1 00:00:02,551 --> 00:00:13,896 ♪ 2 00:00:13,896 --> 00:00:15,620 >>> THE SEARCH FOR JERMAIN 3 00:00:15,620 --> 00:00:16,620 CHARLO CONTINUED TODAY IN THE 4 00:00:16,620 --> 00:00:17,896 MISSOULA AREA. 5 00:00:17,896 --> 00:00:20,310 THIS IS A 23-YEAR-OLD, MOTHER OF 6 00:00:20,310 --> 00:00:20,517 TWO. 7 00:00:20,517 --> 00:00:22,448 >> WE GET MISSING PERSON 8 00:00:22,448 --> 00:00:24,206 ADVISORY PROBABLY MAYBE COUPLE 9 00:00:24,206 --> 00:00:25,000 TIMES A MONTH. 10 00:00:25,000 --> 00:00:26,724 AND 98% OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE 11 00:00:26,724 --> 00:00:28,827 REPORTED MISSING ARE GOING TO BE 12 00:00:28,827 --> 00:00:31,000 FOUND OR THEIR CASE IS RESOLVED. 13 00:00:31,000 --> 00:00:33,689 IT IS UNUSUAL JUST TO HAVE 14 00:00:33,689 --> 00:00:35,517 SOMEBODY VANISH. 15 00:00:35,517 --> 00:00:36,482 >> JERMAIN CHARLO WAS 23 YEARS 16 00:00:36,482 --> 00:00:38,206 OLD WHEN SHE VANISHED ON JUNE 17 00:00:38,206 --> 00:00:41,241 16th, 2018. 18 00:00:41,241 --> 00:00:44,344 >> SHE WA VERY ACTIVE ON SOCIAL 19 00:00:44,344 --> 00:00:44,551 MEDIA. 20 00:00:44,551 --> 00:00:45,620 >> HI. 21 00:00:45,620 --> 00:00:47,586 FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T KNOW 22 00:00:47,586 --> 00:00:49,137 ME, I'M JERMAIN. 23 00:00:49,137 --> 00:00:53,172 THIS IS NOW GOING TO BE MY BLOG 24 00:00:53,172 --> 00:00:53,931 ABOUT ME. 25 00:00:53,931 --> 00:00:59,000 >> SHE POSTED ABOUT EVERYTHING. 26 00:00:59,000 --> 00:01:02,724 >> NONE OF THIS SCRIPTED -- ALL 27 00:01:02,724 --> 00:01:02,931 REAL. 28 00:01:02,931 --> 00:01:04,413 EDON'T LIKE FAKE [ BLEEP ]. 29 00:01:04,413 --> 00:01:05,448 >> FOOD, MAKEUP. 30 00:01:05,448 --> 00:01:06,551 THIS IS WHAT I'M DOING. 31 00:01:06,551 --> 00:01:09,344 THIS IS WHERE I'M GOING. 32 00:01:09,344 --> 00:01:12,586 >>VILLE I'LL HAVE A BETTER BLOG 33 00:01:12,586 --> 00:01:13,517 TOMORROW BECAUSE I'M GOING 34 00:01:13,517 --> 00:01:14,103 GROCERY SHOPPING. 35 00:01:14,103 --> 00:01:15,586 >> FOR HER NOT TO BE ACTIVE ON 36 00:01:15,586 --> 00:01:17,413 SOCIAL MEDIA, THEN I KNEW 37 00:01:17,413 --> 00:01:20,275 SOETHING WAS NOT RIGHT. 38 00:01:20,275 --> 00:01:23,517 >> SO ON THE EVENING OF JUNE 15, 39 00:01:23,517 --> 00:01:27,000 2018, JERMAIN WAS DOWNTOWN 40 00:01:27,000 --> 00:01:28,931 MISSOULA, SOCIALIZING AT SOME 41 00:01:28,931 --> 00:01:29,103 BARS. 42 00:01:29,103 --> 00:01:31,310 AND SHE WAS LAST KNOWN TO BE 43 00:01:31,310 --> 00:01:34,103 ALIVE IN THE ALLEY BEHIND ONE OF 44 00:01:34,103 --> 00:01:35,517 THE BARS. 45 00:01:35,517 --> 00:01:38,000 >> CHARLO IS A NATIVE AMERICAN 46 00:01:38,000 --> 00:01:38,551 WOMAN. 47 00:01:38,551 --> 00:01:40,033 5'8" AND WEIGHS 130 POUNDS. 48 00:01:40,033 --> 00:01:41,275 SHE WAS LAST WEARING BLUE JEANS. 49 00:01:41,275 --> 00:01:43,068 >> WE STARTED THINKING ABOUT, 50 00:01:43,068 --> 00:01:44,033 OKAY, DID SHE MAKE IT BACK ON 51 00:01:44,033 --> 00:01:45,378 THE RESERVATION. 52 00:01:45,378 --> 00:01:47,310 DID SHE NOT MAKE IT BACK ON THE 53 00:01:47,310 --> 00:01:47,723 RESERVATION. 54 00:01:47,723 --> 00:01:50,551 THE RESERVATION ITSELF IS 1.319 55 00:01:50,551 --> 00:01:52,000 MILLION ACRES. 56 00:01:52,000 --> 00:01:53,827 IT'S MOUNTAINOUS. 57 00:01:53,827 --> 00:01:54,758 THERE'S NUMEROUS RIVERS. 58 00:01:54,758 --> 00:01:58,172 THERE'S NUMEROUS PREDATORS. 59 00:01:58,172 --> 00:02:02,413 AND EVERY HOUR, DAY, MINUTE THAT 60 00:02:02,413 --> 00:02:03,586 SEARCH AREA EXPANDS. 61 00:02:03,586 --> 00:02:05,275 >> I THINK THERE'S ALWAYS THAT 62 00:02:05,275 --> 00:02:08,378 HOPE THAT SHE'S OUT THERE 63 00:02:08,378 --> 00:02:08,793 SOMEWHERE. 64 00:02:08,793 --> 00:02:10,033 >> YOU DIDN'T KNOW JERMAIN. 65 00:02:10,033 --> 00:02:11,103 >> I DIDN'T KNOW JERMAIN. 66 00:02:11,103 --> 00:02:11,965 I DREAM ABOUT HER. 67 00:02:11,965 --> 00:02:13,172 I THINK ABOUT HER. 68 00:02:13,172 --> 00:02:14,896 >> BUT WHAT DOES SHE REPRESENT 69 00:02:14,896 --> 00:02:15,517 TO YOU? 70 00:02:15,517 --> 00:02:20,827 >> SHE DEFINITELY REPRESENTS OUR 71 00:02:20,827 --> 00:02:21,034 PEOPLE. 72 00:02:21,034 --> 00:02:22,793 THIS IS ONE OF MANY CASES IN 73 00:02:22,793 --> 00:02:23,137 MONTANA. 74 00:02:23,137 --> 00:02:25,655 I KNOW HOW TO TAKE PICTURES. 75 00:02:25,655 --> 00:02:28,000 AND VISUAL REPRESENTATION OF ANY 76 00:02:28,000 --> 00:02:28,862 ISSUE IS HUGE. 77 00:02:28,862 --> 00:02:32,067 THAT RED HAND, YOU CAN'T NOT 78 00:02:32,067 --> 00:02:33,310 SEE. 79 00:02:33,310 --> 00:02:34,000 IT SHOUTS OUT. 80 00:02:34,000 --> 00:02:36,827 WE'RE NOT GOING TO TAKE THIS 81 00:02:36,827 --> 00:02:37,034 ANYMORE. 82 00:02:37,034 --> 00:02:39,067 >> JERMAIN HAS BECOME THE 83 00:02:39,067 --> 00:02:40,517 WESTERN MONTANA FACE OF MISSING 84 00:02:40,517 --> 00:02:42,551 AND MURDERED INDIGENOUS PEOPLE. 85 00:02:42,551 --> 00:02:45,827 AND NOW WE'RE TO THE POINT WHERE 86 00:02:45,827 --> 00:02:46,379 IT'S THE FIRST ANNIVERSARY. 87 00:02:46,379 --> 00:02:48,000 IT'S THE SECOND, THE THIRD. 88 00:02:48,000 --> 00:02:50,172 >> AND YOU'VE BEEN LIVING IN 89 00:02:50,172 --> 00:02:52,551 LIMBO FOR SIX YEARS? 90 00:02:52,551 --> 00:02:56,137 >> YEAH. 91 00:02:56,137 --> 00:02:57,551 I MISS HER. 92 00:02:57,551 --> 00:02:59,103 I'M NOT GOING TO STOP SEARCHING 93 00:02:59,103 --> 00:02:59,930 FOR HER. 94 00:02:59,930 --> 00:03:01,896 SHE'S OUT THERE SOMEWHERE, BUT 95 00:03:01,896 --> 00:03:02,137 WHERE. 96 00:03:02,137 --> 00:03:03,034 >> WHAT DO YOU NEED TO SOLVE 97 00:03:03,034 --> 00:03:03,793 THIS CASE? 98 00:03:03,793 --> 00:03:05,172 >> I FEEL LIKE I GOT THIS PUZZLE 99 00:03:05,172 --> 00:03:07,103 IN FRONT OF ME, BUT I DON'T HAVE 100 00:03:07,103 --> 00:03:09,517 ALL THE PIECES ON THE TABLE 101 00:03:09,517 --> 00:03:09,793 QUITE YET. 102 00:03:09,793 --> 00:03:10,689 ONE OR TWO PIECES COULD BREAK 103 00:03:10,689 --> 00:03:11,103 THE CASE. 104 00:03:11,103 --> 00:03:12,413 >> SOMEONE OUT THERE KNOWS. 105 00:03:12,413 --> 00:03:15,034 >> SOMEONE OUT THERE KNOWS WHAT 106 00:03:15,034 --> 00:03:16,034 HAPPENED TO JERMAIN CHARLO. 107 00:03:16,034 --> 00:03:18,448 >> AND THEY'RE JUST NOT TALKING. 108 00:03:18,448 --> 00:03:20,517 >> COME FORWARD. 109 00:03:20,517 --> 00:03:24,793 WE KNOW YOU'RE THERE. 110 00:03:24,793 --> 00:03:29,000 BE BRAVE. 111 00:03:29,000 --> 00:03:44,448 ♪ 112 00:03:44,448 --> 00:04:01,241 ♪ 113 00:04:01,241 --> 00:04:13,137 ♪ 114 00:04:13,137 --> 00:04:17,551 >>> ON HIGHWAY 93, ON ROUTE TO 115 00:04:17,551 --> 00:04:22,551 MISSOULA, IT'S HARD TO MISS THIS 116 00:04:22,551 --> 00:04:23,137 BILLBOARD 117 00:04:23,137 --> 00:04:23,413 BILLBOARD. 118 00:04:23,413 --> 00:04:25,379 AND JERMAIN CHARLO'S HAUNTING 119 00:04:25,379 --> 00:04:26,000 GAZE. 120 00:04:26,000 --> 00:04:30,448 >> WHEN I SEE THAT BILLBOARD, 121 00:04:30,448 --> 00:04:32,206 I'M FRUSTRATED. 122 00:04:32,206 --> 00:04:34,310 >> MISSOULA POLICE DETECTIVE GUY 123 00:04:34,310 --> 00:04:36,137 BAKER HAS BEEN SEARCHING FOR 124 00:04:36,137 --> 00:04:39,103 JERMAIN FOR MORE THAN SIX YEARS. 125 00:04:39,103 --> 00:04:40,862 >> WE'VE JUST TIME AND TIME 126 00:04:40,862 --> 00:04:43,827 AGAIN COME UP EMPTY HANDED. 127 00:04:43,827 --> 00:04:46,620 >> THESE ARE THE LAST KNOWN 128 00:04:46,620 --> 00:04:47,689 IMAGES OF JERMAIN CHARLO. 129 00:04:47,689 --> 00:04:50,448 THEY WERE CAPTURED ON 130 00:04:50,448 --> 00:04:51,931 SURVEILLANCE VIDEO ON FRIDAY 131 00:04:51,931 --> 00:04:56,310 JUNE 15th, 2018, IN DOWNTOWN 132 00:04:56,310 --> 00:04:56,586 MISSOULA. 133 00:04:56,586 --> 00:04:57,965 THERE'S JERMAIN, CHATTING WITH 134 00:04:57,965 --> 00:05:00,758 PEOPLE OUTSIDE A BAR CALLED THE 135 00:05:00,758 --> 00:05:01,551 BADLANDER. 136 00:05:01,551 --> 00:05:03,000 A LITTLE BEFORE MIDNIGHT JERMAIN 137 00:05:03,000 --> 00:05:05,551 WALKS AWAY FROM THE CAMERA. 138 00:05:05,551 --> 00:05:07,275 A MAN BY HER SIDE. 139 00:05:07,275 --> 00:05:10,310 AND DISAPPEARS INTO THE NIGHT. 140 00:05:10,310 --> 00:05:13,034 SIX YEARS LATER, WITH NO ARRESTS 141 00:05:13,034 --> 00:05:16,000 AND NO PUBLICLY-NAMED SUSPECT, 142 00:05:16,000 --> 00:05:19,206 POLICE RELEASE THE VIDEO TO "48 143 00:05:19,206 --> 00:05:21,275 HOURS" HOPING TO GENERATE LEADS. 144 00:05:21,275 --> 00:05:23,068 >> SOMEONE OUT THERE KNOWS WHAT 145 00:05:23,068 --> 00:05:24,655 HAPPENED TO JERMAIN CHARLO. 146 00:05:24,655 --> 00:05:27,379 JERMAIN WALKS OUT OF VIEW, SO 147 00:05:27,379 --> 00:05:28,379 MAYBE SOMEBODY SAW SOMETHING 148 00:05:28,379 --> 00:05:29,551 THAT NEVER THOUGHT ABOUT 149 00:05:29,551 --> 00:05:30,689 CONTACTING US. 150 00:05:30,689 --> 00:05:32,103 SO IF ANYBODY HAS ANY 151 00:05:32,103 --> 00:05:33,103 INFORMATION ABOUT THAT NIGHT OR 152 00:05:33,103 --> 00:05:35,275 ANY ASPECT OF THIS 153 00:05:35,275 --> 00:05:36,620 INVESTIGATION, I ENCOURAGE THEM 154 00:05:36,620 --> 00:05:37,689 TO CALL ME. 155 00:05:37,689 --> 00:05:41,896 >> FOR JERMAIN'S AUNTS DANNY MAT 156 00:05:41,896 --> 00:05:45,482 AND VALENDA MORIGEAU. 157 00:05:45,482 --> 00:05:48,137 THIS BEGAN ON JUNE 16, 2018, 158 00:05:48,137 --> 00:05:49,586 WITH A CALL FROM JERMAIN'S 159 00:05:49,586 --> 00:05:49,931 GRANDMOTHER. 