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Zachary Ramsay: The Great Falls Boy Who Vanished Without a Trace
Zachary Ramsay was nine years old when he walked out his door in Great Falls on a February morning in 1995 and never came back. His case produced a conviction, an acquittal, and no answers.
Read moreMissing and Murdered Indigenous Women in Montana: A Crisis Hidden in Plain Sight
Native women in Montana go missing at alarming rates — and too many of those cases go unsolved. A look at the MMIW crisis in Big Sky Country.
Read moreThe "Night Shift" Chronicles: 24 Hours in a Montana Dispatch Center
Between 2:00 AM and sunrise, the Montana 911 dispatch lines transform into a theater of the bizarre. From the 'Octopus Man' singing Cher to the high-stakes coaching of CPR in a snow-blind cabin 40 miles from the nearest medic—this is the raw, unedited reality of the calls that never make the official morning report."
Read moreMontana's Unidentified Dead: John and Jane Does Waiting to Come Home
Dozens of unidentified individuals have been found in Montana over the decades. Forensic genealogy may finally give them back their names — and give investigators a lead.
Read moreThe I-90 Corridor: Montana's Highway and Its Unsolved Deaths
Interstate 90 crosses 550 miles of remote Montana terrain — and several unsolved deaths have occurred along its length. A look at the cold cases that haunt the highway.
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