Floodlights

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INTERVIEW: Journalist Allie Hostler (Hoopa Tribe) Aug 19, 2024

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What's it like to cover, as a journalist, your own missing family members, friends, and neighbors? This week we talk with Allie Hostler, editor of the Two Rivers Tribune, a local newspaper in the Hoopa Valley on the Hoopa Reservation. Hoopa is home to many Tribal Nations including the Hoopa, Karuk and Yurok Tribes. Allie shares her “day in the life” as a newspaper editor, what it’s like reporting on missing people in her own community, and the jurisdictional challenges that the Hoopa Tribal police face today.

Find out more about the missing people cases mentioned in this episode (all these cases will be covered in the coming months on Floodlights):

Emmilee Risling

Sumi Juan

Andrea "Chick" White

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MISSING: Khadijah Britton (Round Valley Tribe) Aug 12, 2024

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On February 8th, 2018, Khadijah Britton (Round Valley Tribe) was forced into a car at gunpoint by her ex-boyfriend, Negie Fallis, on the Covelo Reservation in California. In this week's episode, former police officer Trent James, who worked Khadijah's case, explains what led up to her disappearance and what he believes happened to Khadijah after her kidnapping.

Anyone with information regarding Khadijah's case is asked to contact the Mendocino County Sheriff’s Office at (707)234-2100 or the FBI San Francisco Division at (415) 553-7400. Tips can be anonymous. You may also contact your local FBI office, the nearest American Embassy or Consulate, or submit tips online at tips.fbi.gov.

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MISSING AND MURDERED: Angela (Hoopa), Michael and Mary (Tulalip) Aug 05, 2024

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Angela McConnell (Hoopa) and her boyfriend, Michael Bingham Jr., were found dead on a road near his family's property in Northern California. Years later, the case has been put through multiple detectives -- and a private investigator -- with no answers and only cryptic suggestions as to who is responsible. Meanwhile, in the state of Washington, Mary Johnson (Tulalip) remains missing after she walked down Fire Trail Road on the way to a friend's house. Before she vanished, she made a "desperate sounding" call to an unknown woman.

Today, all the families tied up in these cases are asking the same thing: who is responsible?

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MISSING: Daniel Robinson (Part I) Jul 29, 2024

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On June 23rd, 2021, geologist Daniel Robinson left his job site in Buckeye, Arizona - an area within one to two hours of multiple Indian reservations. Since then, there have been no confirmed sightings of Daniel. In this week's episode of Floodlights, we interview David Robinson, Daniel's father, who walks us through Daniel's case. From questions about when and where Daniel's car was located to the mystery surrounding an unknown person who entered Daniel's apartment after he went missing, David tells us what we need to know to keep Daniel's case alive.

In the coming weeks, we'll be uploading Part II of Daniel's episode which will further investigate his case.

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SCANDAL: The Crisis of Missing People on Tribal Lands Jul 22, 2024

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In October 2021, 33 year-old Emmilee Risling spent a few nights at the home of an acquaintance at the "End of the Road" on the Yurok Reservation. After she supposedly left, Emmilee was never seen or heard from again. In this episode, we interview Judge Victorio Shaw, a cousin of Emmilee, who explains how federal and state law contributed not only to the MMIP crisis, but the challenges associated with finding Emmilee.

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SPECIAL EPISODE: How Floodlights Came To Be Jul 09, 2024

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When Emmilee Risling (Hoopa) and Andrea "Chick" White (Hoopa) went missing, no one could predict that it would bring together two people from opposite sides of the world. In this bonus episode to celebrate the launch of Floodlights, we explain how this new weekly true crime podcast came to be.

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UNSOLVED MURDER: Terri Lynn McCloskey (Yurok) Jul 09, 2024

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When 26 year-old Yurok Tribal Member Terri Lynn McCloskey goes missing, no one could understand why anyone would have wanted to hurt this bright young woman. But nearly 40 years later, many questions remain. Where is the police file on Terri Lynn? Who allegedly confessed to her killing? And what do 17 nearby murders possibly have to do with Terri Lynn's case?

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Episode sources:

Frater, Laura. "Who Killed Terri Lynn McCloskey?" Two Rivers Tribune, March 2023.

Frater, Laura. Interview with Allen McCloskey Senior, February 2023.

Frater, Laura. Interview with Allen McCloskey Junior, February 2023.

Unknown journalist. "Unsolved." Redding Record Searchlight archives, August 13th, 1989.

Unknown journalist. "Bones Identified as Those of Missing Hoopa Woman." Two Rivers Tribune archives, unknown date.

https://kobi5.com/news/yurok-tribe-investigator-rescues-woman-from-potential-human-trafficking-223415/

https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/americas-greatest-detective-finalist-detective-julia-oliveira/

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Official Trailer: Floodlights May 19, 2024

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From the creator of The Vanishing Point comes a weekly true crime podcast covering major crimes impacting Tribal nations. From the MMIP crisis and beyond, investigative journalist, Laura Frater, investigates the stories that America needs to hear now. Coming June 17th.

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