160 00:05:49,931 --> 00:05:51,000 >> SHE WAS VERY CLOSE WITH MY 161 00:05:51,000 --> 00:05:51,310 MOM. 162 00:05:51,310 --> 00:05:54,137 MY MOM'S ACTUALLY THE ONE WHO 163 00:05:54,137 --> 00:05:55,965 HAD CALLED ME AND SAID HAVE YOU 164 00:05:55,965 --> 00:05:56,793 HEARD FROM JERMAIN? 165 00:05:56,793 --> 00:05:58,862 AND I SAID NO. 166 00:05:58,862 --> 00:06:00,310 >> WHY, HELLO. 167 00:06:00,310 --> 00:06:01,241 I'M BACK. 168 00:06:01,241 --> 00:06:03,724 >> THE FAMILY SAYS JERMAIN NEVER 169 00:06:03,724 --> 00:06:06,655 WENT ANYWHERE WITHOUT HER PHONE. 170 00:06:06,655 --> 00:06:08,206 SO IT WOULD BE UNUSUAL FOR HER 171 00:06:08,206 --> 00:06:10,275 NOT TO TEXT OR CALL. 172 00:06:10,275 --> 00:06:12,000 THEY KNEW SHE HAD BEEN IN 173 00:06:12,000 --> 00:06:12,275 MISSOULA. 174 00:06:12,275 --> 00:06:17,068 >> SO I KEPT CALLING HER, 175 00:06:17,068 --> 00:06:18,344 CALLING HER. 176 00:06:18,344 --> 00:06:19,689 AND WHEN SHE DIDN'T ANSWER HER 177 00:06:19,689 --> 00:06:22,310 PHONE, DANNY HAD A FEELING 178 00:06:22,310 --> 00:06:23,655 SOMETHING WASN'T RIGHT. 179 00:06:23,655 --> 00:06:24,931 >> WE CALLED THE HOSPITALS TO 180 00:06:24,931 --> 00:06:27,068 THE SHELTERS, ANYWHERE WE COULD 181 00:06:27,068 --> 00:06:28,793 THINK OF JUST BECAUSE IT WAS NOT 182 00:06:28,793 --> 00:06:31,620 NATURAL FOR HER NOT TO TALK TO 183 00:06:31,620 --> 00:06:32,448 MY MOTHER LIKE SHE DID ON A 184 00:06:32,448 --> 00:06:33,206 DAILY BASIS. 185 00:06:33,206 --> 00:06:37,448 >> SHE DISAPPEARED WITHOUT A 186 00:06:37,448 --> 00:06:37,689 TRACE. 187 00:06:37,689 --> 00:06:38,068 >> NOTHING. 188 00:06:38,068 --> 00:06:40,724 >> THE FAMILY WAS SICK WITH 189 00:06:40,724 --> 00:06:40,931 WORRY. 190 00:06:40,931 --> 00:06:42,344 NO ONE HAD HEARD FROM HER. 191 00:06:42,344 --> 00:06:44,586 AND SHE HAD NOT RETURNED TO HER 192 00:06:44,586 --> 00:06:47,275 HOME ON THE FLATHEAD 193 00:06:47,275 --> 00:06:49,137 RESERVATION, ABOUT 40 MILES FROM 194 00:06:49,137 --> 00:06:49,586 MISSOULA. 195 00:06:49,586 --> 00:06:54,241 ON MONDAY, JUNE 18th, 48 HOURS 196 00:06:54,241 --> 00:06:56,827 AFTER JERMAIN WAS LAST SEEN, 197 00:06:56,827 --> 00:06:57,724 BELINDA CONTACTED AUTHORITIES 198 00:06:57,724 --> 00:06:58,172 FOR HELP. 199 00:06:58,172 --> 00:06:59,413 >> BECAUSE SHE WENT MISSING OUT 200 00:06:59,413 --> 00:07:01,103 OF MISSOULA, I CALLED MISSOULA 201 00:07:01,103 --> 00:07:03,103 POLICE DEPARTMENT TO LET THEM 202 00:07:03,103 --> 00:07:04,689 KNOW SHE HAD GONE MISSING. 203 00:07:04,689 --> 00:07:06,310 THERE WAS LIKE NO SENSE OF LET'S 204 00:07:06,310 --> 00:07:07,793 MAKE SURE THAT WE CHECK ALL THE 205 00:07:07,793 --> 00:07:09,551 BOXES AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'VE 206 00:07:09,551 --> 00:07:10,896 DONE EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN TO 207 00:07:10,896 --> 00:07:13,206 MAKE SURE SHE'S SAFE. 208 00:07:13,206 --> 00:07:16,586 >> THE FAMILY ALSO CONTACTED THE 209 00:07:16,586 --> 00:07:17,206 FLATHEAD RESERVATION POLICE. 210 00:07:17,206 --> 00:07:18,758 >> WE TRIED TO GET AS MUCH 211 00:07:18,758 --> 00:07:20,000 INFORMATION OUT THERE AS WE CAN, 212 00:07:20,000 --> 00:07:22,103 TRY TO GET FLYERS, PICTURES, 213 00:07:22,103 --> 00:07:26,068 WHATEVER WE CAN DO OUT THERE. 214 00:07:26,068 --> 00:07:28,034 >> POLICE CHIEF CRAIG KOE TOUR. 215 00:07:28,034 --> 00:07:30,275 >> AS THE DAYS GO ON, PEOPLE 216 00:07:30,275 --> 00:07:31,448 START THINKING HOLD ON, MAYBE 217 00:07:31,448 --> 00:07:33,275 THERE IS MORE TO THIS THAN SHE'S 218 00:07:33,275 --> 00:07:33,482 GONE. 219 00:07:33,482 --> 00:07:36,413 >> THEN ON JUNE 20th, FOUR DAYS 220 00:07:36,413 --> 00:07:38,344 AFTER JERMAIN DISAPPEARED, VE 221 00:07:38,344 --> 00:07:41,896 LEN DA MADE THE DRIVE TO THE 222 00:07:41,896 --> 00:07:43,758 MISSOULA POLICE DEPARTMENT FROM 223 00:07:43,758 --> 00:07:46,655 THE FLATHEAD RESERVATION, 224 00:07:46,655 --> 00:07:47,827 OFFICIALLY FILED A MISSING 225 00:07:47,827 --> 00:07:48,862 PERSONS REPORT AND MET WITH THE 226 00:07:48,862 --> 00:07:51,275 DETECTIVE ASSIGNED TO JERMAIN'S 227 00:07:51,275 --> 00:07:51,482 CASE. 228 00:07:51,482 --> 00:07:53,310 >> HE DID HIS DUE DILIGENCE AND 229 00:07:53,310 --> 00:07:55,241 CHECKED THE HOSPITALS AND THE 230 00:07:55,241 --> 00:07:56,827 HOMELESS SHELTERS. 231 00:07:56,827 --> 00:07:59,137 I WAS TOLD THAT SHE WAS NOT IN 232 00:07:59,137 --> 00:08:00,448 IMMEDIATE DANGER. 233 00:08:00,448 --> 00:08:02,896 >> VALENDA KNEW IN HER HEART 234 00:08:02,896 --> 00:08:05,448 JERMAIN WAS IN IMMEDIATE DANGER. 235 00:08:05,448 --> 00:08:07,482 FRIGHTENED AND FRUSTRATED, THE 236 00:08:07,482 --> 00:08:09,896 FAMILY REACHED OUT AGAIN. 237 00:08:09,896 --> 00:08:12,172 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING 238 00:08:12,172 --> 00:08:13,172 HERE TODAY. 239 00:08:13,172 --> 00:08:14,862 >> VOLUNTEER SEARCHES WERE 240 00:08:14,862 --> 00:08:15,103 ORGANIZED. 241 00:08:15,103 --> 00:08:17,551 >> I'VE BEEN ON A COUPLE OF THE 242 00:08:17,551 --> 00:08:17,827 SEARCHES. 243 00:08:17,827 --> 00:08:20,068 >> DESCRIBE THEM TO ME. 244 00:08:20,068 --> 00:08:23,172 >> THEY'RE HEART BREAKING. 245 00:08:23,172 --> 00:08:25,206 >> JEN MURPHY IS AN EDUCATOR 246 00:08:25,206 --> 00:08:27,034 LIVING IN MONTANA. 247 00:08:27,034 --> 00:08:28,965 >> EVERY LITTLE STEP THAT YOU 248 00:08:28,965 --> 00:08:32,068 TAKE, IT'S A GRID SEARCH, SO YOU 249 00:08:32,068 --> 00:08:33,586 CAN'T BE ANY FARTHER THAN AN 250 00:08:33,586 --> 00:08:35,620 ARM'S LENGTH APART SO THAT YOU 251 00:08:35,620 --> 00:08:36,517 DON'T MISS ANYTHING. 252 00:08:36,517 --> 00:08:38,102 >> IF YOU COME UPON ANYTHING 253 00:08:38,102 --> 00:08:41,482 THAT LOOKS OUT OF PLACE -- 254 00:08:41,482 --> 00:08:43,000 >> SO GRID SEARCHING A MOUNTAIN 255 00:08:43,000 --> 00:08:45,172 WITH TREES THAT ARE RIGHT NEXT 256 00:08:45,172 --> 00:08:49,965 TO EACH OTHER IS ALMOST 257 00:08:49,965 --> 00:08:50,241 IMPOSSIBLE. 258 00:08:50,241 --> 00:08:52,482 >> DURING ONE OF THOSE SEARCHES, 259 00:08:52,482 --> 00:08:53,827 SHE MET VALENDA. 260 00:08:53,827 --> 00:08:55,103 >> HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE YOUR 261 00:08:55,103 --> 00:08:57,896 BOND WITH VALENDA? 262 00:08:57,896 --> 00:09:02,310 >> SHE'S LIKE A SISTER TO ME 263 00:09:02,310 --> 00:09:02,482 NOW. 264 00:09:02,482 --> 00:09:04,137 >> SO HER PAIN IS YOUR PAIN. 265 00:09:04,137 --> 00:09:07,000 >> ABSOLUTELY. 266 00:09:07,000 --> 00:09:07,275 UH-HUH. 267 00:09:07,275 --> 00:09:08,586 >> THEY'RE CONTINUING TO 268 00:09:08,586 --> 00:09:10,862 INVESTIGATE THE DISAPPEARANCE OF 269 00:09:10,862 --> 00:09:11,586 23-YEAR-OLD JERMAIN CHARLO. 270 00:09:11,586 --> 00:09:12,862 HERE IS ANOTHER LOOK AT HER 271 00:09:12,862 --> 00:09:13,827 RIGHT NOW. 272 00:09:13,827 --> 00:09:15,103 IF YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION ON 273 00:09:15,103 --> 00:09:18,068 HER DISAPPEARANCE -- 274 00:09:18,068 --> 00:09:19,275 >> AFTER JERMAIN HAD BEEN 275 00:09:19,275 --> 00:09:21,586 MISSING FOR ABOUT TEN DAYS, 276 00:09:21,586 --> 00:09:23,793 DETECTIVE GUY BAKER, WHO JUST 277 00:09:23,793 --> 00:09:25,620 COME BACK FROM VACATION, 278 00:09:25,620 --> 00:09:28,103 VOLUNTEERED TO TAKE OVER THE 279 00:09:28,103 --> 00:09:28,379 CASE. 280 00:09:28,379 --> 00:09:29,896 IS IT UNUSUAL FOR SOMEONE TO GO 281 00:09:29,896 --> 00:09:31,103 MISSING IN MISSOULA? 282 00:09:31,103 --> 00:09:32,448 >> NO, NO. 283 00:09:32,448 --> 00:09:34,000 I THINK WE HAVE SOMETIMES 284 00:09:34,000 --> 00:09:37,034 MULTIPLE PEOPLE PER WEEK, 97, 285 00:09:37,034 --> 00:09:38,517 98% STATEWIDE REPORTED MISSING 286 00:09:38,517 --> 00:09:40,103 PEOPLE ARE FOUND. 287 00:09:40,103 --> 00:09:43,206 SO IT'S THAT 2% THAT ARE THE 288 00:09:43,206 --> 00:09:44,517 DIFFICULT ONES. 289 00:09:44,517 --> 00:09:45,793 >> BAKER WAS CONCERNED JERMAIN'S 290 00:09:45,793 --> 00:09:49,275 CASE WAS AMONG THAT DIFFICULT 291 00:09:49,275 --> 00:09:49,517 2%. 292 00:09:49,517 --> 00:09:51,793 THEN IN MID JULY, ONE MONTH 293 00:09:51,793 --> 00:09:54,241 AFTER HER DISAPPEARANCE, THERE 294 00:09:54,241 --> 00:09:57,827 SEEMED TO BE A NEW AND 295 00:09:57,827 --> 00:09:58,724 DISTURBING DEVELOPMENT. 296 00:09:58,724 --> 00:09:59,896 >> MISSOULA POLICE ARE CONCERNED 297 00:09:59,896 --> 00:10:01,862 THAT A MISSING DIXON WOMAN MIGHT 298 00:10:01,862 --> 00:10:03,551 BE HELD SOMEONE AGAINST HER WILL 299 00:10:03,551 --> 00:10:04,000 TONIGHT. 300 00:10:04,000 --> 00:10:04,793 THEY'RE CONTINUING TO 301 00:10:04,793 --> 00:10:07,379 INVESTIGATE THE DISAPPEARANCE OF 302 00:10:07,379 --> 00:10:08,517 23-YEAR-OLD JERMAIN CHARLO, WHO 303 00:10:08,517 --> 00:10:10,758 ALSO GOES BY THE NAME LIZ. 304 00:10:10,758 --> 00:10:12,551 >> WE HAD SOME INFORMATION EARLY 305 00:10:12,551 --> 00:10:13,551 ON THAT THERE MIGHT HAVE BEEN 306 00:10:13,551 --> 00:10:14,517 SOME PEOPLE IN MISSOULA FROM OUT 307 00:10:14,517 --> 00:10:17,000 OF STATE THAT WERE TRYING TO BUY 308 00:10:17,000 --> 00:10:17,517 A GIRL. 309 00:10:17,517 --> 00:10:20,551 AND I WAS THINKING THERE WAS A 310 00:10:20,551 --> 00:10:21,103 CONNECTION THERE. 311 00:10:21,103 --> 00:10:24,310 >> THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF RURAL 312 00:10:24,310 --> 00:10:29,137 AREAS AND MILES TO GO ACROSS 313 00:10:29,137 --> 00:10:30,241 THIS STATE. 