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Missing & Murdered: Finding Cleo

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Where is Cleo? Taken by child welfare workers in the 1970’s and adopted in the U.S., the young Cree girl’s family believes she was raped and murdered while hitchhiking back home to Saskatchewan. CBC news investigative reporter Connie Walker joins the search to find out what really happened to Cleo. For the best in true crime from CBC, ad-free, visit apple.co/cbctruecrime. Watch Connie Walker's A Sister's Promise on The Fifth Estate's YouTube channel now.

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Missing & Murdered Introduces: The Jaclyn Ferland-Smith Case

Someone Knows Something is the investigative true crime series by award-winning documentarian David Ridgen.  In Season 10 of Someone Knows Something, host David Ridgen i

Mar 16
37 min

S2 Episode 10: Cleo’s letters

Even though it was supposed to have been destroyed in 1983, the police file documenting the investigation into Cleo’s death still exists and it contains more detail than

Apr 2 2018
55 min

S2 Episode 9: Reunion

Christine travels to Pennsylvania for an emotional reunion with her brother, Johnny, who she hasn’t seen since she was a baby. Determined to get more answers about the da

Mar 27 2018
53 min

S2 Episode 8: Salesperson of the year

Digging through archives in Saskatchewan, Connie makes a shocking discovery. As she investigates the controversial Adopt Indian Metis program which Cleo and her siblings

Mar 20 2018
36 min

S2 Episode 7: Lillian

Connie’s chance meeting with the father who Cleo never knew is followed by new revelations about the Semaganis children’s biological mother, Lillian. A picture begins to

Mar 20 2018
31 min

S2 Episode 6: Little Pine

A brief encounter with someone who knew Cleo perhaps better than anyone else just before her death reveals crucial details. Connecting new facts about her life leads the

Mar 20 2018
49 min

S2 Episode 5: Afraid of the dark

As Connie shares some shocking news with Cleo's siblings, the truth about what happened to her remains just out of reach. Police may have answers but can’t share them yet

Mar 15 2018
29 min

S2 Episode 4: The funeral home

The search for Cleo leads Connie to investigate a headstone belonging to a 13-year-old girl who died in 1978. The cemetery is more than 20 hours away from Arkansas, where

Mar 14 2018
40 min

S2 Episode 3: A little lie

Connie meets Cleo’s older brother, Johnny, in Pennsylvania, where he was adopted. He’s haunted by the memory of saying goodbye to Cleo and longs to fulfill a promise to f

Mar 9 2018
53 min

S2 Episode 2: Eyes that haunted me

Christine gets a tip that helps geographically narrow the search for Cleo, and Connie visits another sister, April, to see what she may remember. Scouring old photos and

Mar 8 2018
40 min

S2 Episode 1: Stolen. Murdered. Missing.

Connie responds to Christine’s plea for help finding her eldest sister, Cleo. The only proof of Cleo’s existence though is a tiny, undated school photo. A clue soon emerg

Mar 7 2018
33 min

S2 Episode 0: Finding Cleo

In the 1970s, Cleo was taken by child welfare workers and adopted in the U.S. Her family, who has been searching for her since, was told she was murdered. Host Connie Wal

Mar 6 2018
4 min

S1 Episode 8: Resilience

Connie Walker questions police about DNA evidence, and learns that after nearly three decades, their seemingly stagnant investigation has become “very active”, as a resul

Dec 20 2016
58 min

S1 Episode 7: The Notebooks (Part Two)

Digging deeper into old police notes, Connie Walker tries to find out what happened to a pile of bloody clothes matching a description of what Alberta was wearing on the

Dec 15 2016
33 min

S1 Episode 7: The Notebooks (Part One)

A closer examination of old RCMP notebooks yields new details about a mysterious phone call from a woman who knew where Alberta’s body was concealed, days before her body

Dec 13 2016
44 min

S1 Episode 6: The Taxi Driver

In this episode, Connie Walker finds the cabbie who people told us they saw with Alberta and her uncle Jack the night after she’s thought to have vanished. While talking

