5’1 and 5’3 in height. She has black hair, brown eyes, and a scar on her abdomen. She wou...

Send us Fan Mail Rose Downwind was only 31 years old when she disappeared in October 2015 while living in Bemidji, MN. A mother of five children and the granddaughter of American Indian Movement co-founder Dennis Banks, her body was discovered two months later, and the unraveling truth about her brutal murder would come to light. Links to information found for this episode: Rose Downwind case time...

Send us Fan Mail For over 30 years, Washington State Patrol detectives have been working to identify the remains of a female passenger who died tragically in a vehicle collision in May of 1991. With few clues as to who this woman is, investigators have been reaching out on social media to find answers, hoping someone might know who she is. Helen Doe was likely in her 20s, between 5’1 and 5’4 tall,...

Send us Fan Mail Ashlea Aldrich, a member of the Omaha Indian tribe, was 29 years old when her lifeless body was discovered in a field on a cold January day in 2020. With no criminal charges or new arrests made in connection with her death, Ashley’s family has not given up in their fight for justice. If you have any information regarding the death of Ashlea Aldrich, you are encouraged to contact t...

Send us Fan Mail Thirty-year-old Skye Jim, a member of the Sac and Fox Shawnee Nation, died tragically on the night of January 9th, 2021. Reports stated that she had been lying in the road unresponsive before her being struck and killed by a vehicle. It was confirmed later by her family that Skye’s death was not ruled a suicide, yet they were told that her case was closed. Her family is still dema...

Send us Fan Mail In the summer of 2021, a sweet 62-year-old Navajo elder, Ella Mae Begay, would walk out into the early morning of June 15th, get in her truck, and drive away, only never to be seen or heard from again. With the investigation now moving from a missing persons case to homicide, Ella's family is still searching for answers to her mysterious disappearance. Ella Mae Begay was 5&ap...

Send us Fan Mail Danielle Brady, 34, was an enrolled member of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians when she was murdered, allegedly by her husband in October 2020.  The trial into her death is still pending and we will bring updates as we get them. Sources: No More Stolen Sisters: Eastern Band Memorializes Murdered And Missing Indigenous Women | BPR https://wlos.com/news/local/danielle-brady-hick...

Send us Fan Mail Jocelyn Watt, 30, was a young Arapaho woman living on the Wind River reservation in Wyoming when her life was cut short in a double homicide alongside her boyfriend Rudy Perez on January 5, 2019. It would be a year later when her sister Jade Wagon, 23, was found dead 30 miles away from her home under suspicious circumstances yet ruled accidental by hypothermia. Their mother, Nicol...

Send us Fan Mail **UPDATE** Brittaney was located in California in July 2022. We are leaving this episode up because it's a stark reminder that as Indigenous people, MMIW affects us all and while we never imagine it could be one of our family members, the reality is...it most definitely could be. ************************************** Brittaney Littledave, 36, has been missing since September...

Send us Fan Mail In February 2018, Britney Tiger, 26, vanished from her home in Ada, Oklahoma. It would be a month later before her body was discovered just 15 miles away from where she lived. Her death is ruled undetermined; her family is certain that she was murdered.  If you have any information on the circumstances surrounding Britney’s death, please call the Ada Police Department at (580) 332...

Send us Fan Mail As we did our research, we began to realize that news articles and reports only give us pieces of our stolen sisters. We knew that even though the content for a lot of these cases was little to nonexistent, thus our mini-episodes were born. Katelyn Kelley, 22, disappeared in June 2020. It would be nearly a year later, on March 17, 2021, her remains were found on the Menominee Indi...

Send us Fan Mail Courtney Holden was last seen in the summer of 2018 in Spokane, Washington. A whole year and a half had come and gone by the time she was officially reported missing in October 2019. Courtney lived with her foster mother, Judy Holden, and Judy's son, Joshua, at the time of her disappearance. Neither Judy nor Joshua Holden has cooperated with authorities regarding her whereabo...

Send us Fan Mail Selena Not Afraid, a member of the Crow and Nakota Tribal Nations, was only 16 years old girl when she disappeared in Big Horn County, Montana, on New Year's Day 2020. Her body was discovered 19 days later in a field less than 1 mile from the rest stop where she was last known to be.  Her death was ruled accidental from hypothermia, yet the circumstances around her death rema...

Send us Fan Mail In 2017, Savanna LaFontaine Greywind, 22, was eight months pregnant and eager to begin her new life as a mother while living in Fargo, ND, however, her life was tragically cut short at the hands of her upstairs neighbors. A member of the Spirit Lake Sioux Tribe, Savanna's brutal murder sparked a movement and led to the passing of Savanna's Act. The Savanna's Act or...