314 00:10:30,241 --> 00:10:32,517 AND THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE 315 00:10:32,517 --> 00:10:33,172 EXTREMELY VULNERABLE. 316 00:10:33,172 --> 00:10:34,724 >> MISSOULA COUNTY DEPUTY 317 00:10:34,724 --> 00:10:35,896 ATTORNEY, BRITNEY WILLIAMS. 318 00:10:35,896 --> 00:10:38,758 >> HUMAN TRAFFICKING IS A HUGE 319 00:10:38,758 --> 00:10:41,344 PROBLEM NATIONWIDE, BUT HOW DOES 320 00:10:41,344 --> 00:10:42,482 IT DIFFER IN MONTANA? 321 00:10:42,482 --> 00:10:45,068 >> I WOULD SAY IT DIFFERS FROM A 322 00:10:45,068 --> 00:10:45,965 LACK OF KNOWLEDGE. 323 00:10:45,965 --> 00:10:50,103 I THINK PEOPLE HAVE AN IDEA THAT 324 00:10:50,103 --> 00:10:51,206 MONTANA IS RURAL AND 325 00:10:51,206 --> 00:10:53,310 UNDEVELOPED. 326 00:10:53,310 --> 00:10:55,000 AND WE DON'T HAVE MAJOR CRIMES 327 00:10:55,000 --> 00:10:55,689 THAT OCCUR HERE. 328 00:10:55,689 --> 00:10:57,000 BUT THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS WE 329 00:10:57,000 --> 00:10:59,413 HAVE ONE OF THE LARGEST 330 00:10:59,413 --> 00:11:00,103 INTERSTATES THAT RUNS THROUGH 331 00:11:00,103 --> 00:11:03,275 OUR STATE RIGHT HERE THROUGH 332 00:11:03,275 --> 00:11:06,206 MISSOULA, MONTANA. 333 00:11:06,206 --> 00:11:07,137 THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO CAN BE 334 00:11:07,137 --> 00:11:09,655 SWEPT AWAY IN AN INSTANT AND 335 00:11:09,655 --> 00:11:13,068 BECAUSE OF LACK OF GPS OR CELL 336 00:11:13,068 --> 00:11:14,275 TOWERS YOU MIGHT NEVER HEAR FROM 337 00:11:14,275 --> 00:11:15,931 THAT PERSON AGAIN IN A MATTER OF 338 00:11:15,931 --> 00:11:19,758 MINUTES THEY COULD BE GONE. 339 00:11:19,758 --> 00:11:21,586 AND THEY COULD BE TRAFFICKED TO 340 00:11:21,586 --> 00:11:23,620 ANOTHER STATE, POTENTIALLY 341 00:11:23,620 --> 00:11:25,482 ANOTHER COUNTRY. 342 00:11:25,482 --> 00:11:27,000 >> IF JERMAIN CHARLO WAS A 343 00:11:27,000 --> 00:11:30,827 VICTIM OF TRAFFICKING, COULD LAW 344 00:11:30,827 --> 00:11:31,275 ENFORCEMENT FIND HER? 345 00:11:31,275 --> 00:11:45,241 ♪ 346 00:11:45,241 --> 00:11:45,758 ♪ 347 00:11:45,758 --> 00:11:49,793 >>> WHILE DETECTIVE BAKER WAS 348 00:11:49,793 --> 00:11:50,413 INVESTIGATING THE POSSIBILITY 349 00:11:50,413 --> 00:11:52,241 JERMAIN CHARLO MAY HAVE BEEN A 350 00:11:52,241 --> 00:11:54,068 VICTIM OF SEX TRAFFICKING, HER 351 00:11:54,068 --> 00:11:55,517 FAMILY WAS DESPERATELY TRYING TO 352 00:11:55,517 --> 00:11:56,724 GET HER BACK HOME. 353 00:11:56,724 --> 00:11:59,241 >> WE CALLED HER PHONE IT SEEMS 354 00:11:59,241 --> 00:12:03,000 LIKE A MILLION TIMES OVER. 355 00:12:03,000 --> 00:12:07,517 TRIED TO FACEBOOK, FACETIME. 356 00:12:07,517 --> 00:12:07,689 ♪ 357 00:12:07,689 --> 00:12:09,517 >> EVEN FROM THE TIME SHE WAS A 358 00:12:09,517 --> 00:12:11,206 LITTLE KID, SHE HAD LIKE THE 359 00:12:11,206 --> 00:12:13,000 BEST PERSONALITY. 360 00:12:13,000 --> 00:12:14,448 SHE'S VERY OUTGOING. 361 00:12:14,448 --> 00:12:16,000 >> BEAUTIFUL. 362 00:12:16,000 --> 00:12:17,655 RESILIENT. 363 00:12:17,655 --> 00:12:18,517 ANIMAL LOVER. 364 00:12:18,517 --> 00:12:20,137 OH, GOSH, THE LIST OF PETS SHE 365 00:12:20,137 --> 00:12:20,689 HAD IS -- 366 00:12:20,689 --> 00:12:22,931 >> I THINK SHE HAD A FLYING 367 00:12:22,931 --> 00:12:23,620 SQUIRREL OR SOMETHING. 368 00:12:23,620 --> 00:12:25,103 >> AND THEN A PIG. 369 00:12:25,103 --> 00:12:26,586 >> SHE HAD TWO PIGS. 370 00:12:26,586 --> 00:12:30,241 >> SHE'S VERY OUTDOORSY. 371 00:12:30,241 --> 00:12:31,586 SHE ALWAYS LOVED TO BE BY THE 372 00:12:31,586 --> 00:12:32,758 RIVER AND FISHING. 373 00:12:32,758 --> 00:12:35,551 >> VALENDA WAS ONLY 10 WHEN HER 374 00:12:35,551 --> 00:12:37,724 NIECE JERMAIN WAS BORN. 375 00:12:37,724 --> 00:12:38,931 SOON, THEY WERE AS CLOSE AS 376 00:12:38,931 --> 00:12:39,172 SISTERS. 377 00:12:39,172 --> 00:12:40,103 >> WHEN SHE WAS BORN, I DIDN'T 378 00:12:40,103 --> 00:12:42,448 LIKE HER AT ALL. 379 00:12:42,448 --> 00:12:44,862 I WAS THE BABY OF THE FAMILY. 380 00:12:44,862 --> 00:12:46,206 AND SHE STOLE MY THUNDER. 381 00:12:46,206 --> 00:12:48,965 AND THEN ONE DAY MY GRANDMA WAS 382 00:12:48,965 --> 00:12:50,827 COOKING AND JERMAIN NEEDED TO BE 383 00:12:50,827 --> 00:12:51,172 FED. 384 00:12:51,172 --> 00:12:53,034 MY GRANDMA IS LIKE HOLD THIS 385 00:12:53,034 --> 00:12:53,241 BABY. 386 00:12:53,241 --> 00:12:54,655 I REMEMBER LOOKING AT HER LIKE, 387 00:12:54,655 --> 00:12:55,931 ALL RIGHT, YOU'RE NOT THAT BAD. 388 00:12:55,931 --> 00:12:57,793 FROM THAT DAY ON SHE WAS MY 389 00:12:57,793 --> 00:12:58,000 BABY. 390 00:12:58,000 --> 00:13:00,896 SHE WAS MY BABY SISTER. 391 00:13:00,896 --> 00:13:03,517 >> JERMAIN WAS CREATIVE AND 392 00:13:03,517 --> 00:13:03,862 IMAGINATIVE. 393 00:13:03,862 --> 00:13:05,068 >> SHE WAS AN AMAZING ARTIST. 394 00:13:05,068 --> 00:13:07,758 >> HER DREAM WAS TO ATTEND THE 395 00:13:07,758 --> 00:13:09,241 INSTITUTE OF AMERICAN INDIAN 396 00:13:09,241 --> 00:13:10,413 ARTS IN NEW MEXICO. 397 00:13:10,413 --> 00:13:11,793 >> ON HER YOUTUBE CHANNEL, SHE 398 00:13:11,793 --> 00:13:15,724 WAS LIKE USING FINGERNAIL POLISH 399 00:13:15,724 --> 00:13:18,482 TO MAKE AN OCTOPUS. 400 00:13:18,482 --> 00:13:20,103 SHE WOULD CROCHET GROCERY BAGS 401 00:13:20,103 --> 00:13:22,310 TO SAVE THE ENVIRONMENT. 402 00:13:22,310 --> 00:13:23,000 THAT GIRL COULD DO ANYTHING SHE 403 00:13:23,000 --> 00:13:24,793 SET HER MIND TO. 404 00:13:24,793 --> 00:13:27,000 SHE WAS SO SMART. 405 00:13:27,000 --> 00:13:28,724 SO TALENTED. 406 00:13:28,724 --> 00:13:31,586 >> SHE GREW UP ON THE FLATHEAD 407 00:13:31,586 --> 00:13:31,931 RESERVATION. 408 00:13:31,931 --> 00:13:34,000 >> GOT THE CONFLUENCE OF THE 409 00:13:34,000 --> 00:13:34,379 RIVERS. 410 00:13:34,379 --> 00:13:35,620 YOU HAVE THE BISON RANGE RIGHT 411 00:13:35,620 --> 00:13:37,000 NEXT TO YOU AND MOUNTAINS, YOU 412 00:13:37,000 --> 00:13:40,724 KNOW, AS FAR AS YOU CAN SEE. 413 00:13:40,724 --> 00:13:42,275 A REALLY STRONG SENSE OF 414 00:13:42,275 --> 00:13:42,793 COMMUNITY. 415 00:13:42,793 --> 00:13:44,344 >> AND JERMAIN CHARLO'S ROOTS 416 00:13:44,344 --> 00:13:47,413 RUN DEEP ON THIS RESERVATION. 417 00:13:47,413 --> 00:13:49,034 SHE'S A MEMBER OF THE 418 00:13:49,034 --> 00:13:53,137 CONFEDERATED SALISH AND COUTN-EY 419 00:13:53,137 --> 00:14:00,137 TRIBES AND A DESEN SENT OF CHIEF 420 00:14:00,137 --> 00:14:00,379 CHARLO. 421 00:14:00,379 --> 00:14:02,310 THE TRIBE WAS FORCED TO MOVE 422 00:14:02,310 --> 00:14:04,586 FROM THEIR ANCESTRAL LAND IN 423 00:14:04,586 --> 00:14:06,586 MONTANA'S BITTER ROOT VALLEY TO 424 00:14:06,586 --> 00:14:08,275 THE FLATHEAD RESERVATION. 425 00:14:08,275 --> 00:14:10,103 WE ARE ON TRIBAL LAND. 426 00:14:10,103 --> 00:14:10,413 >> YES. 427 00:14:10,413 --> 00:14:12,344 >> JERMAIN LIVED IN THIS ORANGE 428 00:14:12,344 --> 00:14:14,034 HOUSE OVER HERE. 429 00:14:14,034 --> 00:14:15,310 >> JERMAIN WAS BALANCING LIFE 430 00:14:15,310 --> 00:14:17,551 WHILE CO-PARENTING HER TWO YOUNG 431 00:14:17,551 --> 00:14:20,344 SONS, JACOB AND THOMAS. 432 00:14:20,344 --> 00:14:21,620 HER RELATIONSHIP WITH THEIR 433 00:14:21,620 --> 00:14:22,758 FATHER WAS STRAINED. 434 00:14:22,758 --> 00:14:24,413 >> SHE WAS A GREAT MOTHER. 435 00:14:24,413 --> 00:14:26,275 HER WORLD REVOLVED AROUND THOSE 436 00:14:26,275 --> 00:14:26,482 BOYS. 437 00:14:26,482 --> 00:14:28,241 SHE WANTED TO TEACH THEM ALL 438 00:14:28,241 --> 00:14:30,448 ABOUT FISHING AND HUNTING. 439 00:14:30,448 --> 00:14:32,206 TAKE THEM TO THE FAIR. 440 00:14:32,206 --> 00:14:34,551 TRY TO GIVE THEM THE BEST LIFE 441 00:14:34,551 --> 00:14:35,586 SHE KNEW HOW. 442 00:14:35,586 --> 00:14:45,758 >> JERMAIN HAD BEEN WORKING AT 443 00:14:45,758 --> 00:14:46,310 THE BIG RIVER CABNTINA. 444 00:14:46,310 --> 00:14:46,965 SHE WAS HOPING TO FIND WORK AS A 445 00:14:46,965 --> 00:14:47,586 SEASONAL FIREFIGHTER AND HAD AN 446 00:14:47,586 --> 00:14:48,000 INTERVIEW SCHEDULED. 447 00:14:48,000 --> 00:14:49,310 BUT SHE DIDN'T SHOW UP. 448 00:14:49,310 --> 00:14:50,862 IS HE IS THE FIRST NATIVE WOMAN 449 00:14:50,862 --> 00:14:53,793 TO DISAPPEAR FROM THE FLATHEAD 450 00:14:53,793 --> 00:14:54,068 RESERVATION? 451 00:14:54,068 --> 00:14:54,517 >> NO. 452 00:14:54,517 --> 00:14:56,586 >> MISSOULA COUNTY DEPUTY 453 00:14:56,586 --> 00:14:57,620 ATTORNEY BRITNEY WILLIAMS KNOWS 454 00:14:57,620 --> 00:15:00,000 IT ALL TOO WELL. 455 00:15:00,000 --> 00:15:02,068 IN MONTANA, INDIGENOUS PERSONS 456 00:15:02,068 --> 00:15:05,620 MAKE UP ONLY ABOUT 6% OF THE 457 00:15:05,620 --> 00:15:06,034 POPULATION. 458 00:15:06,034 --> 00:15:08,206 BUT 24% OF THE STATE'S ACTIVE 459 00:15:08,206 --> 00:15:11,551 MISSING PERSON'S CASES. 460 00:15:11,551 --> 00:15:13,793 WOULD YOU CONSIDER IT TO BE AN 461 00:15:13,793 --> 00:15:14,137 EPIDEM SNICK. 462 00:15:14,137 --> 00:15:14,862 >> I WOULD, YES. 463 00:15:14,862 --> 00:15:16,413 >> IS THERE ANY INDICATION WHY? 464 00:15:16,413 --> 00:15:18,724 >> I THINK THAT THERE'S -- 465 00:15:18,724 --> 00:15:20,103 THAT'S A VERY COMPLEX QUESTION. 466 00:15:20,103 --> 00:15:21,724 THERE'S A LOT OF HISTORY THERE. 