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,
was a part of something that was so horrific? first of all, suna did not plot to kill carla. he did not pull the trigger. without, suna, we never would ve got carla back. lissa was risking any relationship with loretta, to support suna, but she wanted to encourage others to come forward as he had. it would send a clear message to the rest of society and indian country that it s okay to provide information, to give other people closure. when we sat down with her, loretta told us she is grateful for lissa the help find carla, but she can t forgive her for advocating for suna. she spoke out about her feelings on social media. do you think that you will ever be able to repair things with lissa? maybe in time. whoever s out there missing change has come slowly for the missing and murdered women s movement, but that
it got a hold of her gun, the drugs? yeah. for lissa, carla s story, like so many other native american women s, have her own. carla had gone down a bad path. she went down the same path i went down. how close to home was that hitting for you? well, i could count the number of times that i could ve ended up in that same predicament. liz says life has been a seesaw of success and hardship. a proud member of four tribes. nation and the other one is standing rock. she says, as a teen, her boyfriend trafficked her for sex. still, she made it to college and had good jobs. but she also battled addiction and served just over two years in prison on drug charges. your history is kind of amazing. i mean, you are a mother of six, you have been to present, but you ve also studied criminal justice, worked as a prison
help finding monies. most definitely. like i say, i mean, sorry, i m not trying to be or anything, it s not like i m fbi special agent, jared burglar, also worked on carla s case. what did you think as you are listening to these calls? she did a great job of building trust with him, building report. i mean, if i come across and hear anything, once i hear it s, i will contact you, you know what i mean? after more than 30 minutes, suna and of the conversation. i ll get a hold of you guys tomorrow. all right. lissa had no phone number for suna, no way to reach him. all she had was a questionable promise that he would call again. was that the end of this? far from it. coming up, you need to get honest with me because i m done playing. well, i ve been only honest with you. i don t know what you want because i m not making anything up. you are like a one woman good cop, bad cop. you think i haven t dealt with your kind of people before?
reservation and took her boat out with volunteers and sonar gear. and we want across the bay and this little girl says, do you think this is the truck? and i looked at it and i was like, oh my god. submerge in 21 feet of water, olivia s body strapped in the passengers seat. tough first is olivia sanco. lissa brought so much closure. i m still so indebted to her, still grateful for what she does, you know? lissa says, every recovery, every search has taken a toll. there are times that i will never get back, you know? with my family. my kids are all grown now. all those sacrifices would steal her for the hardest fight of her life, the search for her own niece, carla. mid september, 2016, detective bowman was tracking down tips she received about carla s