Sequoya Vargas // 231

In August of 1993, a 16-year-old Indigenous girl went missing in Hawaii after going out with a friend. Earlier that day, she and her friend had been picked up by a hitchhiker who asked them to hang out later, but despite this detail, Police initially believed she had run away. Years later, they would finally received a confession that detailed the horrible truth about what happened to her the night she disappeared. This is the story of Sequoya Vargas.BONUS EPISODESpatreon.com/goingwestpodcastCASE SOURCES1. Justice for Native Women: http://www.justicefornativewomen.com/2016/02/sequoya-vargas-missing-from-hawaii.html2. Hawaii Tribune Herald: https://www.newspapers.com/image/556943695/?terms=sequoya%20vargas&match=13. Hawaii Tribune-Herald: https://www.newspapers.com/image/5569404764. Honolulu Star-Bulletin: http://archives.starbulletin.com/1999/09/11/news/story3.html5. Hawaii Tribune-Herald: https://www.newspapers.com/image/557257777/?terms=sequoya%20vargas&match=16. Hawaii Tribune-Herald: https://www.newspapers.com/image/5572715257. The Honolulu Advertiser: https://www.newspapers.com/image/265007391/?terms=sequoya%20vargas&match=18. Honolulu Star Bulletin: http://archives.starbulletin.com/2000/05/03/news/story10.html9. Hawaii Tribune-Herald: https://www.newspapers.com/image/legacy/557342362/?terms=sequoya%20vargas&match=110. The Charley Project: https://charleyproject.org/case/joshua-scott-curry Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.