Nov 29 2016
44 min

S1 Episode 5: The Black Truck

A shocking new revelation surfaces about people seeing Alberta in a mysterious black truck after she was thought to have disappeared. The tip propels investigative report

Nov 22 2016
34 min

S1 Episode 4: The Brothers

New details emerge about the last night Alberta was seen alive. Reporter Connie Walker speaks to a key witness who has never been interviewed by police about what he saw

Nov 15 2016
40 min

S1 Episode 3: A Suspect

Investigative reporter Connie Walker tracks down the person police suspected in the murder of Alberta Williams.

Nov 8 2016
53 min

S1 Episode 2: The Investigation

Combing through old police notebooks, Walker tries to piece together what happened on the night Alberta vanished. She discovers that even before Alberta’s body was found,

Nov 1 2016
42 min

Chart positions

Where Missing & Murdered: Finding Cleo ranks today in each Apple Podcasts chart (US, Sep 4, 2026).

#179 ▲ 10 True Crime US

What listeners say

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I was immediately hooked and binged this in a day. The journalism and showing the humanness of this story, from the back stories of the siblings, the mother, the adoptive parents, to showing true genuine emotion - this was raw and all that you hope for in crime journalism. I really appreciated how this series showed all sides, how bleak it can get and how hopeful but also the beauty in that and in the people’s whose lives were affected - thank you.

mookattemoon · Jun 2026

I’ve only come to understand generational trauma in my mid-50’s after my mom passing has settled in with me. The trauma this and other similar families went through is heartbreaking and intense. I’m left feeling so thankful to you and Cleos family for finding, loving and giving her sweet soul the attention and honor it deserves. I was left with wanting/ hoping her final resting place would find her with family in Saskatchewan as she tried so hard to get back. (I understand of course) Thank you all for sharing this important story. Beautiful work.

Jzello · Mar 2025

I listen to a lot of thoughtfully done investigative journalism podcasts. Cleo’s story affected me more than any other. Equal parts heartbreaking, beautiful, and life-affirming. Thank you to Christine and Connie for your commitment to sharing Cleo’s story.

Elbybara · Nov 2024

I listen to a lot of podcasts. Of many different types told by many different people. I have never heard a story as compelling as this one. Never. It is astounding in its breadth, scope, and so carefully and creatively told you cannot stop listening. I binged the whole story in one night. One long night. I cried, and I was shocked by much of the story. I knew this went on but to hear this story being told in such an intimate way truly shows you the scope of the damage done to Native and indiginous people of Canada and America that there is much to be uncovered and exposed to the light. This podcast does this and at the very highest level. I cried for the people involved and for what they endured. I was moved by the ceremony of the tribe used in approaching the information and the processing of it thru ceremony, and the way they handled the catastrophic details and news of their people being so abused. I can’t say enough about this story. It was so well crafted and told with such respect for all the parties involved, I was on the edge of my seat through the listening. Such dignity given to all those involved. This is due largely in part to the person who uncovered the truth in telling of Cleo’s story. I have never written a review like this but I hope ppl will come along and read it so they will hear of this story to. My greater hope is that this story will not go away but spark a flame in others to uncover more and bring those responsible to justice for the innocents involved as the deal with the suffering in healing from such horrific events as a result of our governments and our treatment of our ingigenous ppls of our countries. They deserve so much better than we have ever allowed. We hoave lied and cheated them and it’s time we right this ship. It’s time to stop this madness and bring those to justice before it’s too late. And for those where it is too late, it’s time to repair and heal and compensate these families for their pain and suffering. And we all know the reason they want to keep these stories buried is because they know what they did, know it was wrong, and don’t want to pay the price for what they have done. Great story and beautifully skillfully told. Thanks to all involved. Great underscoring of the music and the balance of sound was on point and totally professional. Thank you very much for that. So few Podcasts have this level of professionalism to add to the whole package. WELL DONE! Sincerely, Catte Adams

Catte Adams · Aug 2024

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