Crime and Crime Again

Ebby Steppach was 18 years old when she disappeared from her hometown of Little Rock, Arkansas, just days after a party where she alleged that four men sexually assaulted her and recorded their actions on a cellphone. For nearly three years, no trace of her was found. In 2018, authorities returned to the park where her abandoned car had been found just days after her disappearance, and it was there that they located the remains of Ebby Steppach; she had been there the entire time that she was missing. Today, Ebby's murder remains unsolved and no one has ever been charged or arrested in connection with her case.

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Sources:

• https://www.arkansasonline.com/ebby/m/
• https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2017/oct/29/search-ebby-parents-friends-hold-out-hope-missing-/
• https://storiesoftheunsolved.com/2019/02/02/the-murder-of-ebby-steppach/
• https://katv.com/news/local/police-confirm-ebby-steppachs-remains-found-at-little-rock-park
• https://www.thv11.com/article/news/crime/unsolved-ebby-steppach/91-d36beb91-5c5c-4c9a-80aa-bb0fd31b2489
• https://katv.com/news/local/dead-teens-loved-ones-question-little-rock-police
• https://katv.com/news/local/lead-investigator-for-natalee-holloway-joins-search-for-lr-missing-teen
• https://katv.com/news/local/missing-central-high-student
• https://katv.com/news/local/still-no-sign-of-missing-little-rock-central-hs-student

Kaysera Stops Pretty Places was 18 years old and a member of the Crow Nation. She disappeared in Hardin, Montana in August of 2019. Five days later, she was found deceased under suspicious circumstances. Her death was classified as “suspicious,” however, there has been no investigation into what really happened to her, or who could have done this. Investigating authorities have perpetrated numerous ethical violations and continuously enabled one another in doing so.

Kaysera is one of far too many Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls across the United States and Canada.

This is an updated and re-released version of my original episode on this case.

During the month of August 2021, Kaysera's family is launching their second annual month of action, and they need our help to demand justice for Kaysera. Please follow the Justice For Kaysera Facebook page for updates about how you can help, linked below.

Justice For Kaysera Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/JusticeForKaysera/

Grace Bulltail’s Video: https://youtu.be/YaAV1TxyeKk

Justice for Kaysera Petition: https://www.change.org/p/justice-for-kaysera-stops-pretty-places?utm_content=cl_sharecopy_26816337_en-US%3A3&recruiter=1173843559&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=copylink&utm_campaign=share_petition

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Sources:

• http://www.pipestemlaw.com/kaysera-stops-pretty-places/
• https://www.niwrc.org/news/justice-for-kaysera
• https://www.bighorncountynews.com/content/kaysera-ruth-stops-pretty-places
• "Justice for Kaysera: Native Teen's Mysterious Death Highlights Epidemic of Murdered Indigenous Women." Democracy Now. YouTube. October 10, 2019.
• https://www.wwno.org/post/search-missing-and-murdered-indigenous-women#:~:text=Kaysera%20Stops%20Pretty%20Places%20was,the%20cause%20of%20her%20death.

Ashlea Aldrich, of the Omaha Tribe in Nebraska, was twenty nine years old and a mother to two boys. Her long term relationship with her sons' father was consistently marked by abuse against Ashlea, though charges were never brought against her boyfriend, despite multiple reported incidents of domestic abuse over the years. In January 2020, Ashlea was found nude in a field, near her boyfriend's abandoned SUV. No criminal charges have been brought in connection with her death.

Ashlea is one of far too many Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls across the United States and Canada.

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Sources:

• https://siouxcityjournal.com/news/local/a-special-journal-report-family-still-seeking-justice-one-year-after-macy-womans-death/article_3041fa75-7249-5978-8697-2778757f78dc.html
• https://www.indianz.com/News/2020/01/10/this-is-one-of-the-most-heartbreaking-is.asp
• https://ktiv.com/2020/01/08/authorities-investigating-body-found-on-omaha-tribe-reservation/
• https://ktiv.com/2020/01/09/woman-found-on-omaha-tribe-reservation-died-on-jan-4-family-says/
• http://www.mtv.com/news/3154733/missing-murdered-indigenous-women-nebraska-cheerleaders-tribute/
• Tillie Aldrich Facebook Post: https://www.facebook.com/100001252555568/posts/2855570827827974/?d=n

Twenty year old Ashley Loring Heavyrunner disappeared from the Blackfeet Reservation in Montana in June 2017, and is still missing today.

In this episode, Chelsea joins Dr. Jules of Riddle Me That! True Crime to discuss Ashley's case, as part of a collaborative series on Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls.

