Find Her: The Disappearance of Pepita Redhair Part 2

The Fall Line: True Crime

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True Crime, News

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🗓️ 25 February 2026

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

We continue our coverage of the disappearance of Pepita Redhair, who was last seen at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Pepita Madelyn Redhair, a young woman who grew up in Crownpoint on the Navajo Nation reservation, longed for adventure. Still, she stayed incredibly close to her family, despite living 140 miles away in Albuquerque. When Pepita suddenly went silent on March 27, 2020, her mother Anita King knew something was terribly wrong. The response she received from law enforcement launched her family into a nearly six-year fight for answers that highlights issues with investigation of IPV (intimate partner violence) and the broader crisis of missing and murdered Indigenous women and relatives (MMIWR/MMIP)—and the systemic failures that leave families searching on their own.

Anyone with information about Pepita's disappearance is asked to contact Albuquerque Police Department: 505-768-2020 or the Bernalillo County District Attorney's Office: 505-222-1101 There is a 3,000 dollar reward in her case.

The Fall Line® is an investigative true crime podcast focused on cold cases, unsolved murders, missing persons, and unidentified John and Jane Does in the United States. We deliver in-depth reporting and interviews with law enforcement and forensic experts, examining unsolved homicides, disappearances, serial crimes, and the evidence behind them. Victim-centered and research-driven, we focus on cases still seeking answers.

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Transcript

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0:00.0	This is the second episode in our latest season covering cold cases across the United States and the second in a two-part series.
0:07.8	The views, thoughts, and opinions expressed are solely the interviewee's own.
0:11.8	All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
0:16.2	No one has been publicly named as a suspect or person of interest in Pepita Redhares case.
0:22.2	This series discusses intimate partner violence.
0:25.4	For resources, please reach out to 800-799-safe-7233 or thehotline.org.
0:41.6	This is the fall line.
0:52.5	Last time, we began our coverage of Pepita Redhair, a 27-year-old woman who grew up in Crown Point, on the Navajo Nation Reservation in New Mexico.
0:55.2	Pepita had a lot of dreams,
0:58.0	maybe becoming an engineer or a teacher,
0:59.8	or even pursuing aviation.
1:02.0	She also loved skateboarding.
1:04.7	It was a passion that she discovered as a child, and one of the ways that Pepita made friends
1:07.2	and explored the world outside of Crown Point.
1:10.2	That was one of the things that she was known for, that and her adventurous spirit, and her
1:15.4	bravery, and her warmth.
1:17.7	After graduating high school, Pepita attended college in Crown Point for a time.
1:22.5	But she yearned to live in a big city.
1:24.6	It was that need for adventure.
1:26.7	So she headed west to Albuquerque, hours away from
1:30.3	her family home. Despite the physical distance, she maintained close ties. Her family was tight-knit.
1:37.2	Pepita talked to her mother Anita and her older siblings, including her sister Shelda, all the time.
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