467 00:15:21,724 --> 00:15:22,965 I THINK THERE'S SO MANY 468 00:15:22,965 --> 00:15:24,448 DIFFERENT FACTORS THAT GO INTO 469 00:15:24,448 --> 00:15:26,413 EACH MISSING PERSON, FROM 470 00:15:26,413 --> 00:15:27,517 DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, TO HUMAN 471 00:15:27,517 --> 00:15:31,000 TRAFFICKING, TO POVERTY, TO 472 00:15:31,000 --> 00:15:31,379 HOMELESSNESS. 473 00:15:31,379 --> 00:15:33,517 >> AS LAW ENFORCEMENT BEGAN 474 00:15:33,517 --> 00:15:34,103 DIGGING DEEPER INTO JERMAIN 475 00:15:34,103 --> 00:15:36,655 CHARLO'S DISAPPEARANCE, THEY 476 00:15:36,655 --> 00:15:38,862 WOULD RULE OUT THE POSSIBILITY 477 00:15:38,862 --> 00:15:40,275 THE 23-YEAR-OLD MOTHER OF TWO 478 00:15:40,275 --> 00:15:43,034 HAD BEEN A VICTIM OF 479 00:15:43,034 --> 00:15:44,034 TRAFFICKING. 480 00:15:44,034 --> 00:15:46,206 >> THAT WAS INITIALLY AN AVENUE 481 00:15:46,206 --> 00:15:47,586 OF INVESTIGATION. 482 00:15:47,586 --> 00:15:48,724 ULTIMATELY I DON'T BELIEVE THAT 483 00:15:48,724 --> 00:15:49,586 SHE WAS TRAFFICKED. 484 00:15:49,586 --> 00:15:51,379 >> WHY? 485 00:15:51,379 --> 00:15:56,000 >> I THINK THAT WE HAVE ENOUGH 486 00:15:56,000 --> 00:15:56,931 EVIDENCE THROUGH THIS 487 00:15:56,931 --> 00:16:00,000 INVESTIGATION THAT LENDS ITSELF 488 00:16:00,000 --> 00:16:01,862 TO BELIEVE SOMETHING ELSE HAS 489 00:16:01,862 --> 00:16:02,413 HAPPENED TO HER. 490 00:16:02,413 --> 00:16:05,448 >> JERMAIN POSTED THIS TikTok 491 00:16:05,448 --> 00:16:08,000 VIDEO, LIP SYNCHING LINES FROM A 492 00:16:08,000 --> 00:16:10,310 TV SHOW THE DAY SHE DISAPPEARED. 493 00:16:10,310 --> 00:16:11,931 IT'S THE SAME IMAGE SEEN IN HER 494 00:16:11,931 --> 00:16:13,655 MISSING POSTER BILLBOARD. 495 00:16:13,655 --> 00:16:15,517 SHE'S WEARING THE SAME CLOTHES 496 00:16:15,517 --> 00:16:18,827 IN THE SURVEILLANCE VIDEO. 497 00:16:18,827 --> 00:16:19,793 DETECTIVE BAKER DISCOVERED THE 498 00:16:19,793 --> 00:16:22,482 VIDEO EARLY IN HIS 499 00:16:22,482 --> 00:16:22,827 INVESTIGATION. 500 00:16:22,827 --> 00:16:24,000 AND HE SHARED EXCERPTS OF IT 501 00:16:24,000 --> 00:16:25,068 WITH US. 502 00:16:25,068 --> 00:16:27,965 HE TOLD US THAT THE MAN STANDING 503 00:16:27,965 --> 00:16:30,206 BEHIND JERMAIN WAS MICHAEL 504 00:16:30,206 --> 00:16:31,241 DEFRANCE, JERMAIN'S EX. 505 00:16:31,241 --> 00:16:33,896 AND THE FATHER OF THEIR TWO 506 00:16:33,896 --> 00:16:34,137 CHILDREN. 507 00:16:34,137 --> 00:16:37,310 HE AGREED TO SPEAK WITH POLICE 508 00:16:37,310 --> 00:16:38,620 WITHOUT A LAWYER. 509 00:16:38,620 --> 00:16:39,827 >> YOU BELIEVE MICHAEL DEFRANCE 510 00:16:39,827 --> 00:16:43,896 WAS THE LAST PERSON TO SEE 511 00:16:43,896 --> 00:16:44,344 JERMAIN CHARLO? 512 00:16:44,344 --> 00:16:45,310 >> THAT'S WHAT THE INVESTIGATION 513 00:16:45,310 --> 00:16:46,034 HAS DETERMINED. 514 00:16:46,034 --> 00:16:47,551 AND HE TOLD US THAT. 515 00:16:47,551 --> 00:16:49,724 >> ACCORDING TO POLICE, SOME 516 00:16:49,724 --> 00:16:51,724 TIME AROUND MIDNIGHT MICHAEL AND 517 00:16:51,724 --> 00:16:55,034 JERMAIN WALKED AWAY, AND GOT IN 518 00:16:55,034 --> 00:16:57,655 HIS 2011 BROWN DODGE TRUCK. 519 00:16:57,655 --> 00:17:00,068 >> HE SAID THAT THEY LEFT THE 520 00:17:00,068 --> 00:17:01,689 DOWNTOWN AREA AND THAT HE 521 00:17:01,689 --> 00:17:03,965 DROPPED HER OFF AND THAT THAT 522 00:17:03,965 --> 00:17:05,586 ENDED THEIR NIGHT TOGETHER. 523 00:17:05,586 --> 00:17:07,205 >> ACCORDING TO LAW ENFORCEMENT, 524 00:17:07,205 --> 00:17:10,034 MICHAEL DEFRANCE STATED HE 525 00:17:10,034 --> 00:17:11,550 DROPPED JERMAIN OFF AT THE 526 00:17:11,550 --> 00:17:13,275 ORANGE STREET FOOD FARM. 527 00:17:13,275 --> 00:17:14,655 MICHAEL DEFRANCE DID THIS 528 00:17:14,655 --> 00:17:15,931 BECAUSE JERMAIN STATED THAT HER 529 00:17:15,931 --> 00:17:18,931 FRIEND CASSIDY LIVED NEARBY. 530 00:17:18,931 --> 00:17:19,964 AND JERMAIN WAS GOING TO SPEND 531 00:17:19,964 --> 00:17:21,205 THE NIGHT THERE. 532 00:17:21,205 --> 00:17:23,586 MICHAEL DEFRANCE DROPPED JERMAIN 533 00:17:23,586 --> 00:17:26,689 OFF AT APPROXIMATELY 0100 HOURS. 534 00:17:26,689 --> 00:17:28,620 POLICE DIDN'T FIND A CASSIDY, 535 00:17:28,620 --> 00:17:30,655 BUT THEY LEARNED JERMAIN HAD 536 00:17:30,655 --> 00:17:32,620 BEEN VISITING MISSOULA REGULARLY 537 00:17:32,620 --> 00:17:34,344 BECAUSE SHE WAS DATING A MAN 538 00:17:34,344 --> 00:17:37,379 NAMED JACOB, WHO LIVED IN THAT 539 00:17:37,379 --> 00:17:37,724 NEIGHBORHOOD. 540 00:17:37,724 --> 00:17:41,172 >> THEY HAD MET ON A DATING APP. 541 00:17:41,172 --> 00:17:42,448 AND THEY WEREN'T TOGETHER FOR 542 00:17:42,448 --> 00:17:44,000 VERY LONG, BUT IT SEEMED LIKE 543 00:17:44,000 --> 00:17:45,379 THEY HAD A VERY STRONG 544 00:17:45,379 --> 00:17:46,724 CONNECTION AND HE WAS JUST 545 00:17:46,724 --> 00:17:48,275 TOTALLY INFATUATED WITH HER. 546 00:17:48,275 --> 00:17:50,586 >> AUTHORITIES SAY JACOB WAS OUT 547 00:17:50,586 --> 00:17:54,689 OF TOWN, MILES AWAY IN ANOTHER 548 00:17:54,689 --> 00:17:54,896 STATE. 549 00:17:54,896 --> 00:17:56,241 VALENDA SAYS HE AND JERMAIN WERE 550 00:17:56,241 --> 00:17:57,310 TEXTING EACH OTHER THAT NIGHT 551 00:17:57,310 --> 00:17:59,275 BEFORE SHE DISAPPEARED. 552 00:17:59,275 --> 00:18:00,896 >> HER PLAN, ACCORDING TO LIKE 553 00:18:00,896 --> 00:18:02,206 HER MESSAGE TO HIM, WAS THAT SHE 554 00:18:02,206 --> 00:18:03,758 WAS GOING TO GO BACK TO HIS 555 00:18:03,758 --> 00:18:05,034 PLACE THAT NIGHT BECAUSE HE WAS 556 00:18:05,034 --> 00:18:06,827 OUT OF TOWN. 557 00:18:06,827 --> 00:18:08,172 >> ACCORDING TO LAW ENFORCEMENT, 558 00:18:08,172 --> 00:18:10,103 WHEN JACOB ATTEMPTED TO CALL 559 00:18:10,103 --> 00:18:11,827 JERMAIN SHORTLY BEFORE 1:00 A.M. 560 00:18:11,827 --> 00:18:15,379 ON JUNE 16th, HE THOUGHT IT WAS 561 00:18:15,379 --> 00:18:16,344 STRANGE BECAUSE THE PHONE RANG 562 00:18:16,344 --> 00:18:19,137 SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE IT WENT TO 563 00:18:19,137 --> 00:18:20,206 VOICE MAIL. 564 00:18:20,206 --> 00:18:21,172 JACOB FELT THAT SOMEBODY 565 00:18:21,172 --> 00:18:24,000 PURPOSEFULLY ENDED THE CALL. 566 00:18:24,000 --> 00:18:26,034 >> AND THIS PARTICULAR CALL THAT 567 00:18:26,034 --> 00:18:29,206 WAS MADE TO HER HAS BEEN SHOWN 568 00:18:29,206 --> 00:18:34,241 THROUGH THE CARRIER TO HAVE BEEN 569 00:18:34,241 --> 00:18:35,206 SILENCED BY SOMEONE. 570 00:18:35,206 --> 00:18:37,137 >> JACOB ALSO TOLD POLICE THAT 571 00:18:37,137 --> 00:18:40,000 THE DAY BEFORE SHE DISAPPEARED 572 00:18:40,000 --> 00:18:41,655 JERMAIN TOLD JACOB THAT MICHAEL 573 00:18:41,655 --> 00:18:43,551 HAD BEEN YELLING AT HER, ASKING 574 00:18:43,551 --> 00:18:44,862 IF SHE WAS DATING ANYONE. 575 00:18:44,862 --> 00:18:49,551 AND WANTED TO GET BACK TOGETHER 576 00:18:49,551 --> 00:18:50,448 WITH HER. 577 00:18:50,448 --> 00:18:53,413 POLICE SAY JACOB COOPERATED WITH 578 00:18:53,413 --> 00:18:57,862 THE INVESTIGATION AND WAS NEVER 579 00:18:57,862 --> 00:18:58,724 CONSIDERED A SUSPECT. 580 00:18:58,724 --> 00:19:01,000 IT'S UNSETTLING TO SEE JERMAIN 581 00:19:01,000 --> 00:19:02,206 CHARLO SOCIALIZING THAT NIGHT 582 00:19:02,206 --> 00:19:04,172 AND MICHAEL DEFRANCE, THE LAST 583 00:19:04,172 --> 00:19:06,586 KNOWN PERSON TO SEE HER ALIVE. 584 00:19:06,586 --> 00:19:08,655 AND NOT KNOW WHAT THEY WERE 585 00:19:08,655 --> 00:19:10,448 TALKING ABOUT OR WHAT MAY HAVE 586 00:19:10,448 --> 00:19:13,482 BEEN GOING ON BETWEEN THEM. 587 00:19:13,482 --> 00:19:15,344 MICHAEL DEFRANCE HAS NOT BEEN 588 00:19:15,344 --> 00:19:20,103 NAMED AS A SUSPECT IN JERMAIN'S 589 00:19:20,103 --> 00:19:20,758 DISAPPEARANCE. 590 00:19:20,758 --> 00:19:22,965 WE SHOWED THE SURVEILLANCE VIDEO 591 00:19:22,965 --> 00:19:24,517 TO VALENDA AND DANNY. 592 00:19:24,517 --> 00:19:26,551 THEY'RE SEEING IT FOR THE FIRST 593 00:19:26,551 --> 00:19:26,758 TIME. 594 00:19:26,758 --> 00:19:27,448 >> THERE SHE IS. 595 00:19:27,448 --> 00:19:29,517 >> FOR HER TO BE WALKING IN 596 00:19:29,517 --> 00:19:31,655 FRONT OF HIM, IT SEEMED LIKE HE 597 00:19:31,655 --> 00:19:33,689 KEEPS TRYING TO CATCH UP TO HER. 598 00:19:33,689 --> 00:19:35,344 >> THEY SENSED JERMAIN WAS 599 00:19:35,344 --> 00:19:37,620 SENDING A MESSAGE ABOUT MICHAEL 600 00:19:37,620 --> 00:19:37,896 DEFRANCE. 601 00:19:37,896 --> 00:19:39,655 >> AND SHE IS, YOU KNOW, WE GOT 602 00:19:39,655 --> 00:19:44,275 TO GO OUR SEPARATE WAYS. 603 00:19:44,275 --> 00:19:45,275 >> Announcer: WHAT DO YOU THINK 604 00:19:45,275 --> 00:19:46,241 IS THE MOST IMPORTANT CLUE IN 605 00:19:46,241 --> 00:19:47,482 THE DISAPPEARANCE OF JERMAIN 606 00:19:47,482 --> 00:19:48,586 CHARLO? 607 00:19:48,586 --> 00:19:56,931 CHAT NOW WITH THE 48 608 00:19:56,931 --> 00:20:04,689 ♪ 609 00:20:04,689 --> 00:20:06,448 >>> JERMAIN CHARLO NEVER WENT 610 00:20:06,448 --> 00:20:07,862 ANYWHERE WITHOUT HER PHONE. 611 00:20:07,862 --> 00:20:09,000 SO IT WAS CRUCIAL FOR 612 00:20:09,000 --> 00:20:10,724 INVESTIGATORS TO FIND IT. 613 00:20:10,724 --> 00:20:13,206 >> WE GOT CELL PHONE DATA LINKED 614 00:20:13,206 --> 00:20:15,034 TO JERMAIN'S CELL PHONE THAT 615 00:20:15,034 --> 00:20:16,103 INDICATED IT WAS ACTIVE ON THE 616 00:20:16,103 --> 00:20:17,827 NIGHT SHE DISAPPEARED. 