This is part two of a two-part series.

Please listen to part one before continuing with this episode.

This series contains discussion of suicide, homicide, crime scenes, and violence.

Listener discretion is advised.

This is the Fall Line.

Last time on the Fall Line, we began our coverage of the 2016 disappearance and murder of Matthew

Rattlesnake Grant.

Matthew's aunt, Ronda Grant Connolly, told us about his childhood.

Matthew was the first born child of Ray Grant and Eileen Rattlesnake, and they'd go on to have

two children together before ending their relationship while Matthew and his sister Cheyenne were

still young. Though Matthew lived the majority of his time in Alberta, Canada, with his mother

and his younger siblings, he also spent a significant portion of his childhood in Browning, Montana,

with his father Ray Grant's relatives. That connection was important to him and to his father's

family. He even spent a year of elementary school living with his grandmother, Fay, before he

returned to Canada. His aunt, Ronda, told us that a key characteristic of Matthew's personality was

his protective feelings toward his mother and his siblings, but that he was a peacemaker,

not someone who sought out violent solutions. If someone picked on his little sister Cheyenne,

Matthew would speak up, but he didn't initiate conflict. A natural extrovert, Matthew was

comfortable with adults and would always seek out their help when needed. A few weeks after his 20th

birthday, in November 2015, Matthew moved to Browning to permanently live with his paternal relatives.

He'd had that plan for a long time. Though his aunt, Ronda, was worried about him traveling in the

dangerous winter weather, Matthew didn't want to wait any longer. His father Ray had passed away

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