In the summer of 2019, 39-year-old Cynthia Acevedo disappeared from her home community in Laveen, Arizona. Cynthia was an enrolled member of the Gila River Indian Community, living on tribal land just southwest of Phoenix. By all accounts she was a devoted daughter, and her sudden disappearance shocked family and friends. According to the FBI, […]
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On January 16, 2015, Iris Roberts dropped her daughter off at the front entrance of the Meskwaki Bingo Casino and Hotel in Tama County, Iowa. Rita Papakee, 41, was heading in for what should have been an ordinary afternoon. Iris pulled away. She has not seen her daughter since. Rita never picked up her last
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On May 25, 2018, Kristyn Richerson had her bags packed. She was ready for Rocklahoma — a music festival in Pryor, Oklahoma — where she planned to finally see her favorite band, Halestorm, perform live. She had told her friends she was going to stop by and pick up her sleeping bag and tent before
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Unsolved in Nevada: Anna Marie Scott In the Nevada desert outside Reno, a burned vehicle was discovered abandoned along a remote stretch of land. Inside the trunk was the body of Anna Marie Scott. Her death was violent. Intentional. And from the beginning, it raised questions that have never been fully answered. Anna Marie Scott
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End of the Road: The Disappearance of Emmilee Risling Emmilee Risling should be here. She should be raising her children. Dancing at ceremonies. Laughing with family. Planning her next step forward. Instead, four years after she was last seen, her name remains attached to the word missing — another Indigenous woman whose disappearance exposes the
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