In 2018, a 23-year-old Indigenous woman named Jermain Charlo stepped out of a bar in downtown Missoula, Montana, and disappeared. Journalist Connie Walker travels to Montana to retrace what might have happened to Jermain.
When someone disappears in America, there is a playbook investigators follow. Where was she last seen? Who was she with? But those questions get more complicated when the person who has disappeared is Indigenous.
To find out what happened to Jermain, first we have to question everything we thought we knew. We have to go back to the beginning: the night she disappeared.
Jermain's story began long before she disappeared. We go back to the small town of Dixon Agency where she grew up and trace the path that led her to the doorstep of a new neighbor, a teenage boy named Michael.
After we uncover a disturbing 2013 police report, we take a close look at Jermain and Michael's relationship.This episode contains descriptions of domestic violence and trauma. please take care while listening.
The year before Jermain disappeared was one of the most challenging of her life, and just as things started to turn around for her-she walked into the Badlander that night in June.
It is time to 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?