Lost Ones

After a long and unexpected hiatus, Lost Ones is back.---FOLLOW US ON INSTAGRAM:@lostonespodTHEME MUSIC BY:Derrick Holman, Vibes CreativeBACKGROUND MUSIC CREDIT:Headwaters (Instrumental) by Chad Crouch | https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Chad_Crouch/Field_Report_Vol_II_Reed_Canyon_Instrumental/Headwaters_Instrumental

In October of last year, Alaska Native woman Kathleen Jo Henry was brutally murdered, and her remains were found scattered along a major highway. In this episode, we tell the story of Kathleen's killing, talk about why we believe the act was racially motivated, and share some shocking statistics about violence as it is experienced by Native women.---FOLLOW US ON INSTAGRAM:@lostonespodTHEME MUSIC BY:Derrick Holman, Vibes CreativeBACKGROUND MUSIC CREDITS:Intervention by Scott Buckley | https://soundcloud.com/scottbuckleyMusic promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.comCreative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licensehttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/deed.en_USRed Mystery by Alexander Nakarada | https://www.serpentsoundstudios.comMusic promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.comAttribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Dark Days by Kabbalistic Village | https://soundcloud.com/kabbalisticvillageMusic promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.comAttribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported (CC BY-ND 3.0)https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/3.0/---Sources:Kathleen Henry: A Tribute to the Murdered Alaska Woman, Heavyhttps://heavy.com/news/2019/10/kathleen-j-henry/Brian Steven Smith: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know, Heavyhttps://heavy.com/news/2019/10/brian-steven-smith/Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls: A snapshot of data from 71 urban cities in the United States, Urban Indian Health Institutehttp://www.uihi.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Missing-and-Murdered-Indigenous-Women-and-Girls-Report.pdfBrian Smith now indicted in the murders of 2 Alaska Native women, KTVAhttps://www.ktva.com/story/41197563/brian-smith-indicted-for-second-murderSA man arrested in Alaska after video showing woman's murder found on memory card, IOLhttps://www.iol.co.za/news/world/sa-man-arrested-in-alaska-after-video-showing-womans-murder-found-on-memory-card-34556771?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=baobab&fbclid=IwAR3JkR0RYO8gAT3M0iu8bzQE7n-c1fWa-h6L1A_mBKiThKQwjqbJ7FV1A5IMan Charged With Murder After Woman Finds Memory Card Filled With Graphic Images, NPRhttps://www.npr.org/2019/10/10/769019903/alaska-woman-finds-sd-memory-card-with-graphic-images-that-may-have-solved-a-murAnchorage police: Homicide video victim identified, suspect charged with murder, Alaska Publichttps://www.alaskapublic.org/2019/10/09/anchorage-police-man-charged-with-murder-following-discovery-of-homicide-video-human-remains/Videos and photos show brutal attack of woman in Anchorage hotel room by man charged in her death, charges say, Anchorage Daily Newshttps://www.adn.com/alaska-news/crime-courts/2019/10/09/apd-arrest-made-in-homicide-captured-in-videos-involving-woman-found-along-seward-highway/#_Alaska Man Charged With Murder After Memory Card Found in Street Allegedly Shows Woman's Killing, Peoplehttps://people.com/crime/alaska-man-charged-with-murder-after-memory-card-found-in-street-allegedly-shows-him-killing-woman/What we know about the Anchorage man accused in the brutal hotel-room killing of a woman, Anchorage Daily Newshttps://www.adn.com/alaska-news/crime-courts/2019/10/11/a-south-african-immigrant-is-accused-of-the-brutal-hotel-room-slaying-of-a-woman-from-a-southwest-alaska-village-heres-what-we-know-about-them/"He was a good husband" - Wife defends man suspected of recorded