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Sources:

• https://abcnews.go.com/US/answers-years-20-year-student-vanishes-case-epidemic/story?id=65344265
• https://thehueandcry.com/ashley-loring-heavyrunner/
• https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/feb/25/a-young-woman-vanishes-the-police-cant-help-her-desperate-family-wont-give-up
• https://iaminterchange.com/where-is-ashley-the-search-for-ashley-loring-heavyrunner/

Henny Scott, a 14 year old Indigenous girl from the Northern Cheyenne reservation in Lame Deer, Montana, disappeared on December 8th, 2018. Authorities neglected to launch an investigation into Henny's disappearance until nearly three weeks later, despite her parents reporting her missing just days after she was last seen. On December 28th, 2018, Henny's body was found under highly suspicious circumstances. There has been no investigation into her death.

Henny Scott is one of far too many Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls across the United States and Canada.

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Sources:

• “The Story of Henny Scott.” Episode 4. Vanished: A Native American Epidemic. 2021 February 2. https://www.spreaker.com/user/khq-tv/henny-scott-podcast-track
• “Say Her Name.” Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana. YouTube. 2021 May 5. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JfU825Oaw-k
• https://www.kulr8.com/digital_hub/remembering-henny-scott-on-vanished-a-native-american-epidemic/article_6a63513a-6581-11eb-af93-43d451307840.html
• https://www.kulr8.com/news/henny-scotts-memorial-services-to-be-held-this-weekend/article_92974678-0ef5-11e9-87eb-cf5798dd3e98.html
• https://stevensonfuneralhomes.com/obituaries/henny-scott-age-14-of-lame-deer-mt/
• https://investigationsforthemissing.org/blog/f/the-disappearance-and-unexplained-death-of-henny-scott
• https://www.justice.gov/usao-mt/pr/no-federal-charges-be-sought-death-henny-scott

Elijah Runningbear Diaz, known as Bear to family and friends, was a 20 year old Indigenous man, of the Barona Band of Mission Indians near San Diego, California. At six years old, he was diagnosed with Type I diabetes, and spent much of his childhood and adolescence in the hospital due to diabetic complications. In August 2015, Bear was suffering from the effects of neuropathy, and his mobility was left impaired due to severe wounds on his feet. He could not walk without crutches, and could not drive on his own... but somehow, on August 29th, 2015, he disappeared from his home, leaving his car in the driveway, just hours after his mother had last spoken to him. None of Bear's belongings have ever been found, and there have never been any solid leads as to his whereabouts.

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Sources:

• “Every Mother’s Son.” Disappeared. Season 8, Episode 5. Investigation Discovery. 2017 April 23.
• http://www.bringbearhome.com/
• https://www.facebook.com/BringBearDiazHome/
• https://charleyproject.org/case/elijah-runningbear-diaz
• https://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/year-later-san-diego-mans-2015-disappearance-still-a-mystery/2244819/
• https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/diabetic-neuropathy/symptoms-causes/syc-20371580

Ani Ashekian, a successful 31 year old paralegal, took a trip to visit China with two of her colleagues in October 2008. By November 11th, 2008, she had vanished from Hong Kong, after abruptly leaving China without telling her travel companions where she was going. A seasoned world traveler, Ani's disappearance was alarming to her family and friends. Today, Ani remains missing, and not a trace of her has ever been found.

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Sources:

• South China Morning Post: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVn_Q5daPPg
• https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/canadian-missing-in-hong-kong-for-a-year/article1204930/
• http://thecoldestcases.blogspot.com/2018/01/ani-ashekian.html
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgcM57tkrZ0
• https://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/gg8377/ani_ashekian_had_visited_nearly_30_countries_by/

Kristen Modafferi flew from her home in Charlotte, North Carolina to San Francisco, California on her 18th birthday. A Park Scholar who had just completed her freshman year at North Carolina State University, Kristen had decided to attend a summer photography course at the University of California at Berkeley. By the time she arrived in San Francisco, she had already found a room to rent at a home in Oakland with four other roommates, and within days she had already landed not one, but two jobs at two different coffee shops in the city.

After clocking out of work at 3pm on June 23rd, 1997, Kristen was spotted wandering around the second floor of the mall where she worked, allegedly accompanied by a strange woman. After 3:45pm on that day, Kristen vanished. Her summer photography course was set to begin the next day, June 24th.. but Kristen never showed up. Twenty four years later, and still no arrests have ever been made in connection with her disappearance.

