MT MT - Jermain 'Liz' Morigeu (Charlo), 23, Missoula, 15 Jun 2018

[PommyMommy]

APR 24, 2019
Jermain Charlo still missing as 24th birthday passes

 

[PommyMommy]

APR 24, 2019
Family still seeks answers in disappearance of Jermain Charlo
The search for missing Native American Jermain Charlo continues as friends and family gathered to honor her 24th birthday on Tuesday.

But what should be a celebration is instead a time of frustration, as family and friends continue to search for answers. Friends and family gathered to reflect on the life of their missing loved one on her first birthday since she’s gone missing.

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“I can’t live thinking that she’s in a ditch or she’s in body pieces! I have to live the hope that she’s alive and whatever circumstances she is going through whatever is holding her back from being able to come back home,” Charlo’s aunt VM said. “That when she comes back we can help her get through that. We have to stay positive.”

The investigation has been just as active as it was since Charlo went missing roughly 10 months ago when she was last seen near the Orange Street Food Farm in Missoula.

The lead detective on the case — Guy Baker of the Missoula Police Department — told MTN News that they continue to follow leads and conduct interviews.

He added there have been several persons of interests in the case, but they still are unsure what happened to Charlo. That lack of answers is what’s most frustrating for family members.

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“Jermain is very fun, she’s spontaneous, she loves to be outdoors, she loved hiking, shove loved to draw, she could knit like nobody’s business. She cared about the planet so she would save plastic bags and knit them to save the environment,” Morigeau said. “She loved to be outdoors and she loved to take her boys fishing.

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Also see:
Happy Birthday, Jermain: Family still seeks answers after 10 months missing
Happy Birthday, Jermain: Family still seeks answers after 10 months missing
Missing woman Jermain Charlo's family marks her 24th birthday

 

[Gardener1850]

Unidentified body found in Missoula: Body found off of Brooks Street in Missoula

This is about 2.5 miles from where Liz was last seen: Google Maps

 

[Wicked Camel]

New to Websleuths. Does anyone know the results of the investigation into Beltran's death?

This second young woman has been found in her submerged vehicle on private property. It appears the car went out of control and she ended up in the water. Her body was just recovered. So sad, but at least her family has some closure. Still praying for Jermain. https://flatheadbeacon.com/2018/08/01/body-missing-whitefish-woman-found/

 

[doodles1211]

New to Websleuths. Does anyone know the results of the investigation into Beltran's death?

I have not checked her thread for updates, but here it is:

Found Deceased - MT - Alex Beltran, 23, Flathead County, 16 Jul 2018

 

[GraceG]

I have not checked her thread for updates, but here it is:

Found Deceased - MT - Alex Beltran, 23, Flathead County, 16 Jul 2018

Miss Beltran spent the day drinking with friends and then accidentally drove into a pond. Unfortunately, Liz was also noted as being intoxicated when she left for her hotel, though she was on foot. That would leave her vulnerable to a number of things. I do hope she is found.

 

[doodles1211]

The Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes are offering a $10,000 reward for information leading to criminal charges in the case of Jermain Charlo, who has been missing for a year. ...

Flathead tribes offer $10K reward for info on missing woman

 

[Cagle]

Jermain Charlo still missing after a year

 

[ADKGemini]

Added to Charley Project: Jermain Austin Charlo – The Charley Project

Jermain Austin Charlo

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Charlo, circa 2018

• Missing Since06/16/2018
• Missing FromMissoula, Montana
• ClassificationEndangered Missing
• Date of Birth04/23/1995 (24)
• Age23 years old
• Height and Weight5'9, 130 pounds
• Clothing/Jewelry DescriptionA gray hooded sweatshirt with a brown Under Armour logo, a white t-shirt, jeans, cowboy boots with square toes, and a blue baseball cap a logo of three trees and a tan bill.
• Distinguishing CharacteristicsNative American female. Brown hair, brown eyes. Charlo's nickname is Liz, and she may use the last name Morigeau. Her ears are pierced. She has a tattoo of a flower on her chest and a tattoo of a deer on her left shoulder blade.

Details of Disappearance
Charlo was last seen in Missoula, Montana on June 16, 2018. Late night before, she went to the Badlander, Golden Rose and Dark Horse bars. Between midnight and 1:00 a.m. on June 16, she was dropped off on Fifth Street between Russell and Orange streets, and was last seen walking east towards the Orange Street Food Farm.

She has never been heard from again and is considered missing under suspicious circumstances. She hasn't used social media since her disappearance, which is uncharacteristic of her.

Authorities believe Charlo may have been the victim of human trafficking, and they think she's no longer alive. Her case remains unsolved.

 

[Gardener1850]

Unidentified remains found near Frenchtown: MT - MT - Body found in field, Smurfit-Stone Mill near Frenchtown, 24 Aug 2019

 

[Dre]

Bumping

 

[JerseyGirl]

Jermain’s disappearance gained national attention on A&E's LivePD episode in September 2019, and detectives told Dateline that since the episode aired, they are following up on potential new tips.

Six years of Dateline's Missing in America: 134 still missing

 

[GraceG]

Praying for the family of this lovely young woman.

 

[Dre]

KPAX news coverage on searches for her last month, I think of her often

 

[JEMB135]

Happy belated birthday, Liz.

 

[wistful]

Bumping for Liz.
Jermain Austin Charlo – The Charley Project

 

[Kupawickanuk]

So I can across this site, in a strange way. I was looking for a different site and had typed in a name. For some reason. The MTDOJ MISSING PERSON CLEARING HOUSE WEBSITE , HAD THE PERSONS NAMR IN THE FIRST RESULTS PAGE.

