Lakota Renville was 22 when she was murdered and left in a Missouri lot. Now, 20 years later, her case is still unsolved. We trace her story, the investigation, and the fight for justice — in the shadow of the MMIW crisis in South Dakota and Missouri.
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Vanished on the Highway: The Disappearance of Cara Marie Cox On a late May evening in 2022, a small green car sat alone at a rest stop on Interstate 40. The engine was cold, the doors locked — but the woman who drove it had vanished. That car belonged to 41-year-old Cara Marie Cox, a
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What Happened to Henny Scott? Fourteen-year-old Henny Scott was last seen walking away from a house in the Muddy Creek area near Lame Deer, Montana, on the night of December 8, 2018. It was bitterly cold. She wore only a hoodie and jeans. For nearly three weeks, her family begged authorities to take her disappearance
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Her Name Was Sonya Ivanoff In the summer of 2003, nineteen-year-old Sonya Ivanoff walked home through the quiet streets of Nome, Alaska. She was a student, an athlete, and a young Inupiaq woman with her whole life ahead of her. She had left her small home village of Ambler to attend college, work to save money for
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Still Missing: The Disappearance of Laverda Sorrell On July 4, 2002, while much of the country celebrated fireworks and freedom, a Navajo family’s world quietly fell apart.That night, 44-year-old Laverda Sorrell, a mother of three and respected community member from Fort Defiance, Arizona, vanished without a trace. Her husband told investigators he dropped her off
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The Story of Rosenda Strong Rosenda Sophia Strong was more than a headline.She was a mother of four, a sister, a daughter, and a proud citizen of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation, with deep ties to the Yakama Nation. Those who loved her describe her as funny, fiercely loyal, and the kind
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On June 15, 2021, 33-year-old Ranelle Rose Bennett hugged her mother longer than usual before saying good bye. It was the last time anyone in her family saw her.
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Always: The Last Word from Ashley Loring HeavyRunner A Disappearance That Changed Everything In June of 2017, Ashley Loring HeavyRunner, a 20-year-old college student from the Blackfeet Reservation in northern Montana, vanished without a trace. One night she was at a party, laughing with friends, sending her sister a quick message — “Always”. It was
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