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Episode: Missing & Murdered Introduces: Stolen Season 3 | Trouble in Sweetwater​

Missing & Murdered Introduces: Stolen Season 3 | Trouble in Sweetwater

Author: CBC
Duration: 00:03:03

Episode Shownotes​

From Spotify comes Stolen Season 3: Trouble In Sweetwater. Violence. Retaliation. Disappearances. The Navajo Nation is 27,000 square miles of remote terrain with just over 200 tribal police officers. This season on Stolen, Connie Walker’s investigation into the cases of two missing women leads her on a search for justice

in a place where people say you can get away with murder. Reporting for Stolen: Trouble in Sweetwater was supported by the International Women’s Media Foundation’s (IWMF) Fund for Indigenous Journalists reporting on issues related to Missing & Murdered Indigenous People (MMIP) with a concentration on women, girls, Two-Spirit, and transgender people.

Summary​

In this introductory episode of 'Missing & Murdered: Finding Cleo,' investigative reporter Connie Walker explores the challenges of seeking justice on the Navajo Nation, particularly focusing on the cases of two missing women. The episode reveals a disturbing backdrop of violence and a pervasive culture of silence, fueled by mistrust in law enforcement. Families sometimes resort to taking justice into their own hands, reflecting the dire conditions and a belief that evading justice is possible in this sprawling territory. This reporting illuminates the broader issue of Missing & Murdered Indigenous People (MMIP), highlighting systemic failures affecting vulnerable communities.

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00:00:01 Speaker_00
This is a CBC Podcast.

00:00:04 Speaker_05
Hi, missing and murdered listeners. It's Connie Walker. Season three of my investigative series, Stolen, is out now. It takes place on the Navajo Nation, the largest reservation in the United States.

00:00:17 Speaker_05
Investigating the case of one missing woman leads me to try to understand what justice means in a place where people say you can get away with murder. From Spotify, here's the trailer for Stolen, Trouble in Sweetwater.

00:00:34 Speaker_05
It's just so big, so much land, so many ways to hide things. On the Navajo Nation, vast stretches of open desert and red rock unspool in every direction. It's a place where people can easily disappear. Money is not going to get anybody to talk here.

00:00:56 Speaker_02
That place really got bad at nighttime. Gunshots just turned into the wild, wild west.

00:01:02 Speaker_04
Those guys know something. I just think they're afraid to say it.

00:01:05 Speaker_00
You're not a cop, are you, right?

00:01:08 Speaker_05
I came here looking for answers after a Diné elder vanished in the dead of night.

00:01:14 Speaker_01
My first instinct is, what do you mean she's missing? She doesn't just go missing. She just doesn't go leave and not say anything.

00:01:22 Speaker_05
But I soon found something else. A tangled web of violence and retaliation.

00:01:28 Speaker_01
It's survival out there.

00:01:29 Speaker_03
That's what it is. It's about survival. Look around. You never know what you're going to find because there's a lot of killing going on in this area.

00:01:36 Speaker_05
People know you can get away with murder out there. Here, seeking justice can mean taking matters into your own hands.

00:01:45 Speaker_04
Around here, the aunties get shit done. We go places where people don't want to go. Families who are like, I know who did it, and police aren't doing anything, and I could easily go over there and just get rid of him myself.

00:01:57 Speaker_02
Do you know where he's at?

00:01:58 Speaker_04
Are you saying that he's someone that you're interested in talking to?

00:02:01 Speaker_05
Yes.

00:02:01 Speaker_02
Do you know where he's at?

00:02:03 Speaker_05
I just want to be ready to go in case something bad happens. We're not talking to you.

00:02:08 Speaker_00
Then he comes back and goes, Ante, come with me, I'll show you something. As I got closer, I seen, you know, the two eye sockets, the teeth and everything, and you could tell it was a human skull.

00:02:23 Speaker_05
I'm Connie Walker. This is Stolen. Trouble in Sweetwater. Coming March 5th.

00:02:30 Speaker_02
You guys are really going to open up something that's been secret for a long time. You're going to make people mad. You're going to ruffle up feathers. But you know what? I think it needs to be done.