Hi everyone. This is an off week for the deck, but I'm popping in your feeds anyway because I want to bring your attention back to a case that we covered a few years ago on this show.

Awachigi Osceola. Some of you will remember her case because we did a letter writing campaign to urge the Oklahoma Emmy to change Awachigee's cause of death from undetermined to homicide, and a lot of you took

action. But I'm sad to report that all these years later, despite clear evidence of murder,

Awachigee's death still isn't classified as a homicide, and it's standing in the way of getting

answers in her case.

The other reason I want to highlight her story is because earlier this month, the Oklahoma governor vetoed a bill that allowed the state to help fund solving missing and murdered

indigenous persons cases. According to reporting in the Oklahoma newspaper, the governor

said that he couldn't back the bill because, quote, justice must be

blind to race. The announcement was issued on May 5th, which is a national day of awareness for the

MMI crisis. The detective overseeing Oaxagee's case made us aware of this because he is in the

process of trying to get the Bureau of Indian Affairs

on board to help with her case. And he fears that due to the governor's veto, that might not be

realistic anymore. So please, listen to a Watigee's story, which we originally aired in May

2022. And if you feel inclined, it is not too late to take action.

Our card this week is Awachigi Aceola, the Eight of Diamonds from Oklahoma. Even though

Awachigi called for help on the morning her killer broke in,

what actually happened inside her apartment is still a mystery.

And while evidence supports police's theory about who killed her,

one huge hurdle still stands in the way of justice.

I'm Ashley Flowers, and this is the deck. On September 25, 2013, Tony Brown was hanging out at home in Anna Darko, Oklahoma,

when she saw a Facebook status from her friend, Awachiki.

It had been posted earlier that morning and read, quote,

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