We Are Resilient: An MMIP True Crime Podcast
Hosted by Indigenous women Sheyahshe and Osh, We Are Resilient sheds light on the Missing and Murdered Indigenous People (MMIP) crisis. Through powerful storytelling, they honor lives impacted and amplify voices too often left unheard. Join them in the movement for justice and change.
We Are Resilient: An MMIP True Crime Podcast
MURDERED: Ashlynne Mike
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In May 2016, 11-year-old Ashlynne Mike and her 9-year-old brother were playing together on the Navajo Indian Reservation in San Juan County, New Mexico, when a man they didn’t know — drove up in a van and offered them a ride home. The events of that day led to Ashlynn’s abrupt and violent end, calling attention to the jurisdictional issues surrounding the failed AMBER alert that could’ve saved her.
Sources:
https://www.krqe.com/news/new-mexico/five-years-after-ashlynne-mikes-death-family-seeks-proper-headstone/#:~:text=On%20May%202%2C%202016%2C%2011,19%2C%20leads%20country%20in%20vaccinations
https://www.ojp.gov/archives/ojp-blogs/2019/legacy-ashlynne-mike
https://www.daily-times.com/story/news/crime/2017/08/01/begaye-pleads-guilty-ashlynne-mike-killing/529899001/
https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/a19561163/ashlynne-mike-amber-alert-navajo-reservation/
https://www.investigationdiscovery.com/crimefeed/murder/navajo-nation-girl-assaulted-killed-after-man-kidnapped-her-while-she-was-playing
https://www.amberadvocate.org/amber-feature/ashlynnes-law/
https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/suspect-navajo-nation-tom-begaye-kidnap-murder-ashlynne-mike-navajo-nation/
https://www.nhonews.com/news/2019/jun/27/man-who-murdered-ashlynne-mike-wants-life-prison-t/
