MURDERED: Jalajhia Finklea

We Are Resilient: An MMIP True Crime Podcast

On October 20, 2020, one day before her 18th birthday, Jalajhia Finklea of the Mashpee Wampanoag tribe was last seen getting into a rental car driven by a Florida man near her mother’s home in New Bedford, MA.  She was never seen alive again.

Sources:
Missing Mass. Teen Jalajhia Finklea Was Pregnant: Police Report – NBC Boston

Pregnant teen, 18, found dead in Florida 1,400 miles from home after five weeks missing as 'kidnapper' shot by cops | The US Sun (the-sun.com)

Autopsy: Mashpee teen was shot - ICT News

Mashpee Teen Still Missing After Officers Shoot Man Wanted in Her Disappearance – NBC Boston

Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe (mashpeewampanoagtribe-nsn.gov)

Missing Pregnant Teen Found Dead In Florida, Believed To Be Jalajhia Finklea (balleralert.com)

Suspect Killed by Law Enforcement, But Mashpee Wampanoag Woman Still Missing | Currents (nativenewsonline.net)

Missing Mashpee woman's body found in Florida, autopsy confirms (heraldnews.com)

Gunshots listed as Jalajhia Finklea cause of death; phone led police to body in Fellsmere (tcpalm.com)

New Bedford Police search for missing teen, member of Mashpee Wampanoag tribe – Boston 25 News

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