MISSING: Emmilee Risling
According to the nonprofit Sovereign Bodies Institute, less than 9% of the cases of murdered Indigenous women are solved.
Compared to California’s rate of 60%, this means that the cases of murdered Indigenous people are seven times less likely than other cases to be solved.
This episode discusses the case of a missing Indigenous woman whose life paints a heartbreaking picture of what happens when mental health struggles and the missing and murdered Indigenous women crisis overlap.
Her name is Emmilee Risling.
Photo of Emmilee
Missing poster
Area of Emmilee’s last known sighting
Emmilee’s parents
Gary and Judy Risling during an interview regarding Emmilee’s disappearance.
How to Help
If you have information about Emmillee's whereabouts, please contact the Hoopa Tribal Police at (503) 625-4202.
There is $20,000 reward is being offered for any information that leads to Risling's safe return or that leads to her location.
Resources
https://www.ktvu.com/news/northern-california-woman-missing-over-4-months-search-continues
https://www.times-standard.com/2022/10/14/hoopa-indigenous-woman-emmilee-risling-missing-one-year/
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/missing-murdered-indigenous-women_n_6213c95ee4b0d1388f095b1b
https://calmatters.org/california-divide/2020/08/unsolved-missing-indigenous-women/
https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/24152-postpartum-psychosis
https://pttcnetwork.org/centers/great-lakes-pttc/preventing-and-reducing-stigma-law-enforcement
https://bja.ojp.gov/program/mental-health-courts-program/overview
https://www.courts.ca.gov/documents/AOCLitReview-Mental_Health_Courts--Web_Version.pdf
https://archive.org/details/nativeamericanen0000prit/page/126/mode/2up?view=theater
https://www.sovereign-bodies.org/_files/ugd/6b33f7_d7e4c0de2a434f6e9d4b1608a0648495.pdf
