Her mother went missing 22 years ago. Now, she finds comfort in the past and future
The disappearance of Carolyn DeFord's mother is among countless cases of missing Indigenous women. Without closure, DeFord continues to grieve. But a special memory and a new grandson give her hope.
The last time Carolyn DeFord, a member of the Puyallup tribe, saw her mother was in 1999.
That's when Leona Kinsey, who raised DeFord in La Grande, Ore., went missing. She was never seen again. Her disappearance is just one unsolved case in the of missing
