Elise Tourtillot
Appearances
Crime Junkie
WANTED: Justice for Rhys Pocan & MMIW Part 2
But I think the people who are at the house, I mean, those are her friends. You know what I mean? I think they carry a certain kind of guilt about that. I get that from a perspective, I guess. But it's something that has bothered me a lot. I mean, if you really looked at how close this house was where she was to where my grandparents live, it's literally a block away.
Crime Junkie
WANTED: Justice for Rhys Pocan & MMIW Part 2
I mean, it sucks because I don't have memories. I think we have two pictures together. I think that's all we have. And it sucks because I don't know what she was like. I don't know. I hear a lot of stuff, but I wish I got to know that myself. not knowing how her voice is or I don't know what was her favorite hobbies what is she like doing like because I don't know any of that stuff
Crime Junkie
WANTED: Justice for Rhys Pocan & MMIW Part 2
Ray's daughter, Elise. It's not just my mom. It's somebody's sister, somebody's friend, it's somebody's daughter. It's my son's grandma, you know what I mean? It's something that has hurt our family. And I don't know what that looks like for us to get over that. I don't know what that is for all of us, honestly. Maybe one day we'll get justice.
Crime Junkie
WANTED: Justice for Rhys Pocan & MMIW Part 2
But at the same time, me talking about it, doing this and helping other families, that's my own personal justice. Even if my mom's case doesn't get solved, at least I know that I'm kind of spreading awareness for other families that are in the situation and helping them, and hopefully one day that they'll do the same.
Crime Junkie
WANTED: Justice for Rhys Pocan & MMIW Part 2
When I was growing up, I really didn't hear a lot of stuff like that. I would just hear, like, people just say, like, oh, you look like your mom, or, oh, your mom was a really nice dancer. And, I mean, she's, I mean, they would just say that. They wouldn't talk about that. I think it seemed like it was like that whole part was shielded from me, honestly, from everybody.
Crime Junkie
WANTED: Justice for Rhys Pocan & MMIW Part 2
So it's really hard to talk about everybody on the reservation, I want to say. I think it really hit hard for everybody when that happened. I can see how much pain it is for them. Honestly. Still. Like, you can still see it to this day. Like it happened yesterday. It was a very touchy subject, I guess I want to say, for everybody, honestly.
Crime Junkie
WANTED: Justice for Rhys Pocan & MMIW Part 2
Because even, like, to this day, where my mom was that night, I know where she was. But I know who was at the house. And if I ask... I asked one time, I said, can we talk about that? Can we talk about that night? And then they actually were like, no, I don't want to talk about it. And it's weird because it's me that's saying it, that's asking them.