Hi crime junkies, I'm your host Ashley Flowers and I'm Britt and today's story is about a

young girl from the Lumbi tribe of North Carolina a girl who would have been 32 years old now if her life hadn't been cut short in the

most unexpected and cruel way.

Now May 5th is missing and murdered Indigenous Persons Awareness Day.

And as many of you know, violence against Native Americans

and Alaska Natives continues to be an ongoing

overwhelming national crisis that has yet to slow down.

And although the numbers keep rising,

the lack of awareness and justice remains.

So we're going to be sharing a story today,

but we didn't want to stop there.

So tomorrow, we're also going to be releasing a bonus episode

that will feature five different cases

of missing and murdered indigenous people

that still need answers.

And though this doesn't begin to scratch the surface of the

thousands upon thousands of other cases that remain open and unsolved, we're

hoping it's a start to highlighting the injustice that these communities continue to face.

And we hope that it encourages you, crime junkies, to help us in spreading the awareness.

But to start, I want to tell you the story of Brittany Locklier. the So, On a cold Wednesday morning in January of 1998, Connie Chavis and her five-year-old daughter Brittany

make the nearly 200-yard walk from their front door to the end of their driveway

to wait for the school bus. According to reporting by Laura Arren shield with the Fayetteville Observer, Brittany is all bundled up tight in her little red riding hood coat.

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