617 00:20:17,827 --> 00:20:19,931 AND IT WAS ACTIVE MULTIPLE TIMES 618 00:20:19,931 --> 00:20:23,241 PRIMARILY BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 619 00:20:23,241 --> 00:20:24,379 2:00 A.M. AND UP UNTIL JUST 620 00:20:24,379 --> 00:20:26,793 ABOUT 10:00 A.M. ON THE 16th OF 621 00:20:26,793 --> 00:20:27,000 JUNE. 622 00:20:27,000 --> 00:20:28,827 >> AND WHERE WAS THE PHONE? 623 00:20:28,827 --> 00:20:30,793 >> SO, THE PHONE HAS NEVER BEEN 624 00:20:30,793 --> 00:20:31,034 RECOVERED. 625 00:20:31,034 --> 00:20:32,689 SO WE DON'T KNOW WHERE THE PHONE 626 00:20:32,689 --> 00:20:34,724 WAS, BUT JUDGING BY THE 627 00:20:34,724 --> 00:20:36,137 INFORMATION WE GOT FROM THE 628 00:20:36,137 --> 00:20:37,793 TOWER, IT WAS MOST DEFINITELY 629 00:20:37,793 --> 00:20:40,172 NORTH OF MISSOULA AND IT WAS IN 630 00:20:40,172 --> 00:20:42,103 THE AREA OF EVERYO HILL. 631 00:20:42,103 --> 00:20:44,103 >> IT'S ON THE FLATHEAD 632 00:20:44,103 --> 00:20:44,482 RESERVATION. 633 00:20:44,482 --> 00:20:46,827 IT'S A RUGGED AREA WITH LOTS OF 634 00:20:46,827 --> 00:20:48,310 TREES AND WILDLIFE. 635 00:20:48,310 --> 00:20:50,551 AND IT'S A PLACE MICHAEL 636 00:20:50,551 --> 00:20:51,241 DeFRANCE KNOWS WELL. 637 00:20:51,241 --> 00:20:53,482 >> HE LIVES SPECIFICALLY UP ON 638 00:20:53,482 --> 00:20:55,379 THE EVERO HILL AREA. 639 00:20:55,379 --> 00:20:58,068 HE WAS THE LAST PERSON TO BE 640 00:20:58,068 --> 00:20:59,724 WITH JERMAIN CHARLO BEFORE HER 641 00:20:59,724 --> 00:21:02,586 LIFE AS WE KNOW IT CAME TO A 642 00:21:02,586 --> 00:21:02,896 STANDSTILL. 643 00:21:02,896 --> 00:21:04,586 >> SEARCHES HAVE BEEN CONDUCTED 644 00:21:04,586 --> 00:21:09,000 ON EVERO HILL, BUT JERMAIN WAS 645 00:21:09,000 --> 00:21:10,344 NOT FOUND. 646 00:21:10,344 --> 00:21:12,517 >> THERE'S ALWAYS THAT HOPE THAT 647 00:21:12,517 --> 00:21:15,068 SHE'S OUT THERE SOMEWHERE. 648 00:21:15,068 --> 00:21:17,068 >> JEN MURPHY, WHO HAS JOINED 649 00:21:17,068 --> 00:21:18,724 SEVERAL VOLUNTEER SEARCHES FOR 650 00:21:18,724 --> 00:21:21,103 JERMAIN CAME ONE THE IDEA TO PUT 651 00:21:21,103 --> 00:21:23,793 JERMAIN CHARLO'S MISSING POSTER 652 00:21:23,793 --> 00:21:24,862 ON A BILLBOARD. 653 00:21:24,862 --> 00:21:26,379 >> I CURRENTLY AM DOING A 654 00:21:26,379 --> 00:21:28,758 PROJECT WITH BILLBOARDS 655 00:21:28,758 --> 00:21:30,448 THROUGHOUT MONTANA AND 656 00:21:30,448 --> 00:21:31,896 THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES. 657 00:21:31,896 --> 00:21:33,517 I TRY TO HAVE BILLBOARDS AS 658 00:21:33,517 --> 00:21:35,310 CLOSE TO OUR RESERVATIONS AS 659 00:21:35,310 --> 00:21:36,448 POSSIBLE. 660 00:21:36,448 --> 00:21:37,275 TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT 661 00:21:37,275 --> 00:21:39,034 SPEAKING TO THE PERPETRATORS, 662 00:21:39,034 --> 00:21:42,310 TOO, LIKE WE SEE YOU. 663 00:21:42,310 --> 00:21:43,275 >> THE INVESTIGATION INTO 664 00:21:43,275 --> 00:21:44,586 JERMAIN'S DISAPPEARANCE IS JUST 665 00:21:44,586 --> 00:21:47,793 ONE OF MANY CASES OF MISSING AND 666 00:21:47,793 --> 00:21:50,448 MURDERED INDIGENOUS WOMEN, KNOWN 667 00:21:50,448 --> 00:21:53,482 AS MMIW. 668 00:21:53,482 --> 00:21:56,793 IN 2019, THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT 669 00:21:56,793 --> 00:21:57,379 CREATED A TASK FORCE TO 670 00:21:57,379 --> 00:21:59,551 INVESTIGATE CASES OF MISSING AND 671 00:21:59,551 --> 00:22:00,206 MURDERED INDIGENOUS PEOPLE 672 00:22:00,206 --> 00:22:01,896 AROUND THE COUNTRY. 673 00:22:01,896 --> 00:22:03,482 SOCIAL MEDIA HAS HELPED TO 674 00:22:03,482 --> 00:22:04,000 IGNITE THE MOVEMENT. 675 00:22:04,000 --> 00:22:05,965 >> AND THIS IS THE CASE OF 676 00:22:05,965 --> 00:22:06,689 JERMAIN CHARLO. 677 00:22:06,689 --> 00:22:10,137 >> AND THE 2024 EMMY AWARDS, 678 00:22:10,137 --> 00:22:12,206 RESERVATION DOGS ACTOR AND 679 00:22:12,206 --> 00:22:14,482 NOMINEE DEFAR ROW WAS ON THE RED 680 00:22:14,482 --> 00:22:15,034 CARPET -- 681 00:22:15,034 --> 00:22:17,310 >> YEAH, THIS IS REPRESENTING 682 00:22:17,310 --> 00:22:18,517 RED PALM PRINT REPRESENTING 683 00:22:18,517 --> 00:22:20,655 MISSING AND MURDERED INDIGENOUS 684 00:22:20,655 --> 00:22:20,896 WOMEN. 685 00:22:20,896 --> 00:22:22,137 >> BRINGING ATTENTION TO THE 686 00:22:22,137 --> 00:22:22,379 CRISIS. 687 00:22:22,379 --> 00:22:23,551 >> I FEEL LIKE WE'RE ALL OF THE 688 00:22:23,551 --> 00:22:24,793 HUMAN RACE AND SHOULD BE LOOKED 689 00:22:24,793 --> 00:22:25,620 FOR THE SAME. 690 00:22:25,620 --> 00:22:27,137 IT'S NOT LIKE WE'RE ASKING FOR 691 00:22:27,137 --> 00:22:27,862 SPECIAL TREATMENT. 692 00:22:27,862 --> 00:22:29,965 WE'RE JUST ASKING FOR THE SAME 693 00:22:29,965 --> 00:22:30,206 TREATMENT. 694 00:22:30,206 --> 00:22:32,517 WE'RE NOT GOING TO STOP LOOKING 695 00:22:32,517 --> 00:22:34,137 FOR OUR PEOPLE. 696 00:22:34,137 --> 00:22:34,724 WE'RE NOT. 697 00:22:34,724 --> 00:22:36,482 OUR LIVES MATTER. 698 00:22:36,482 --> 00:22:39,000 >> AS A PHOTOGRAPHER, JEN MURPHY 699 00:22:39,000 --> 00:22:41,931 IS USING HER LENS TO OPEN THE 700 00:22:41,931 --> 00:22:47,689 APERTURE TO THE MMIW CRISIS. 701 00:22:47,689 --> 00:22:49,724 THIS PHOTO SHOOT WAS IN THE SAME 702 00:22:49,724 --> 00:22:52,862 ALLEY WHERE JERMAIN WAS LAST 703 00:22:52,862 --> 00:22:53,034 SEEN. 704 00:22:53,034 --> 00:22:54,517 >> STARTS OUT WITH PRAYING AND 705 00:22:54,517 --> 00:22:55,586 TRYING TO SET YOURSELF RIGHT. 706 00:22:55,586 --> 00:22:58,413 >> WE OFFER A MOMENT OF SILENCE 707 00:22:58,413 --> 00:23:03,413 IN A SPACE FOR OUR SISTERS. 708 00:23:03,413 --> 00:23:04,827 >> PAINTING ON THE PAINT -- 709 00:23:04,827 --> 00:23:07,206 >> JUST RELAX OUR HAND. 710 00:23:07,206 --> 00:23:09,000 JUST PUT YOUR HAND STRAIGHT 711 00:23:09,000 --> 00:23:09,275 DOWN. 712 00:23:09,275 --> 00:23:11,034 >> WHAT DOES THE RED HAND MEAN? 713 00:23:11,034 --> 00:23:13,758 >> THE RED HAND PRINT REALLY 714 00:23:13,758 --> 00:23:16,206 SYMBOLIZES OUR PEOPLE BEING 715 00:23:16,206 --> 00:23:16,482 SILENCED. 716 00:23:16,482 --> 00:23:18,344 HOW WE HAVE ALWAYS BEEN LOOKED 717 00:23:18,344 --> 00:23:19,655 AT DIFFERENTLY. 718 00:23:19,655 --> 00:23:21,551 AND THAT OUR PEOPLE HAVE NOT 719 00:23:21,551 --> 00:23:25,793 BEEN HEARD IN THE SAME WAY THAT 720 00:23:25,793 --> 00:23:26,379 OTHER PEOPLE ARE. 721 00:23:26,379 --> 00:23:28,000 THAT'S A HARSH REALITY AND HAS 722 00:23:28,000 --> 00:23:29,758 BEEN SINCE THE BEGINNING OF 723 00:23:29,758 --> 00:23:34,793 TIME, SINCE COLONIZATION. 724 00:23:34,793 --> 00:23:36,448 >> JERMAIN'S FAMILY CAN'T HELP 725 00:23:36,448 --> 00:23:38,137 BUT WONDER ABOUT HOW HER CASE 726 00:23:38,137 --> 00:23:41,000 WAS TREATED IN THOSE CRITICAL 727 00:23:41,000 --> 00:23:42,586 EARLY DAYS IN THE INVESTIGATION. 728 00:23:42,586 --> 00:23:44,655 >> WHEN I REPORTED HER MISSING, 729 00:23:44,655 --> 00:23:46,758 THERE WAS NO SENSE OF URGENCY. 730 00:23:46,758 --> 00:23:48,482 I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S BECAUSE 731 00:23:48,482 --> 00:23:50,275 SHE'S OVER 18 OR BECAUSE SHE WAS 732 00:23:50,275 --> 00:23:51,758 DRINKING OR THE FACT THAT SHE 733 00:23:51,758 --> 00:23:54,103 WAS NATIVE AMERICAN. 734 00:23:54,103 --> 00:23:55,931 >> LEAD DETECTIVE GUY BAKER 735 00:23:55,931 --> 00:23:57,862 CAN'T SPEAK TO THOSE FIRST DAYS 736 00:23:57,862 --> 00:23:58,482 OF THE INVESTIGATION. 737 00:23:58,482 --> 00:24:00,137 REMEMBER, HE DIDN'T GET THE CASE 738 00:24:00,137 --> 00:24:02,862 UNTIL TEN DAYS AFTER JERMAIN 739 00:24:02,862 --> 00:24:03,137 DISAPPEARED. 740 00:24:03,137 --> 00:24:05,586 BUT HE'S WELL AWARE THAT SOME 741 00:24:05,586 --> 00:24:07,206 MISSING PERSONS CASES DO GET 742 00:24:07,206 --> 00:24:11,689 MORE ATTENTION THAN OTHERS. 743 00:24:11,689 --> 00:24:13,206 >> YOU KNOW, JUST LOOK AT OUR 744 00:24:13,206 --> 00:24:14,758 NATIONAL MEDIA. 745 00:24:14,758 --> 00:24:17,413 GABBIE PA TITO GOES MISSING AND 746 00:24:17,413 --> 00:24:19,068 LOOK AT THE NATIONAL EXPOSURE 747 00:24:19,068 --> 00:24:21,482 SHE GOT FOR A WEEK OR TWO FOR A 748 00:24:21,482 --> 00:24:23,965 CAUCASIAN FEMALE. 749 00:24:23,965 --> 00:24:25,551 HOW MANY NATIVE AMERICAN WOMEN 750 00:24:25,551 --> 00:24:28,344 WENT MISSING DURING THAT SAME 751 00:24:28,344 --> 00:24:29,000 TIME AND GOT NOTHING. 752 00:24:29,000 --> 00:24:31,068 I MADE A CONCERTED EFFORT TO 753 00:24:31,068 --> 00:24:31,965 KEEP JERMAIN RELEVANT. 754 00:24:31,965 --> 00:24:34,448 >> IT'S BAKER'S HOPE THAT BY 755 00:24:34,448 --> 00:24:36,275 RELEASING THE SURVEILLANCE VIDEO 756 00:24:36,275 --> 00:24:38,206 TO 48 HOURS HE'LL GAIN NEW 757 00:24:38,206 --> 00:24:38,413 LEADS. 758 00:24:38,413 --> 00:24:40,068 FOR VALENDA AND DANNY -- 759 00:24:40,068 --> 00:24:41,103 >> DO YOU SEE HER? 760 00:24:41,103 --> 00:24:42,689 >> YEAH. 761 00:24:42,689 --> 00:24:44,551 >> BEING SOCIAL. 762 00:24:44,551 --> 00:24:45,310 SILLY, BEING HERSELF. 763 00:24:45,310 --> 00:24:47,103 >> IT'S THE LAST GLIMPSE OF 764 00:24:47,103 --> 00:24:51,517 JERMAIN'S LIFE THE NIGHT SHE 765 00:24:51,517 --> 00:24:51,827 DISAPPEARED. 766 00:24:51,827 --> 00:24:56,896 >> JERMAIN, HER BUBBLY SELF WAS 767 00:24:56,896 --> 00:24:59,068 BEAUTIFUL TO SEE HER. 768 00:24:59,068 --> 00:25:02,206 HURTS AT THE SAME TIME, BUT SO 769 00:25:02,206 --> 00:25:03,689 FULL OF LIFE. 770 00:25:03,689 --> 00:25:06,551 >> THEN THEY ZERO IN ON THE MAN 771 00:25:06,551 --> 00:25:07,379 STANDING BEHIND JERMAIN. 