murder, KTUUhttps://www.ktuu.com/content/news/Wife-defends-murder-suspect-as-victims-name-is-released-562777031.htmlMan accused in Alaska slaying discovered on SD card in street pleads not guilty, NBC Newshttps://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/man-accused-alaska-slaying-discovered-sd-card-street-pleads-not-n1067956Distinctive accent on torture video leads police to suspect, Chattanooga Times Free Presshttps://www.timesfreepress.com/news/breakingnews/story/2019/oct/21/distinctive-accent-torture-video-leads-police-suspect/506328/FBI assisting APD with investigation into brutal Anchorage hotel room murder, KTVAhttps://www.ktva.com/story/41180286/fbi-assisting-apd-with-investigation-into-brutal-anchorage-hotel-room-murderNative Peoples Action director on murdered, missing Alaska Native women, KTVAhttps://www.ktva.com/story/41168881/native-peoples-action-director-on-murdered-missing-alaska-native-womenCRIME HUNTER: An accent, a memory card and a brutal murder, Toronto Sunhttps://torontosun.com/news/world/crime-hunter-an-accent-a-memory-card-and-a-brutal-murderResearch Policy Update: Violence Against American Indian and Alaska Native Women, National Congress of American Indianshttp://www.ncai.org/policy-research-center/research-data/prc-publications/VAWA_Data_Brief__FINAL_2_1_2018.pdfMaze of Injustice, Amnesty Internationalhttps://www.amnestyusa.org/reports/maze-of-injustice/The Facts on Violence Against American Indian/Alaskan Native Women, Futures Without Violencehttps://www.futureswithoutviolence.org/wp-content/uploads/AI-AN-Fact-Sheet-2017.pdfThe Missing, Governinghttps://www.governing.com/topics/public-justice-safety/gov-missing-native-american-women.htmlGiant qaspeq shines light on missing and murdered indigenous women, Anchorage Daily Newshttps://www.adn.com/alaska-news/rural-alaska/2019/10/18/powerful-qaspeq-shines-light-on-missing-and-murdered-indigenous-women/'Unthinkable': Community reacts to recent murders of Alaska Native women, KTVAhttps://www.ktva.com/story/41203409/unthinkable-community-reacts-to-murders-of-alaska-native-womenAlaska has fourth highest rates of murdered and missing indigenous women, KTUUhttps://www.ktuu.com/content/news/Alaska-has-fourth-highest-rates-of-murdered-and-missing-indigenous-women-562035771.htmlPICTURED: Alaska woman who was brutally murdered in hotel room by man who filmed it and was then caught when memory card was found in street - as his wife says she is sticking by her 'good husband', Daily Mail UKhttps://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7565201/PICTURED-Alaska-murder-victim-Kathleen-Jo-Henry-alleged-killer-filmed-assault.htmlRemembering Veronica Abouchuk, KTUUhttps://www.ktuu.com/content/news/Remembering-Veronica-Abouchuk--564538181.htmlTwo sisters, two murders - but only one arrest, KTUUhttps://www.ktuu.com/content/news/A-familys-grief-for-sisters-murdered-years-apart-563595491.htmlQuote re root of sexual violence is the settler colonial capitalist nation state by Vienna Rye (@vrye on Instagram)

In February 2016, 27-year-old India Cummings died as a result of medical neglect while incarcerated at the Erie County Holding Center in Upstate New York. In this episode, we get into the inadequacies of law enforcement in addressing medical and mental health issues, the role of the Sheriff in the American criminal legal system, and the disturbing pattern of inmate deaths particularly in upstate New York.