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Sources:

• https://charleyproject.org/case/kristen-deborah-modafferi
• https://www.fbi.gov/wanted/kidnap/kristen-modafferi
• https://www.namus.gov/MissingPersons/Case#/4015/details
• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/9179518/kristen-deborah-modafferi
• https://www.huffpost.com/entry/kristen-modafferi-cold-case_n_7673236
• http://www.kristenfoundation.org/cgi-bin/datacgi/database.cgi?file=hw&report=sp&ID=000
• https://abc7news.com/kristen-modafferi-disappearance-san-francisco-coffee-shop/2134466/
• https://abc7news.com/news/kristen-modafferi-mystery-private-investigators-shed-light-on-cold-case/2138162/
• https://www.timesunion.com/local/slideshow/Kristen-Modafferi-182430.php
• https://www.wral.com/news/local/story/136150/
• https://www.wral.com/news/local/story/168446/?comment_order=forward
• https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Disappearance-Of-Woman-18-Linked-to-Ad-3007247.php
• https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/new-evidence-emerges-in-1997-oakland-cold-case-of-kristen-modafferi/1989678/

On August 17th, 2014, the body of fifteen year old Indigenous girl, Tina Fontaine, was recovered from the Red River in Winnipeg. She had been missing for eight days. On the day she was last seen alive, Tina encountered multiple people, including law enforcement officers, doctors, and her assigned worker from Child and Family Services, who could have put an end to the vicious cycle of trauma pervading Tina's life... but they didn't. Tina could have been saved that day, but the system failed her. The system failed her before she ever even walked this earth. One man was arrested in connection with Tina's death, but today, no one has been charged with the murder of this young girl.

The death of Tina Fontaine, and the failures of the system that was supposed to protect her and children like her, sparked an outpouring of grief, anger, and calls to action across Canada. The public demanded that the Canadian government launch an inquiry into the epidemic of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls.

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Sources:

• https://manitobaadvocate.ca/wp-content/uploads/MACY-Special-Report-March-2019-Tina-Fontaine-FINAL1.pdf
• https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/tina-fontaine-report-parents-1.5054126
• https://www.cbc.ca/missingandmurdered/mmiw/profiles/tina-michelle-fontaine
• https://medium.com/age-of-awareness/a-little-girl-lost-how-the-canadian-child-welfare-and-justice-systems-failed-tina-fontaine-7b74104e4584
• https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/1456190019804
• https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/tina-fontaine-last-day-timeline-1.4529490
• https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/tina-fontaine
• https://www.aptnnews.ca/national-news/family-reacts-to-arrest-of-man-accused-of-killing-tina-fontaine/
• https://globalnews.ca/news/3993129/trial-begins-for-tina-fontaines-accused-killer/
• https://globalnews.ca/news/4014453/raymond-cormier-interrogation-video-seen-by-jury-in-winnipeg-courtroom/
• https://globalnews.ca/news/4014453/raymond-cormier-interrogation-video-seen-by-jury-in-winnipeg-courtroom/
• https://www.mmiwg-ffada.ca/final-report/
• Raymond Cormier 2014 interrogation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3syU8roimI

Jennifer Catcheway was last seen on her 18th birthday: June 19th, 2008. After leaving a note for her parents, and calling them days later to let them know that she would see them soon to celebrate her birthday with them... Jennifer was never seen again. Witnesses, as well as members of their extended family, placed Jennifer with her older uncle and cousin on the day she was last seen.

Thirteen years later, not a single trace of Jennifer Catcheway has ever been found. Witness tips have lead her family on hundreds of searches across Manitoba, but still, they have been unable to bring Jennifer home.

Jennifer Catcheway is one of far too many Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women in Canada.

Jennifer Catcheway: Bring Her Home Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/28597730796/

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Sources:

• https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/special/coronavirus/desperate-for-a-cruel-reunion-572605042.html
• https://www.brandonsun.com/local/mom-wants-to-lay-missing-daughter-to-rest-572906361.html
• https://missingkids.ca/en/missing-children-database/91
• https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/catcheway-family-allowed-to-continue-search-for-daughter-on-manitoba-reserve-1.2638974
• https://thegraphicleader.com/news/local-news/mmf-doubles-reward-for-information-leading-to-return-of-jennifer-catcheway
• https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/jennifer-catcheway-search-12th-year-1.5617707
• https://winnipeg.ctvnews.ca/we-ve-never-stopped-searching-family-of-jennifer-catcheway-continues-search-12-years-since-disappearance-1.4991984
• https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/entry/jennifer-catcheway-missing-persons-search_ca_5fa87b69c5b623bfac515083
• https://www.cbc.ca/missingandmurdered/mmiw/profiles/jennifer-leigh-catcheway
• https://www.facebook.com/groups/28597730796/?ref=share
• https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/witness-says-she-saw-jennifer-catcheway-the-night-she-disappeared-1.2636455
• https://newspaperarchive.com/winnipeg-free-press-jul-15-2008-p-5/
• https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/jennifer-catcheway-s-family-searching-landfill-and-dakota-tipi-yards-1.3296048
• https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/i-ll-take-her-wherever-she-is-desperate-family-searches-landfill-for-missing-daughter-1.2634614