Episode 389: Emily Pike & Jody Fern Howard
Jody Fern Howard disappeared on October 7, 1991, from a gas station in Wolf Point, Montana, located on the Fort Peck Indian Reservation. She was 28 years old at the time and a member of the Fort Peck Assiniboine and Sioux tribes. Her case remains unsolved, and she was not reported missing until November 10, 1991, over a month later. Jody’s disappearance is one of many unresolved missing person cases in Montana, highlighting the broader issue of missing and murdered Indigenous women in the United States. Something has to change….
Emily Pike was a 14-year-old girl and a member of the San Carlos Apache Tribe. She went missing on January 27, 2025, from a group home in Mesa, Arizona. Her dismembered remains were discovered on February 14, 2025, near Highway 60 in the Tonto National Forest, northeast of Globe, Arizona. Emily's case has drawn some attention to the crisis of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women (MMIW), highlighting the systemic issues that disproportionately affect Indigenous communities.
Sources for this episode:
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-billings-gazette-jody-fern-howard/74897682/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/great-falls-tribune/88753193/
https://uncovered.com/cases/jody-fern-howard#sources
https://missingpersons.news/jody-fern-howard/
https://app.doj.mt.gov/enforcement/missingpersons/searchdetail.aspx?RecordKey=5713
https://www.montanarightnow.com/great-falls/have-you-seen-me-jody-fern-howard/article_f2bce704-48ce-11ec-bda8-bf221af8cfd9.html
https://charleyproject.org/case/jody-fern-howard
https://abc17news.com/cnn-regional/2025/03/12/dcs-opens-licensing-inquiry-into-group-home-where-murdered-teen-was-living/
https://www.abc15.com/news/local-news/dcs-opens-licensing-inquiry-into-mesa-group-home-where-murdered-teen-was-living
https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona/2025/03/16/emily-pike-vigil-on-san-carlos-apache-reservation/82448539007/
https://www.abc15.com/news/state/san-carlos-apache-tribe-holds-vigil-for-emily-pike-announces-75-000-reward
https://www.azfamily.com/2025/03/11/emily-pikes-family-wants-amber-alert-system-missing-indigenous-people/
