Between April and June 2017, in the small rural Southern town of Lumberton, NC, whispers of a serial killer spread throughout the neighborhood. The bodies of three women were discovered within only a few blocks of one another. Their deaths would shine a light on the unknown number of missing and murdered Indigenous women of Robeson County whose homicides have yet to be solved.
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Research for Episode 47:
A look back at the kidnapping of Hania Aguilar, a case that gripped NC — and beyond
An arrest in Hedgepeth death, but other missing and murdered Indigenous cases unsolved
Authorities look for 16-year-old runaway | Robesonian
History and Culture | lumbee-tribe-of-nc
Lauren Holmes, Unsolved Murder from North Carolina in 2013.
North Carolina officials are ignoring a crisis of missing and murdered Indigenous women – Scalawag
Operation Tarnished Badge: Years later, tarnish remains
Police unsure if slayings of 2 prostitutes linked | Robesonian
Red Justice Project calls attention to NC’s missing and murdered Indigenous people
Robeson County man charged with killing 18-year-old woman, setting her house on fire
The Lumbee Tribe and MMIWG2S: How a Crisis Hides Behind Unreported Data
"There's a Sickness in Robeson": Families of Slain Native Americans in NC Want Justice
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