Jermain Charlo: New Video & Missing Montana Mom Case
Security Video Released in Jermain Charlo Missing Person Case
Updated June 08, 2025
Missoula, Mont. — Police have released security footage showing Jermain Charlo, who disappeared from missoula more than six years ago. The video aims to generate new leads in the ongoing missing person investigation.
charlo, 23, was last seen in the early morning hours of June 16, 2018. Missoula Police detective Guy Baker saeid the newly released video shows the last known images of Charlo before her disappearance. searches for Jermain Charlo have been unsuccessful, Baker said.
the video shows Charlo in downtown Missoula on June 15, 2018, just before midnight. She is seen walking down a street with a man following behind her. Another clip shows Charlo socializing outside The Badlander bar with the same man standing nearby. They both leave the area before midnight.
Authorities identified the man as Michael DeFrance, Charlo’s ex-boyfriend and the father of her two children. Police believe DeFrance was the last person to see Charlo. DeFrance told police he dropped Charlo off near a food market around 1 a.m., where she said she was meeting a friend named Cassidy. Police could not locate anyone by that name.
Investigators learned Charlo had been dating a man named Jacob, who lived in the area. Jacob told police he tried calling Charlo shortly before 1 a.m. but the call went to voicemail after several rings, which he found strange. Phone records indicated someone silenced the call.
Jacob also told police that Charlo said DeFrance had been asking if she was dating anyone and wanted to reconcile.Police have stated Jacob cooperated with the investigation and was never a suspect.
Charlo’s phone pinged from 2 a.m. to 10 a.m. in Evaro Hill on the Flathead Reservation, about 14 miles from downtown Missoula. Charlo, a member of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai tribes, lived on the Flathead Reservation.
Detective Baker urges anyone with information to contact him. He can be reached at 406-552-6284.
DeFrance told police he disposed of Charlo’s phone in Idaho after attempting to access it. He said he discarded it at mile marker 94 on Highway 12. Law enforcement searched the area but did not find the phone.
DeFrance has not been named a suspect in Jermain Charlo’s disappearance. A request for an interview with DeFrance through his attorney was declined.
“Why would you get rid of the cell phone if someone was around to give the phone back to ’em?” said Baker.
Charlo’s family believes she is deceased. Authorities are investigating the case as a no-body homicide.Jermain Charlo’s disappearance highlights the issue of missing and murdered Indigenous women (MMIW) in Montana, where Indigenous people are disproportionately represented in missing persons cases.
What’s next
The investigation into the disappearance of Jermain Charlo remains open and active. police are hopeful that the release of the security video will bring forward new information and help solve this six-year-old missing person case.