THE PERSON I THOUGHT I WAS LOOKING FOR ON AN UNRELATED WEBSITE, NEVER APPEARED.

BUT I FROM THE SAME RESERVATION AS LIZ CHARLO. AND I WAS SCROLLING THRU I SEEN HER NAME... RECOGNIZED THE DATE...I THOUGHT I HAD SEEN THAT DATE WITH ANOTHER PERSON IN MISSOULA.

I WAS RIGHT. WELL CLOSE IT WAS TWO MISSING PERSONS TEO DAYS BEFORE AHE WENT MISSING. WHICH IS ODD. NEITHER OF THEM WAS FOUND. ONE IS BELIEVED DROWN, WENT HIKING AND WAS NEVER SEEN. ALTHOUGH MY HISBAND IS SAME BUILD AND WEIGHT. I DONT SEE HIM HIKING EITHER. BUT ESPECIALLY THAT EARLY IN THE SUMMER, WHILE WEARING CAMO.

THE OTHER MISSING PERSON WAS PRESUMED DEAD, AS I HAVENT FOUND OTHER WISE, BUT HE WAS PRESUMED DEAD, AND WAS HOMELESS. THE LAST FOUR YEARS MISSOULA HAS A MEMORIAL FOR ALL THE PEOPLE WHO DIED HOMELESS. HIS NAME WAS INCLUDED ON THE LIST. WHICH, CONSIDERING THE YEAR BEFORE THEY HAD HALF AS MANY PEOPLE NAMED IN THE MEMORIAL THE YEAR BEFORE. THEY HAD 24 NAMES THEY READ ON DECEMBER 21, 2019.

THING IS THERE WERE A TOTAL OF 13 MISSING PERSONS REPORTED THAT YEAR. 4 WERE IN MISSOULA. 3 WERE WITHIN 3 DAYS OF EACH OTHER. FROM THE 14-16. JERMAINE BEING THE LAST. THERE WAS ONE REPORTED IN ANOTHER TOWN ON THE SAME DAY SHE WENT MISSING. APPARENTLY A GUY FELL INTO THE YELLOWSTONE RIVER FROM A BRIDGE. I DONT KNOW HOW UNLUCKY OR LUCKY IT WOULD BE TO BE SOMEONE WITNESSING A PERSON FALLING OFF THE BRIDGE, AT 5 AM. BUT IT TURNS OUT THE GUY WHO REPORTED IT, WAS A FRIEND OF THE MISSING PERSON WAS LIVING WITH.

BUT GOING BACK INTO THE EARLIER PART OF 2019. THE FIRST OF THE 4 PEOPLE WHO ENDED UP MISSING , WAS A WOMAN WHO WAS ALSO HOMELESS LIKE THE GUY WHO WAS READ INTO MEMORIAL. HER NAME WASNT READ AT THE ME.ORIAL. THE REPORTING PARTY WAS HER FATHER AFTER HE HAD NOT HEARD FROM HER FOR SEVERAL WEEKS. NONE OF THESE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN FOUND.

THERE WAS A WOMAN FROM BILLINGS WHO WAS ALSO TRIBAL WHO ENDED UP MISSING A MONTH OR SO LATER. I BELIEVE I READ SHE WAS FOUND.

IN ALL HONESTY, I THINK THERE IS A SERIAL KILLER, OR THE DISAPPEARANCES ARE RACE BASED IN PART. THE OTHER, THESE PEOPLE ARE STREET PEOPLE. THE RISE IN CRIMES AGAINST HOMELESS IS INCREASING. AND INFACT THE PERSON AND THE WEBSITE I WAS FIRST SEAECHING FOR, IS KIND OF AN EXTREMIST. PART OF ANTI INDIAN SOVEREIGHN GROUP.

CHARLO IS A PROMINENT NAME FOR THESE TRIBES HE WAS A WELL KNOW REVERED SALISH CHIEF. AND WITH THESE "Unprecedented times". The narrative isn't that far fetched. Big issues regarding the tribes water righta have been a big issue.

Unless the one homeless guy was really found I have to question why someone felt it proper to have his name read.

If anyone is not from the area. I would like to be able to offer any viewpoints like the fact where she was seen walking. That was a heck of a distance.

The family, her grandma is on friends list. And my daughter participated in a MMIW WALK. So her interest and hope of her to come home to her family, is forever on all out minds here.

I dont know if my input, helps. But I cant believe that t fact isn't widely know. The year after had seen a fairly large increase in missing persons. But this year. Half way they, the amount of missing persons has surpassed that year and we are barely half way thru.

 

[CastlesBurning]

https://www.kpax.com/news/western-m...indigenous-persons-task-force-provides-update

 

[jessica-]

There is a wonderful podcast on Spotify about Jermain Charlo and her Disappearance called Stolen: The Search For Jermain

 

[dotr]

April 1 2021
Justice Department Working with Tribes on Missing-Person Cases
''HELENA, MONT. - Jermain Charlo vanished in June 2018. The member of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes has not been seen since.

Valenda Morigeau, Charlo's aunt, reported her missing to the Missoula Police Department in the days after her disappearance. But Morigeau said the detective initially assigned to the case failed to take the report seriously and was slow to act, a pattern she said is common when Native Americans report missing loved ones.''

''Charlo's case brought the problem of missing and murdered Indigenous women to the fore in the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes. Now, almost three years after her disappearance, the tribes on Thursday are the first in the nation to complete a community response plan — a U.S. Department of Justice initiative aimed at creating collaboration among law enforcement agencies — including tribal police, county police and federal authorities — when Native Americans go missing on tribal land.''