---FOLLOW US ON INSTAGRAM:@lostonespodTHEME MUSIC BY:Derrick Holman, Vibes Creative---Sources:“A Guide to Joe Arpaio, the Longtime Sheriff Who Escaped Strife,” The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/27/us/joe-arpaio-sheriff-pardon.html?module=inline“Commission: Rochester woman’s 2016 jail death ‘homicide due to medical neglect’,” Democrat & Chroniclehttps://www.democratandchronicle.com/story/news/2018/08/03/india-cummings-death-homicide-due-medical-neglect-commission-says/897632002/“Doctors Don’t Always Believe You When You’re a Black Woman,” Vicehttps://www.vice.com/en_us/article/qvedxd/doctors-dont-always-believe-you-when-youre-a-black-womanFinal Report of the New York State Commission of Correction: In the Matter of the Special Investigation into the Care and Treatment Provided to India Cummings, an Inmate of the Erie County Holding Centerhttps://s3.amazonaws.com/bncore/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/18-F-120.pdf“First response to mental health crisis should be compassion, not cops,” San Francisco Examinerhttps://www.sfexaminer.com/opinion/first-response-to-mental-health-crisis-should-be-compassion-not-cops/“How training doctors in implicit bias could save the lives of black mothers,” NBC Newshttps://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/how-training-doctors-implicit-bias-could-save-lives-black-mothers-n873036“Lawsuit claims deputies "literally watched" New York inmate die,” CBS Newshttps://www.cbsnews.com/news/india-cummings-case-lawsuit-claims-deputies-literally-watched-inmate-die-in-new-york-jail/National Association of Medical Examiners Position Paper: Recommendations for the Definition, Investigation, Postmortem Examination, and Reporting of Deaths in Custodyhttps://name.memberclicks.net/assets/docs/2e14b3c6-6a0d-4bd3-bec9-fc6238672cba.pdf“Pathologist won't alter his findings in India Cummings' cause of death,” Buffalo Newshttps://buffalonews.com/2018/07/19/pathologist-wont-alter-his-findings-in-india-cummings-cause-of-death/“A Pattern of Jail Deaths in Upstate New York - and across the Country,” The Appeal Podcasthttps://theappeal.org/the-appeal-podcast-a-pattern-of-jail-deaths-in-upstate-new-york-and-across-the-country/“Police ‘Command and Control’ Culture is Often Lethal - ESpecially for People with Disabilities,” American Civil Liberties Unionhttps://www.aclu.org/blog/criminal-law-reform/reforming-police-practices/police-command-and-control-culture-often-lethal“The Power of Sheriffs, Episode 26,” The Appeal Podcasthttps://theappeal.org/the-appeal-podcast-the-power-of-sheriffs/“The Power of Sheriffs: Explained,” The Appeal https://theappeal.org/the-power-of-sheriffs-an-explainer/“Racial bias in pain assessment and treatment recommendations, and false beliefs about biological differences between blacks and whites,” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of Americahttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4843483/“Racism in Health Care - For Black Women Who Become Pregnant, It’s a Matter of Life and Death,” National Women’s Law Centerhttps://nwlc.org/blog/racism-in-health-care-for-black-women-who-become-pregnant-its-a-matter-of-life-and-death/“We Are Not Going to Rest: Organizing against Incarcerationin Upstate New York,” Vera Institute of Justicehttps://www.vera.org/in-our-backyards-stories/we-are-not-going-to-rest?utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign=IOBBinghamton&fbclid=IwAR3kCl2JAHgjarCG-5BTdEbYpcw_XgqeNEKWe885-5fCgQWZpqUhUDkGAak

Twenty-one years ago, in the small town of Jasper, Texas, 49-year-old James Byrd, Jr. was brutally murdered in a racially-motivated hate crime. Unlike other stories we'll tell this season, this one you're already likely to be familiar with, but we felt it important to share James' story as a reminder that white violence against people of color is a very real and often overlooked threat in our country.