772 00:25:07,379 --> 00:25:08,758 >> HERE. 773 00:25:08,758 --> 00:25:09,551 >> YEP. 774 00:25:09,551 --> 00:25:11,448 >> MICHAEL DeFRANCE. 775 00:25:11,448 --> 00:25:14,620 >> INTRODUCES HIM. 776 00:25:14,620 --> 00:25:16,482 >> THEN HE'S GOT HIS ARMS 777 00:25:16,482 --> 00:25:18,413 CROSSED LIKE -- AND ROLLS UP HIS 778 00:25:18,413 --> 00:25:19,862 SLEEVES LIKE TRYING TO 779 00:25:19,862 --> 00:25:21,034 INTIMIDATE WHOEVER THE DUDE IS 780 00:25:21,034 --> 00:25:22,172 THAT SHE'S TALKING TO. 781 00:25:22,172 --> 00:25:24,310 >> DOES IT TELL YOU ANYTHING? 782 00:25:24,310 --> 00:25:26,172 >> IT KIND OF SHOWS ME HIS 783 00:25:26,172 --> 00:25:27,068 DEMEANOR THAT NIGHT. 784 00:25:27,068 --> 00:25:30,448 LOOKS LIKE HE'S IN A RUSH TO 785 00:25:30,448 --> 00:25:32,344 LEAVE, AND THAT HER ATTENTION 786 00:25:32,344 --> 00:25:33,517 ISN'T FOCUSSED ON HIM. 787 00:25:33,517 --> 00:25:36,413 >> DANNY WAS SURPRISED AND 788 00:25:36,413 --> 00:25:38,034 RELIEVED TO SEE THERE WERE OTHER 789 00:25:38,034 --> 00:25:39,000 PEOPLE, POTENTIAL WITNESSES, IN 790 00:25:39,000 --> 00:25:41,551 THE ALLEY THAT NIGHT. 791 00:25:41,551 --> 00:25:43,551 >> THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE, 792 00:25:43,551 --> 00:25:46,172 WHICH REASSURES ME THAT SOMEBODY 793 00:25:46,172 --> 00:25:46,689 KNOWS SOMETHING. 794 00:25:46,689 --> 00:25:47,620 SOMEBODY HAS SEEN HER. 795 00:25:47,620 --> 00:25:50,172 SOMEBODY HAS TO KNOW WHAT THAT 796 00:25:50,172 --> 00:25:50,896 CONVERSATION WAS. 797 00:25:50,896 --> 00:25:53,310 >> DETECTIVE BAKER SAYS HE SPOKE 798 00:25:53,310 --> 00:25:54,517 WITH SEVERAL OF THE PEOPLE SEEN 799 00:25:54,517 --> 00:25:57,482 ON THE VIDEO. 800 00:25:57,482 --> 00:25:58,103 BUT BECAUSE THIS INVESTIGATION 801 00:25:58,103 --> 00:26:00,137 IS STILL ACTIVE, HE WOULDN'T SAY 802 00:26:00,137 --> 00:26:01,793 MUCH ABOUT WHAT HE LEARNED. 803 00:26:01,793 --> 00:26:05,275 >> I'M HOPING THAT MAYBE BY 804 00:26:05,275 --> 00:26:06,413 CHANCE SOMEBODY SAW THEM AND 805 00:26:06,413 --> 00:26:11,310 JUST HAS NO IDEA THAT SHE'S BEEN 806 00:26:11,310 --> 00:26:11,551 MISSING. 807 00:26:11,551 --> 00:26:12,655 AND SAYS SOMETHING AND THAT IS 808 00:26:12,655 --> 00:26:16,137 JUST LIKE THE SMALL MISSING 809 00:26:16,137 --> 00:26:17,448 PIECE THAT WE NEED. 810 00:26:17,448 --> 00:26:20,137 >> AUTHORITIES NEEDED A BREAK IN 811 00:26:20,137 --> 00:26:21,379 JERMAIN'S CASE TO LEARN MORE 812 00:26:21,379 --> 00:26:22,758 ABOUT HER LIFE, THEY WOULD TAKE 813 00:26:22,758 --> 00:26:25,137 A CLOSER LOOK AT HER PAST. 814 00:26:25,137 --> 00:26:26,965 AND THEY WOULD DISCOVER HER 815 00:26:26,965 --> 00:26:29,896 RELATIONSHIP WITH MICHAEL 816 00:26:29,896 --> 00:26:33,551 DeFRANCE WASN'T JUST STRAINED, 817 00:26:33,551 --> 00:26:43,758 IT HAD BEEN DANGEROUS. 818 00:26:43,758 --> 00:26:52,689 ♪ 819 00:26:52,689 --> 00:26:54,206 >>> WHILE AUTHORITIES DID NOT 820 00:26:54,206 --> 00:26:56,000 NAME MICHAEL DeFRANCE AS A 821 00:26:56,000 --> 00:26:57,758 SUSPECT IN JERMAIN'S 822 00:26:57,758 --> 00:26:59,413 DISAPPEARANCE, THEY DID WANT TO 823 00:26:59,413 --> 00:27:02,931 LEARN MORE ABOUT THE COUPLE'S 824 00:27:02,931 --> 00:27:03,241 RELATIONSHIP. 825 00:27:03,241 --> 00:27:05,896 THEY STARTED AT THE BEGINNING. 826 00:27:05,896 --> 00:27:07,620 JERMAIN CHARLO WAS 14 WHEN SHE 827 00:27:07,620 --> 00:27:10,896 MET 16-YEAR-OLD MICHAEL DeFRANCE 828 00:27:10,896 --> 00:27:12,482 IN 2010, WHEN HIS FAMILY MOVED 829 00:27:12,482 --> 00:27:13,620 IN ACROSS THE STREET. 830 00:27:13,620 --> 00:27:16,034 THEY BOTH ENJOYED FISHING ON THE 831 00:27:16,034 --> 00:27:19,310 RIVER AND TAKING LONG WALKS. 832 00:27:19,310 --> 00:27:22,931 THE TEENS WERE PRACTICALLY 833 00:27:22,931 --> 00:27:23,206 INSEPARABLE. 834 00:27:23,206 --> 00:27:26,413 BUT THERE WERE RED FLAGS. 835 00:27:26,413 --> 00:27:28,517 >> I DON'T REMEMBER WHY I HAD 836 00:27:28,517 --> 00:27:31,758 HER PHONE, BUT I HAD FOUND SOME 837 00:27:31,758 --> 00:27:33,103 EXMISIT PHOTOS OF HER ON HER 838 00:27:33,103 --> 00:27:33,310 PHONE. 839 00:27:33,310 --> 00:27:35,758 I HAD MENTIONED TO MICHAEL, SHE 840 00:27:35,758 --> 00:27:37,620 WAS NEVER LIKE THIS BEFORE. 841 00:27:37,620 --> 00:27:39,275 THIS IS NOT OKAY. 842 00:27:39,275 --> 00:27:40,517 THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT YOU 843 00:27:40,517 --> 00:27:42,000 GUYS SHOULD BE SHARING AT YOUR 844 00:27:42,000 --> 00:27:42,172 AGE. 845 00:27:42,172 --> 00:27:43,586 >> WHAT WAS HIS REACTION? 846 00:27:43,586 --> 00:27:46,000 >> HE DIDN'T REALLY SAY MUCH. 847 00:27:46,000 --> 00:27:48,448 >> DESPITE FAMILY DISAPPROVAL, 848 00:27:48,448 --> 00:27:51,241 JERMAIN CONTINUED TO SEE MICHAEL 849 00:27:51,241 --> 00:27:52,068 DeFRANCE. 850 00:27:52,068 --> 00:27:55,241 THEN IN APRIL, 2013, JUST TWO 851 00:27:55,241 --> 00:27:58,172 WEEKS SHY OF JERMAIN'S 18th 852 00:27:58,172 --> 00:27:59,793 BIRTHDAY, VALENDA GOT A 853 00:27:59,793 --> 00:28:00,344 HARROWING CALL. 854 00:28:00,344 --> 00:28:03,103 >> THERE WAS AN INCIDENT WHERE 855 00:28:03,103 --> 00:28:06,000 SHE HAD CALLED ME AND SAID 856 00:28:06,000 --> 00:28:07,448 AUNTIE, I NEED YOU DOWN HERE, 857 00:28:07,448 --> 00:28:08,103 MICHAEL HIT ME. 858 00:28:08,103 --> 00:28:10,206 >> ACCORDING TO COURT DOCUMENTS, 859 00:28:10,206 --> 00:28:12,758 MICHAEL DeFRANCE, WHO WAS 19, 860 00:28:12,758 --> 00:28:16,896 ADMITTED HE ASSAULTED JERMAIN. 861 00:28:16,896 --> 00:28:20,137 ON 4/14/2013 IN SANDERS COUNTY, 862 00:28:20,137 --> 00:28:22,448 I CAUSED BODILY INJURY TO MY 863 00:28:22,448 --> 00:28:23,068 GIRLFRIEND. 864 00:28:23,068 --> 00:28:25,655 THE DOCUMENTS ALSO STATE HOW HE 865 00:28:25,655 --> 00:28:26,551 HURT JERMAIN. 866 00:28:26,551 --> 00:28:29,275 THE DEFENDANT MADE THE FOLLOWING 867 00:28:29,275 --> 00:28:30,965 ADMISSIONS, THAT HE HIT HER 868 00:28:30,965 --> 00:28:33,758 THREE TIMES, THAT HE USED HIS 869 00:28:33,758 --> 00:28:34,448 FIRST. 870 00:28:34,448 --> 00:28:36,655 >> IT WAS HARD TO HEAR THAT AND 871 00:28:36,655 --> 00:28:38,310 SEE HER GO THROUGH THAT AND THE 872 00:28:38,310 --> 00:28:41,862 EMOTIONAL PHONE CALLS AND THE 873 00:28:41,862 --> 00:28:42,620 CONVERSATIONS THAT FOLLOWED. 874 00:28:42,620 --> 00:28:48,206 YOU KNOW, SHE WAS A KID. 875 00:28:48,206 --> 00:28:49,413 >> DeFRANCE PLED GUILTY TO 876 00:28:49,413 --> 00:28:51,137 PARTNER FAMILY MEMBER ASSAULT. 877 00:28:51,137 --> 00:28:53,724 HE WOULDN'T SERVE ANY JAIL TIME, 878 00:28:53,724 --> 00:28:57,620 BUT HE WOULD BE PROHIBITED FROM 879 00:28:57,620 --> 00:28:58,689 POSSESSING FIREARMS. 880 00:28:58,689 --> 00:28:59,655 DESPITE THE VIOLENCE, JERMAIN 881 00:28:59,655 --> 00:29:03,793 AND MICHAEL DeFRANCE REMAINED 882 00:29:03,793 --> 00:29:04,034 TOGETHER. 883 00:29:04,034 --> 00:29:05,137 JERMAIN'S FAMILY SAYS SHE WAS 884 00:29:05,137 --> 00:29:06,931 STAYING WITH DeFRANCE IN A 885 00:29:06,931 --> 00:29:10,275 CARPER ON HIS PARENT'S PROPERTY. 886 00:29:10,275 --> 00:29:12,758 A FEW MONTHS LATER, MICHAEL 887 00:29:12,758 --> 00:29:15,793 DeFRANCE LEFT TOWN TO WORK AS A 888 00:29:15,793 --> 00:29:16,344 SEASONAL FIREFIGHTER. 889 00:29:16,344 --> 00:29:21,724 >> I'M HOME ALONE FOR TWO MORE 890 00:29:21,724 --> 00:29:23,068 WEEKS. 891 00:29:23,068 --> 00:29:24,241 SO, EVERYDAY THE BLOG WILL 892 00:29:24,241 --> 00:29:26,758 PROBABLY BE ONLY ME UNTIL MY 893 00:29:26,758 --> 00:29:29,344 BOYFRIEND/FIANCE GETS HOME FROM 894 00:29:29,344 --> 00:29:30,000 WORK. 895 00:29:30,000 --> 00:29:32,034 >> JERMAIN, ALONE, LONELY AND 896 00:29:32,034 --> 00:29:35,758 LIVING IN A CARPER BEGAN SHARING 897 00:29:35,758 --> 00:29:37,068 HER WORLD ON YOUTUBE. 898 00:29:37,068 --> 00:29:40,931 >> I USUALLY DON'T DO MUCH. 899 00:29:40,931 --> 00:29:43,034 I'M SUPPOSED TO BE A HOUSEWIFE. 900 00:29:43,034 --> 00:29:45,689 >> SHE WAS VERY GOOD ABOUT 901 00:29:45,689 --> 00:29:47,344 HIDING PAIN AND TRIED TO PRETEND 902 00:29:47,344 --> 00:29:49,724 LIKE EVERYTHING WAS OKAY. 903 00:29:49,724 --> 00:29:52,068 >> SOON THEY WERE YOUNG PARENTS 904 00:29:52,068 --> 00:29:53,965 RAISING THEIR TWO BOYS. 905 00:29:53,965 --> 00:29:57,310 BUT VALENDA SAYS THE VIOLENCE 906 00:29:57,310 --> 00:29:57,586 CONTINUED. 907 00:29:57,586 --> 00:29:59,103 >> MULTIPLE TIMES OF GETTING 908 00:29:59,103 --> 00:30:01,275 PHONE CALLS AND GOING DOWN TO 909 00:30:01,275 --> 00:30:02,482 MAKE SURE SHE WAS OKAY. 910 00:30:02,482 --> 00:30:04,206 AND IT WAS HARD FOR US TO WATCH 911 00:30:04,206 --> 00:30:05,827 HER GO BACK, BUT THAT'S WHAT 912 00:30:05,827 --> 00:30:07,758 HAPPENS TO A LOT OF WOMEN WHO 913 00:30:07,758 --> 00:30:10,344 ARE VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC 914 00:30:10,344 --> 00:30:10,620 VIOLENCE. 915 00:30:10,620 --> 00:30:12,137 >> THEY BREAK UP AND MAKE UP AND 916 00:30:12,137 --> 00:30:14,655 BREAK UP AND MAKE UP. 917 00:30:14,655 --> 00:30:17,241 >> ACCORDING TO DANNY THE COUPLE 918 00:30:17,241 --> 00:30:21,000 EVENTUALLY BROKE UP FOR GOOD IN 919 00:30:21,000 --> 00:30:21,620 2017. 