across the nation, it s heart wrenching. to really think about how we are invisible. i don t want another family to ever feel like how we felt. hello, and welcome to dateline. we carla yellow bird mmiw grew up surrounded by love on her north dakota indian reservation, when she vanished her family was frantic to find her, and believed authoritarians were not doing enough. it is a common feeling in native american circles. but the yellow birds had a secret weapon, carla s own aunt happened to be a no nonsense investigator determined to find the truth. here s andrea canning with the secrets of spirit lake. there s been a lot of sacrifice that went with this, on a personal level, you know. but you are never done? never done. her name is lisa yellow bird, her job defies description. investigator, interrogator, searcher of last result. the one people turn to in their very worst moments. this is backbreaking, this is 24/7. this is you living and breathing this. const
case. there was a report that she had been in, like, a silver car and she had been hanging out with soon a guy, dakota charben of, and dalen st-pierre. all three had lengthy criminal records. all three resided on the spirit lake reservation. bowman contacted tribal police. she says, they never put her through to the investigator on the case. just told her they had spoken to and he said he had not seen carla. if bowman wanted to interview sooner herself, she couldn t, because she had no jurisdiction to on the track travel police or fbi approval, which she had not received. for carlos and, lissa, it was time to step in. it wasn t even a question of if i was going to find her, it was just i was going to find her. as the search for karla continues, an unexpected phone call gives odd lissa her first big break. coming up,