---FOLLOW US ON INSTAGRAM:@lostonespodTHEME MUSIC BY:Derrick Holman, Vibes Creative&Michael Mcclain---Sources:The Tragic Life & Death of James Byrd Jr.: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PzW4FJE-110&t=861sTexas Executes White Supremacist for 1998 Dragging Death of James Byrd Jr.: https://nyti.ms/2nBO4KwA look back at the murder of James Byrd Jr.: https://www.cnn.com/videos/us/2019/04/23/james-byrd-killer-execution-john-william-king-orig-llr.cnnTHE LYNCHING OF JAMES BYRD JR.: TWO DECADES AGO THIS RACIST MURDER SHOCKED AMERICA. NOW HIS KILLER FACES EXECUTION: https://www.newsweek.com/james-byrd-jr-lynching-texas-death-row-execution-1394474James Byrd Jr. Was Dragged to Death More Than 20 Years Ago. One of His Killers Is Scheduled to Be Executed This Week: https://www.theroot.com/james-byrd-jr-was-dragged-to-death-more-than-20-years-1834240715THE MATTHEW SHEPARD AND JAMES BYRD, JR., HATE CRIMES PREVENTION ACT OF 2009: https://www.justice.gov/crt/matthew-shepard-and-james-byrd-jr-hate-crimes-prevention-act-2009-0Texas town reflects on dragging death of James Byrd Jr. on eve of execution: https://nypost.com/2019/04/22/texas-town-reflects-on-dragging-death-of-james-byrd-jr-on-eve-of-execution/White Supremacist Executed for Racially Motivated 1998 Murder That Changed How Hate Crimes Are Prosecuted: https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2019/04/white-supremacist-john-william-king-executed-racist-hate-crime-murder-james-byrd.htmlJames Byrd Jr's family explains the coping process as his killer is executed: https://www.ktre.com/story/15519578/james-byrd-jrs-family-speaks-out-as-his-killer-is-executed/

In 1984, Barbara Jean Dreher, a black woman, was last seen by her family when she dropped her two young boys off at her daughter’s home in Washington, D.C. In this episode, we talk about the circumstances of her disappearance, the ways in which the police so badly mismanaged her investigation, and how her family was impacted. ---FOLLOW US ON INSTAGRAM:@lostonespodTHEME MUSIC BY:Derrick Holman, Vibes Creative---Sources:Black and Missing Foundationhttp://www.blackandmissinginc.com/cdad/stats.htmCharley Projecthttp://charleyproject.org/case/barbara-jean-dreher“D.C. jail seeks homicide leads with cold-case playing cards,” The Washington Posthttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/12/14/AR2009121402472.html?sid=ST2009112502882&tid=a_inl_manual&tidloc=42The Doe Networkhttp://www.doenetwork.org/cases/2420dfdc.html“In 1984 she went missing. Could the skeletal remains found in a D.C. apartment crawl space belong to this mother?”, The Washington Posthttps://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/in-1984-she-went-missing-could-the-skeletal-remains-found-in-a-dc-apartment-crawl-space-in-april-belong-to-this-mother/2018/06/20/37f3955c-68ea-11e8-9e38-24e693b38637_story.htmlMissing, Unidentified, and Victimshttps://www.missingadultskids.com/find-missing-barbara-jean-dreher/#.XXBq6-hKjIU“Our Black Women and Girls Have Gone Missing but Few Seem to Care,” Afro.comhttps://www.afro.com/our-black-women-and-girls-have-gone-missing-but-few-seem-to-care/“Police connect remains to three women who vanished in Southeast Washington in 2006”, The Washington Posthttps://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/police-identify-remains-of-three-skeletons-found-buried-in-southeast-washington/2018/08/15/7c1cfe32-a09c-11e8-8e87-c869fe70a721_story.html“Race and Gender: Media Bias in Coverage of Missing Persons,” The Missing NYhttp://themissingny.nycitynewsservice.com/part-two/race/“To Be Young, Missing, and Black,” HuffPosthttps://www.huffpost.com/entry/opinion-todd-missing-black-girls_n_5ab94c9ae4b054d118e5d690“What We Know (And Don't Know) About 'Missing White Women Syndrome',” NPRhttps://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2017/04/13/523769303/what-we-know-and-dont-know-about-missing-white-women-syndrome

Hey everyone, it's Maria and Trevor! We're excited to introduce ourselves and our original true crime podcast, "Lost Ones." Get a taste of what's to come by listening to this prologue episode, where we provide some information about what our show is and isn't going to be, who we are, and why we wanted to start this podcast. We hope you'll keep on listening!---FOLLOW US ON INSTAGRAM:@lostonespodMUSIC BY:Derrick Holman, Vibes Creative&Michael Mcclain