920 00:30:21,620 --> 00:30:23,103 >> MICHAEL STILL WANTED JERMAIN 921 00:30:23,103 --> 00:30:25,137 TO DO, AS MICHAEL SAID. 922 00:30:25,137 --> 00:30:27,344 AND SO WHEN JERMAIN STARTED TO 923 00:30:27,344 --> 00:30:30,586 CREATE A LIFE WITHOUT HIM, IT 924 00:30:30,586 --> 00:30:33,034 SEEMS LIKE THINGS GOT WORSE FOR 925 00:30:33,034 --> 00:30:33,827 HER. 926 00:30:33,827 --> 00:30:35,517 SHE WAS THE MOTHER OF HIS KIDS 927 00:30:35,517 --> 00:30:38,586 AND HAD TO KIND OF WALK ON EGG 928 00:30:38,586 --> 00:30:40,413 SHELLS AROUND WHAT MICHAEL 929 00:30:40,413 --> 00:30:43,586 WANTED OR HOW, YOU KNOW, HE 930 00:30:43,586 --> 00:30:45,034 PICTURED HER, WANTED HER TO BE 931 00:30:45,034 --> 00:30:46,482 AS A MOM. 932 00:30:46,482 --> 00:30:49,000 >> IN EARLY 2018, JUST MONTHS 933 00:30:49,000 --> 00:30:51,413 BEFORE HER DISAPPEARANCE, 934 00:30:51,413 --> 00:30:53,275 JERMAIN AND MICHAEL HAD A HEATED 935 00:30:53,275 --> 00:30:55,758 CUSTODY BATTLE OVER THE BOYS. 936 00:30:55,758 --> 00:30:57,965 ACCORDING TO HER FAMILY, JERMAIN 937 00:30:57,965 --> 00:31:00,965 HAD LIMITED RESOURCES. 938 00:31:00,965 --> 00:31:03,793 MICHAEL DeFRANCE, IT SEEMED, HAD 939 00:31:03,793 --> 00:31:04,000 MORE. 940 00:31:04,000 --> 00:31:05,172 >> HE HAD AN ATTORNEY. 941 00:31:05,172 --> 00:31:07,034 SHE DIDN'T HAVE AN ATTORNEY. 942 00:31:07,034 --> 00:31:09,862 JERMAIN WAS WORKING HARD TO FIND 943 00:31:09,862 --> 00:31:10,862 STABILITY WITH WORK. 944 00:31:10,862 --> 00:31:13,448 >> A JUDGE DECIDED THE KIDS 945 00:31:13,448 --> 00:31:15,103 WOULD LIVE WITH THEIR FATHER. 946 00:31:15,103 --> 00:31:17,413 AND SHE WOULD HAVE VISITATION 947 00:31:17,413 --> 00:31:18,000 RIGHTS. 948 00:31:18,000 --> 00:31:21,310 THE PARENTING PLAN SAYS HER 949 00:31:21,310 --> 00:31:24,758 FAMILY WAS STRESSFUL FOR 950 00:31:24,758 --> 00:31:26,103 JERMAIN. 951 00:31:26,103 --> 00:31:28,655 SHEALA RUSSELL NOTICED A CHANGE 952 00:31:28,655 --> 00:31:30,068 IN HER COUSIN'S BEHAVIOR. 953 00:31:30,068 --> 00:31:31,551 >> MICHAEL HAD THE BOYS, SO SHE 954 00:31:31,551 --> 00:31:33,206 WAS LONELY AND SCARED FOR HER 955 00:31:33,206 --> 00:31:33,448 SAFETY. 956 00:31:33,448 --> 00:31:34,724 >> SHE WAS SCARED FOR HER 957 00:31:34,724 --> 00:31:34,965 SAFETY? 958 00:31:34,965 --> 00:31:35,862 >> YEAH. 959 00:31:35,862 --> 00:31:37,310 SHE WOULD TALK ABOUT HAVING 960 00:31:37,310 --> 00:31:41,172 NIGHTMARES OR BEING SCARED TO BE 961 00:31:41,172 --> 00:31:41,379 ALONE. 962 00:31:41,379 --> 00:31:43,724 >> AFTER JERMAIN'S 963 00:31:43,724 --> 00:31:44,310 DISAPPEARANCE, INVESTIGATORS 964 00:31:44,310 --> 00:31:45,310 WOULD DISCOVER SOMETHING ELSE 965 00:31:45,310 --> 00:31:52,000 ABOUT MICHAEL DeFRANCE. 966 00:31:52,000 --> 00:31:53,310 >> DETECTIVES REALIZED HE WAS IN 967 00:31:53,310 --> 00:31:56,000 POSSESSION OF FIREARMS. 968 00:31:56,000 --> 00:31:57,896 WHICH IS AGAINST THE LAW WHEN 969 00:31:57,896 --> 00:32:00,000 YOU'VE CONVICTED OF FAMILY 970 00:32:00,000 --> 00:32:01,172 PARTNER ASSAULT. 971 00:32:01,172 --> 00:32:03,862 >> IN 2021 HE WAS ARRESTED AND 972 00:32:03,862 --> 00:32:06,275 CHARGED WITH POSSESSING 973 00:32:06,275 --> 00:32:07,275 FIREARMS. 974 00:32:07,275 --> 00:32:11,103 A VIOLATION OF HIS 2013 975 00:32:11,103 --> 00:32:11,551 SENTENCE. 976 00:32:11,551 --> 00:32:14,000 ANCHOR AND REPORTER JILL VALLEY 977 00:32:14,000 --> 00:32:15,448 COVERED THE FEDERAL TRIAL. 978 00:32:15,448 --> 00:32:17,379 >> AND ON ONE SIDE IT'S THE 979 00:32:17,379 --> 00:32:18,517 DeFRANCE FAMILY. 980 00:32:18,517 --> 00:32:20,310 ON THE OTHER SIDE IT'S JERMAIN'S 981 00:32:20,310 --> 00:32:22,206 FAMILY AND FRIENDS. 982 00:32:22,206 --> 00:32:24,034 AND IT IS TENSE. 983 00:32:24,034 --> 00:32:25,310 I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY LOVE 984 00:32:25,310 --> 00:32:27,965 LOST BETWEEN THOSE TWO FAMILIES. 985 00:32:27,965 --> 00:32:31,000 >> IN 2023, MICHAEL DeFRANCE WAS 986 00:32:31,000 --> 00:32:34,034 CONVICTED AND SENTENCED TO 21 987 00:32:34,034 --> 00:32:34,724 MONTHS IN PRISON. 988 00:32:34,724 --> 00:32:36,965 HE HASN'T SERVED ANY TIME 989 00:32:36,965 --> 00:32:40,344 BECAUSE HE IS APPEALING THE 990 00:32:40,344 --> 00:32:40,655 CONVICTION. 991 00:32:40,655 --> 00:32:43,724 "48 HOURS" REQUESTED AN 992 00:32:43,724 --> 00:32:44,689 INTERVIEW THROUGH HIS ATTORNEY. 993 00:32:44,689 --> 00:32:47,551 HE DECLINED OUR REQUEST. 994 00:32:47,551 --> 00:32:50,620 IN THEIR EFFORT TO FIND JERMAIN, 995 00:32:50,620 --> 00:32:51,241 AUTHORITIES SECURED NUMEROUS 996 00:32:51,241 --> 00:32:53,034 SEARCH WARRANTS, INCLUDING AT 997 00:32:53,034 --> 00:32:56,586 LEAST TWO ON MICHAEL DeFRANCE'S 998 00:32:56,586 --> 00:32:56,862 PROPERTY. 999 00:32:56,862 --> 00:33:01,655 BUT BECAUSE THIS IS AN ACTIVE 1000 00:33:01,655 --> 00:33:02,310 INVESTIGATION, MANY OF THE 1001 00:33:02,310 --> 00:33:03,517 SEARCH WARRANTS HAVE BEEN 1002 00:33:03,517 --> 00:33:03,758 SEALED. 1003 00:33:03,758 --> 00:33:05,827 >> DOZENS OF SEARCHES FOR 1004 00:33:05,827 --> 00:33:08,344 JERMAIN OVER THE LAST SIX YEARS. 1005 00:33:08,344 --> 00:33:10,862 THERE HAVE BEEN CANINE SEARCHES, 1006 00:33:10,862 --> 00:33:12,517 CANINES WHO ARE TRAINED TO 1007 00:33:12,517 --> 00:33:18,517 DETECT BODIES. 1008 00:33:18,517 --> 00:33:21,965 >> EVERY PLACE THAT WE'VE 1009 00:33:21,965 --> 00:33:23,034 SEARCHED HAS NOT YIELDED THE 1010 00:33:23,034 --> 00:33:24,413 EVIDENCE THAT WOULD GIVE US THE 1011 00:33:24,413 --> 00:33:26,068 ANSWER. 1012 00:33:26,068 --> 00:33:26,724 >> WHAT DO YOU THINK HAPPENED TO 1013 00:33:26,724 --> 00:33:27,344 HER? 1014 00:33:27,344 --> 00:33:27,931 AND WHY? 1015 00:33:27,931 --> 00:33:30,620 >> ALL I CAN SAY WITHOUT 1016 00:33:30,620 --> 00:33:32,724 COMPROMISING THE INVESTIGATION 1017 00:33:32,724 --> 00:33:33,896 IS I THINK JERMAIN'S 1018 00:33:33,896 --> 00:33:36,103 DISAPPEARANCE IS A RESULT OF A 1019 00:33:36,103 --> 00:33:37,793 CRIMINAL ACTION AND SOMEBODY 1020 00:33:37,793 --> 00:33:40,689 KNOWS WHAT HAPPENED TO JERMAIN. 1021 00:33:40,689 --> 00:33:42,379 AND WE NEED THEIR ASSISTANCE. 1022 00:33:42,379 --> 00:33:44,275 SOMEBODY KNOWS SOMETHING. 1023 00:33:44,275 --> 00:33:47,000 >> SOMETHING THAT ALWAYS BAFFLED 1024 00:33:47,000 --> 00:33:49,000 BAKER IS WHAT HAPPENED TO 1025 00:33:49,000 --> 00:33:50,310 JERMAIN'S CELL PHONE. 1026 00:33:50,310 --> 00:33:55,310 TURNS OUT, MICHAEL DeFRANCE 1027 00:33:55,310 --> 00:33:56,137 PROVIDED AN ANSWER. 1028 00:33:56,137 --> 00:33:57,896 >> Announcer: TO SEE A FULL 1029 00:33:57,896 --> 00:34:08,965 TIMELINE OF JERMAIN CHARLO'S 1030 00:34:08,965 --> 00:34:14,551 ♪ 1031 00:34:14,551 --> 00:34:17,275 >>> EVERO HILL IS THE LAST KNOWN 1032 00:34:17,275 --> 00:34:18,585 AREA WHERE JERMAIN'S CELL PHONE 1033 00:34:18,585 --> 00:34:19,516 WAS ACTIVE. 1034 00:34:19,516 --> 00:34:22,000 ACCORDING TO INVESTIGATORS, IT 1035 00:34:22,000 --> 00:34:25,344 WAS PINGING BETWEEN 2 AND 10:00 1036 00:34:25,344 --> 00:34:27,241 A.M., THE MORNING AFTER SHE WAS 1037 00:34:27,241 --> 00:34:28,241 LAST SEEN. 1038 00:34:28,241 --> 00:34:30,585 >> IT'S A VERY HEAVILY FORESTED 1039 00:34:30,585 --> 00:34:30,931 AREA. 1040 00:34:30,931 --> 00:34:34,000 LOTS OF DIFFERENT WILDLIFE. 1041 00:34:34,000 --> 00:34:35,688 AND THEN ONE SOLE HIGHWAY THAT 1042 00:34:35,688 --> 00:34:38,344 RUNS THROUGH THE TOP OF EVARO 1043 00:34:38,344 --> 00:34:38,585 HILL. 1044 00:34:38,585 --> 00:34:41,516 >> IT'S THE AREA WHERE JERMAIN'S 1045 00:34:41,516 --> 00:34:44,482 EX, MICHAEL DeFRANCE, WAS 1046 00:34:44,482 --> 00:34:44,724 LIVING. 1047 00:34:44,724 --> 00:34:46,172 IN HIS INITIAL STATEMENT TO 1048 00:34:46,172 --> 00:34:48,310 POLICE, HE SAID THAT HE DROPPED 1049 00:34:48,310 --> 00:34:49,827 JERMAIN OFF IN MISSOULA AROUND 1050 00:34:49,827 --> 00:34:50,310 1:00 A.M. 1051 00:34:50,310 --> 00:34:53,827 AND THAT SHE HAD HER PHONE WITH 1052 00:34:53,827 --> 00:34:54,000 HER. 1053 00:34:54,000 --> 00:34:58,482 SO WHY WAS IT ACTIVE ON EVARO 1054 00:34:58,482 --> 00:35:00,172 HILL, ROUGHLY 14 MILES NORTH OF 1055 00:35:00,172 --> 00:35:02,000 MISSOULA HOURS LATER? 1056 00:35:02,000 --> 00:35:05,034 DeFRANCE CHANGED HIS STORY AND 1057 00:35:05,034 --> 00:35:06,965 SAID HER PHONE WAS WITH HIM. 1058 00:35:06,965 --> 00:35:10,896 >> IN A SUBSEQUENT INTERVIEW, HE 1059 00:35:10,896 --> 00:35:13,000 PROVIDED A STATEMENT THAT SHE 1060 00:35:13,000 --> 00:35:14,724 LET HER CELL PHONE AND HE 1061 00:35:14,724 --> 00:35:15,896 ATTEMPTED TO GO THROUGH HER CELL 1062 00:35:15,896 --> 00:35:17,655 PHONE AND HE WAS UNABLE TO GET 1063 00:35:17,655 --> 00:35:19,689 INTO HER CELL PHONE. 1064 00:35:19,689 --> 00:35:22,275 >> WHAT HE SAID HE DID NEXT 1065 00:35:22,275 --> 00:35:25,275 SURPRISED DETECTIVE GUY BAKER. 1066 00:35:25,275 --> 00:35:27,310 DeFRANCE ADMITTED THAT TWO DAYS 1067 00:35:27,310 --> 00:35:29,275 AFTER HE LAST SAW JERMAIN, HE 1068 00:35:29,275 --> 00:35:31,655 THREW HER PHONE AWAY. 1069 00:35:31,655 --> 00:35:34,586 >> SO MR. DeFRANCE HAD TOLD US 1070 00:35:34,586 --> 00:35:35,517 DURING ONE OF HIS INTERVIEWS 1071 00:35:35,517 --> 00:35:37,275 THAT HE DISCARDED JERMAIN'S CELL 1072 00:35:37,275 --> 00:35:41,379 PHONE IN IDAHO. 