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Where is Jermain Charlo? (from "48 Hours S37E8")

September 18, 2025·55 min·5 clips

Jermain's phone was active in her ex's backyard hours after he claimed he dropped her off downtown.

The episode begins with hosts Jillian and Patrick dedicating the coverage to a contact named Catherine from THV11 in Arkansas, who suggested the case while collaborating with Patrick on West Memphis Three DNA testing coverage. After brief banter about bike lane etiquette in New York City, they dive into the 48 Hours episode Season 37 Episode 8 covering Jermain Charlo. Jermain Austin Charlo, a 23-year-old woman from the Blackfeet Nation, was last seen on surveillance video outside a Missoula bar called the Badlander shortly after midnight on June 18, 2018. The video shows Jermain outside the bar near a dumpster alongside a man and several other people before she disappears from frame. She was a mother of two and went missing without a trace. Detective Guy Baker of the Missoula Police Department has spent six years searching for Jermain and describes having most of the puzzle pieces but lacking the one or two that would break the case. The hosts note the six-year delay in releasing the surveillance footage to 48 Hours as an example of the systemic neglect that characterizes missing and murdered Indigenous women cases. Jillian describes the video as grainy but identifies Jermain clearly and notes that police reportedly spoke to most of the other people visible in the footage. Both hosts express confidence that they know what likely happened based on context but cannot prove it. The episode frames Jermain as having become the face of missing and murdered Indigenous women in western Montana, and the hosts call for viewers who recognize anyone in the footage to come forward. The episode closes with the hosts mentioning their upcoming coverage of the Ruby Slippers theft case.

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