It's so frustrating that Native American women continue to show up at overwhelming numbers in missing-person data, and yet so many of their cases receive little attention. These are not just statistics. They are daughters, sisters, mothers, friends, and members of communities that deserve urgency, visibility, and justice.

At the end of 2025, FBI active missing-person records showed 564 native American females listed missing nationwide. Native families and advocates have pointed to underreporting, jurisdictional confusion, and lack of media coverage. Too many cases seem to fade from public view far too quickly. This seems to be one of those cases.

We should be asking why this keeps happening, why so many families are left without answers, and why the public attention is so uneven. Native women matter. Their cases matter. They deserve the same urgency, coverage, and investigative effort as anyone else.

On the morning of January 11, 2011, 28-year-old Janson Franklinda Secody left her Aztec, New Mexico residence on foot to walk to work. Her boyfriend was the only person reported to have seen her that day. She was dressed for cold weather in a black jacket over a red one, beige pants, brown snow boots, and a sky-blue beanie. She has not been seen or heard from since.

Investigators with the San Juan County Sheriff’s Office opened a missing persons investigation but found few witnesses or physical leads; the case grew cold and has received limited media attention. Janson was described as a Native American woman with black hair, brown eyes, five feet six inches tall and about 230 pounds at the time she disappeared. The investigation remains open.

If anyone saw Janson on January 11, 2011, or has information about her movements that morning, please contact the San Juan County Sheriff’s Office.