1073 00:35:41,379 --> 00:35:41,724 ♪ 1074 00:35:41,724 --> 00:35:44,206 >> MICHAEL DeFRANCE, THEN 1075 00:35:44,206 --> 00:35:46,862 WORKING AS A TRUCK DRIVER, TOLD 1076 00:35:46,862 --> 00:35:48,517 AUTHORITIES HE DISPOSED OF 1077 00:35:48,517 --> 00:35:52,000 JERMAIN'S PHONE IN IDAHO, AT 1078 00:35:52,000 --> 00:35:56,241 MILE MARKER 94 ON HIGHWAY 12. 1079 00:35:56,241 --> 00:35:57,862 LAW ENFORCEMENT SEARCHED THE 1080 00:35:57,862 --> 00:36:01,689 AREA BUT NEVER FOUND THE PHONE. 1081 00:36:01,689 --> 00:36:03,241 >> I HAVE TO ASK, WHY WOULD HE 1082 00:36:03,241 --> 00:36:05,034 GET RID OF HER CELL PHONE? 1083 00:36:05,034 --> 00:36:06,965 WHAT EXPLANATION DID HE HAVE. 1084 00:36:06,965 --> 00:36:08,000 >> YOU CAN'T TELL ME? 1085 00:36:08,000 --> 00:36:09,034 >> I CAN'T TELL YOU. 1086 00:36:09,034 --> 00:36:10,965 >> IS THAT UNUSUAL? 1087 00:36:10,965 --> 00:36:13,068 THAT SOMEONE WOULD, ONE, ADMIT 1088 00:36:13,068 --> 00:36:14,620 TO HAVING A MISSING PERSON'S 1089 00:36:14,620 --> 00:36:16,275 CELL PHONE AND THEN, TWO, THAT 1090 00:36:16,275 --> 00:36:18,000 THEY WOULD DISPENSE WITH IT? 1091 00:36:18,000 --> 00:36:18,793 >> YEAH. 1092 00:36:18,793 --> 00:36:20,965 WHY WOULD YOU GET RID OF A CELL 1093 00:36:20,965 --> 00:36:23,000 PHONE IF SOMEONE WAS AROUND TO 1094 00:36:23,000 --> 00:36:24,103 GIVE THE PHONE BACK TO THEM. 1095 00:36:24,103 --> 00:36:25,655 >> WHY WOULD HE HAVE HER PHONE? 1096 00:36:25,655 --> 00:36:28,000 WHY WOULD HE DESTROY IT? 1097 00:36:28,000 --> 00:36:29,517 THROW IT OUT AT MILE MARKER WHAT 1098 00:36:29,517 --> 00:36:30,620 THE HELL EVER. 1099 00:36:30,620 --> 00:36:31,275 I DON'T UNDERSTAND. 1100 00:36:31,275 --> 00:36:32,448 >> I WOULDN'T SAY MICHAEL 1101 00:36:32,448 --> 00:36:34,758 DeFRANCE IS NOT A PERSON OF 1102 00:36:34,758 --> 00:36:35,000 INTEREST. 1103 00:36:35,000 --> 00:36:38,344 I WOULD SAY THAT I'M NOT AD 1104 00:36:38,344 --> 00:36:41,482 LIBBERTY TO SAY WHO IS OR WHO IS 1105 00:36:41,482 --> 00:36:43,172 NOT A PESHRSON OF INTEREST. 1106 00:36:43,172 --> 00:36:45,655 >> NO SUSPECTS HAVE BEEN NAMED 1107 00:36:45,655 --> 00:36:47,241 IN CONNECTION WITH JERMAIN'S 1108 00:36:47,241 --> 00:36:47,586 DISAPPEARANCE. 1109 00:36:47,586 --> 00:36:48,586 POLICE ARE NOW CONSIDERING THE 1110 00:36:48,586 --> 00:36:51,000 CASE A NO BODY HOMICIDE. 1111 00:36:51,000 --> 00:36:54,379 BUT WITHOUT A BODY, PROSECUTING 1112 00:36:54,379 --> 00:36:56,068 A HOMICIDE IS A CHALLENGE. 1113 00:36:56,068 --> 00:36:58,620 >> I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR 1114 00:36:58,620 --> 00:37:00,620 EVERYONE TO KNOW THAT YOU ONLY 1115 00:37:00,620 --> 00:37:02,931 GET ONE BITE AT THE APPLE HERE. 1116 00:37:02,931 --> 00:37:03,620 ONLY ONE SHOT. 1117 00:37:03,620 --> 00:37:06,310 AND SO I WANT TO GATHER AS MUCH 1118 00:37:06,310 --> 00:37:09,448 INFORMATION TO ENSURE A 1119 00:37:09,448 --> 00:37:10,827 SUCCESSFUL PROSECUTION SHOULD WE 1120 00:37:10,827 --> 00:37:14,689 NEED THAT CROSS ROAD. 1121 00:37:14,689 --> 00:37:15,482 IT'S MY BELIEF THAT WE ARE CLOSE 1122 00:37:15,482 --> 00:37:17,103 TO MOVING FORWARD IN THIS CASE. 1123 00:37:17,103 --> 00:37:20,206 >> MOVING FORWARD MEANING FILING 1124 00:37:20,206 --> 00:37:26,103 CHARGES AGAINST A SUSPECT? 1125 00:37:26,103 --> 00:37:26,724 >> IF IT ULTIMATELY IS 1126 00:37:26,724 --> 00:37:27,448 DETERMINED THAT THIS IS CRIMINAL 1127 00:37:27,448 --> 00:37:29,172 MEANS, ABSOLUTELY. 1128 00:37:29,172 --> 00:37:30,896 JERMAIN AND HER FAMILY DESERVE 1129 00:37:30,896 --> 00:37:31,586 ANSWERS. 1130 00:37:31,586 --> 00:37:33,965 AND IT IS MIE HOPE THAT SOMEONE 1131 00:37:33,965 --> 00:37:35,931 COMES FORWARD, PROVIDES US SOME 1132 00:37:35,931 --> 00:37:38,965 NEW LEAD THAT CAN LEAD TO 1133 00:37:38,965 --> 00:37:39,482 JUSTICE. 1134 00:37:39,482 --> 00:37:42,000 >> I HAVE MY CELL PHONE ON THAT 1135 00:37:42,000 --> 00:37:43,206 BILLBOARD, NOT JUST THE POLICE 1136 00:37:43,206 --> 00:37:44,034 DEPARTMENT'S MAIN NUMBER, 1137 00:37:44,034 --> 00:37:45,551 BECAUSE I WANT SOMEONE TO CALL 1138 00:37:45,551 --> 00:37:48,103 ME BECAUSE I WANT THE 1139 00:37:48,103 --> 00:37:48,413 INFORMATION. 1140 00:37:48,413 --> 00:37:50,965 >> THE BILLBOARD'S LOCATION WAS 1141 00:37:50,965 --> 00:37:53,793 IMPORTANT TO DANNY AND VALENDA. 1142 00:37:53,793 --> 00:37:56,172 IT LOOKS OUT TOWARD THE 1143 00:37:56,172 --> 00:37:58,758 RESERVATION AND EVARO HILL. 1144 00:37:58,758 --> 00:38:00,655 WHERE MICHAEL DeFRANCE WAS 1145 00:38:00,655 --> 00:38:03,517 LIVING WITH JERMAIN'S TWO SONS. 1146 00:38:03,517 --> 00:38:05,758 >> I KNOW THAT MICHAEL WOULD 1147 00:38:05,758 --> 00:38:08,586 PROBABLY HAVE TO TAKE THAT ROUTE 1148 00:38:08,586 --> 00:38:09,448 TO COME TO MISSOULA. 1149 00:38:09,448 --> 00:38:11,000 AND I THOUGHT, WELL, THE BOYS 1150 00:38:11,000 --> 00:38:14,344 MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO SEE HER IN 1151 00:38:14,344 --> 00:38:15,586 PERSON, BUT THAT PICTURE WILL BE 1152 00:38:15,586 --> 00:38:17,827 THERE AND JACOB AND THOMAS COULD 1153 00:38:17,827 --> 00:38:20,862 SEE THEIR MOTHER EVERY TIME THEY 1154 00:38:20,862 --> 00:38:22,862 DROVE BY THERE. 1155 00:38:22,862 --> 00:38:24,655 I HOPE THROUGHOUT THESE YEARS 1156 00:38:24,655 --> 00:38:27,000 THAT THOMAS AND JACOB HAVEN'T 1157 00:38:27,000 --> 00:38:28,965 FORGOT WHO THEIR MOTHER IS, AND 1158 00:38:28,965 --> 00:38:31,275 I HOPE THEY KNOW THAT SHE LOVES 1159 00:38:31,275 --> 00:38:32,241 THEM VERY MUCH. 1160 00:38:32,241 --> 00:38:34,379 >> IN MISSOULA, THERE'S A 1161 00:38:34,379 --> 00:38:35,689 DIFFERENT BILLBOARD. 1162 00:38:35,689 --> 00:38:40,344 THIS ONE SHOWING VALENDA'S FACE. 1163 00:38:40,344 --> 00:38:42,862 HER PHOTO STANDS AS A STARK 1164 00:38:42,862 --> 00:38:44,103 REMINDER OF THE ON GOING CRISIS 1165 00:38:44,103 --> 00:38:47,758 OF MISSING AND MURDERED 1166 00:38:47,758 --> 00:38:48,137 INDIGENOUS WOMEN. 1167 00:38:48,137 --> 00:38:50,034 >> IT TOOK ME A LONG TIME TO DO 1168 00:38:50,034 --> 00:38:52,448 THAT PHOTO SHOOT. 1169 00:38:52,448 --> 00:38:54,379 BECAUSE I DON'T WANT PEOPLE 1170 00:38:54,379 --> 00:38:57,344 THINKING THAT, LIKE, I WANT 1171 00:38:57,344 --> 00:38:58,827 ATTENTION ON MYSELF. 1172 00:38:58,827 --> 00:39:01,137 IT'S NOT ABOUT ME. 1173 00:39:01,137 --> 00:39:01,827 IT'S ABOUT JERMAIN. 1174 00:39:01,827 --> 00:39:03,724 WE WILL NO LONGER BE SILENT 1175 00:39:03,724 --> 00:39:07,137 ABOUT OUR WOMEN GOING MISSING. 1176 00:39:07,137 --> 00:39:08,793 WE HAVE TO FIGHT FOR JUSTICE FOR 1177 00:39:08,793 --> 00:39:10,689 OUR LOVED ONES. 1178 00:39:10,689 --> 00:39:16,000 >> DO YOU STILL PLAN ON 1179 00:39:16,000 --> 00:39:16,655 SEARCHING FOR JERMAIN? 1180 00:39:16,655 --> 00:39:17,827 >> ALWAYS. 1181 00:39:17,827 --> 00:39:23,862 I DON'T CARE HOW LONG IT TAKES. 1182 00:39:23,862 --> 00:39:27,310 I'M NEVER GOING TO GIVE UP ON 1183 00:39:27,310 --> 00:39:27,482 HER. 1184 00:39:27,482 --> 00:39:30,068 I DON'T CARE IF I HAVE TO SEARCH 1185 00:39:30,068 --> 00:39:33,344 UNTIL I'M 80 YEARS OLD. 1186 00:39:33,344 --> 00:39:35,310 >> IF THIS CASE IS NEVER SOLVED 1187 00:39:35,310 --> 00:39:37,517 AND I RETIRE, IT'S NOT GOING 1188 00:39:37,517 --> 00:39:39,827 AWAY IN MY MIND. 1189 00:39:39,827 --> 00:39:41,344 THAT WILL BE ONE OF THOSE THINGS 1190 00:39:41,344 --> 00:39:44,655 THAT WILL BE WITH ME UNTIL THE 1191 00:39:44,655 --> 00:39:45,517 DAY I DIE. 1192 00:39:45,517 --> 00:39:47,103 THAT WEIGHS ON US. 1193 00:39:47,103 --> 00:39:50,310 THAT WEIGHS ON OUR TRIBAL 1194 00:39:50,310 --> 00:39:50,586 COUNCIL. 1195 00:39:50,586 --> 00:39:54,931 EVERYONE HERE THINKS ABOUT IT. 1196 00:39:54,931 --> 00:39:57,965 >> SIX WINTERS HAVE PASSED SINCE 1197 00:39:57,965 --> 00:40:00,586 JERMAIN DISAPPEARED. 1198 00:40:00,586 --> 00:40:03,655 >> TODAY IS JERMAIN CHARLO'S 1199 00:40:03,655 --> 00:40:03,931 BIRTHDAY. 1200 00:40:03,931 --> 00:40:08,965 >> DANNY AND VALENDA NO LONGER 1201 00:40:08,965 --> 00:40:11,275 BELIEVE SHE IS ALIVE. 1202 00:40:11,275 --> 00:40:13,172 >> SO, I HAVE A GIFT OF WHEN MY 1203 00:40:13,172 --> 00:40:16,551 FAMILY MAKES IT TO THE OTHER 1204 00:40:16,551 --> 00:40:16,827 SIDE. 1205 00:40:16,827 --> 00:40:18,862 WHEN MY GRANDMA PASSED AWAY, SHE 1206 00:40:18,862 --> 00:40:22,413 CAME AND TOLD ME SHE MADE IT. 1207 00:40:22,413 --> 00:40:24,206 WHEN MY GRANDPA PASSED AWAY, HE 1208 00:40:24,206 --> 00:40:26,896 TOLD ME HE MADE IT. 1209 00:40:26,896 --> 00:40:29,620 AND I HAD THIS DREAM AND JERMAIN 1210 00:40:29,620 --> 00:40:31,413 WAS THERE AND SHE'S LIKE, I JUST 1211 00:40:31,413 --> 00:40:33,137 WANTED TO TELL YOU I FOUND 1212 00:40:33,137 --> 00:40:36,620 GRANDMA AND GRANDPA AND I'M 1213 00:40:36,620 --> 00:40:36,827 FINE. 1214 00:40:36,827 --> 00:40:38,827 AND SHE GAVE ME A HUG. 1215 00:40:38,827 --> 00:40:44,000 AND SHE TURNED TO WALK AWAY. 1216 00:40:44,000 --> 00:40:46,103 AND I SAID, JERMAIN -- AND SHE 1217 00:40:46,103 --> 00:40:46,655 GOES, WHAT? 1218 00:40:46,655 --> 00:40:48,896 >> I WAS LIKE, WHERE IS YOUR 1219 00:40:48,896 --> 00:40:49,137 BODY. 1220 00:40:49,137 --> 00:40:51,000 AND SHE LOOKED ME DEAD IN THE 1221 00:40:51,000 --> 00:40:54,172 EYES AND SHE SAID IT'S IN EVARO. 1222 00:40:54,172 --> 00:41:04,896 I LOVE YOU, BUT I HAVE TO GO. 1223 00:41:04,896 --> 00:41:14,413 I LOVE YOU, BUT I HAVE TO GO. ♪ 1224 00:41:14,413 --> 00:41:30,344 ♪