Filmmaker Statement

Growing up some of the most horrific, heinous, and inhumane crimes were presented to me as bedtime stories. My mom was the city criminal prosecutor of our small Midwestern town, and my father was a city police officer and detective. Despite my parents often talking about their work around me, I never felt like any of these evil acts could happen to me or someone I loved. I mean they were just stories, right? In 2014, my cousin Joelle Lockwood went missing. I was only thirteen and did not fully understand the events that took place revolving around her abduction. My curiosity as a documentarian and family member of Joelle has led me right back to my roots in Southern Indiana where I will discover more about what it means to go missing as a woman in a rural town in the Midwest.