MURDERED: Alicia Lara (Mini Episode)
- Author
- Osh & Sheyahshe
- Published
- Fri 16 Sep 2022
- Episode Link
- None
In 1991, Alicia Lara, a Tarahumara woman, was found dead in Weitchpec, a small community on the Yurok reservation in Humboldt County in Northern California. Her death was ruled accidental under suspicious circumstances; her daughter Christina believes it was a homicide.
Sources:
https://www.sfgate.com/crime/article/Report-Murders-of-indigenous-women-california-15457912.php
https://www.worldbank.org/en/topic/indigenouspeoples
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/california-crisis-missing-indigenous-women
https://www.britannica.com/topic/Tarahumara
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/california-crisis-missing-indigenous-women
https://calmatters.org/california-divide/2020/08/unsolved-missing-indigenous-women/
