Haunting new video shows missing mom's final moments before she vanished without a trace

Haunting caller video person revealed the last moments of a missing parent from Montana earlier she mysteriously vanished without a hint implicit six years ago. 

Jermain Charlo, 23, who has 2 young sons, was past seen adjacent a barroom called The Badlander successful downtown Missoula connected June 15, 2018, wherever she appeared to beryllium socializing with a tiny radical of people.

The camera loses show of her astatine astir midnight erstwhile she walks distant with a man, who was identified arsenic her ex-boyfriend and the begetter of her children, Michael DeFrance. 

He said she got into his Dodge pick-up and that helium dropped her disconnected adjacent a friend's location astatine astir 1am. No 1 has heard from her since. 

Police said they released the caller footage to CBS 48 Hours in the anticipation it volition pb to a interruption successful the case.

Speaking to DailyMail.com Detective Guy Baker explained: 'Our anticipation is that radical volition spot the mode they were dressed that evening and possibly saw thing involving the 2 of them aft they near the alley. Maybe astatine the clip didn’t recognize it was important to this investigation. Hopefully this volition jog their memory'.

Detective Baker has worked connected the lawsuit for the past six years and is continuing to travel up each pb arsenic they travel in. 

He believes she is the unfortunate of a transgression arsenic her signifier of beingness - including her societal media beingness and connection with friends and household - ceased aft that night. But determination person not yet been immoderate arrests.

He said the ex-boyfriend admitted helium was with Jermain successful the downtown country and was interviewed by much than erstwhile by the constabulary department. 

'I consciousness similar I person this puzzle successful beforehand of maine but I don’t rather person each pieces to enactment it together. That is what I americium looking for - I request much of those pieces that the nationalist tin provide,' helium told DailyMail.com. 

He added: 'This is simply a unsocial lawsuit but I americium conscionable arsenic committed to solving this happening six years and 4 months later, uncovering justness for the household and holding accountable those liable for what happened to Jermain arsenic the archetypal time I got this case.

'It’s been frustrating but we are appealing to the nationalist who has not travel forward: you whitethorn person invaluable accusation and I would similar to speech to you.' 

Jermain's aunt Valenda Morigeau- Underwood tearfully told DailyMail.com that she does not judge her niece is alive.

She and different aunt, Dani Matt, were alerted to Jermain's disappearance by the young woman's grandmother, who had raised her. 

The women said Jermain ne'er went anyplace without her telephone and that it was antithetic for her not to cheque successful with her family. 

Morgieau-Underwood added that she was ever connected societal media and had a video blog wherever she documented everything from nutrient and constitution to what she was doing and wherever she was going.

She had made a TikTok video connected the aforesaid time she vanished wherever she seemed successful bully spirits arsenic she lip-synched to a song. She besides appeared to beryllium wearing the aforesaid apparel arsenic successful the surveillance video -  jeans, hoodie and a hat.

'For her not to beryllium progressive connected societal media I knew thing was not right,' she explained.

Jemain's household searched everyplace for her, calling hospitals and shelters. 

When she did not instrumentality location a fewer days aboriginal to her 2 young sons, Thomas and Joseph, who lived connected the Flathead Reservation, astir 40 miles from Missoula, they filed a missing person's report with the Missoula Police Department. They besides contacted the Flathead Reservation Police. 

The preservation is 1.319 million-acres, mountainous and with galore rivers, which made hunt efforts difficult.

Investigators besides looked into whether Jermain could person been a unfortunate of quality trafficking but Brittany Williams, the Deputy County Attorney for Missoula County said this was aboriginal ruled out. 

Jermain's aunts said that her niece's narration with her ex, Michael DeFrance was  strained. At the clip she went missing she was seeing a antithetic antheral named Jacob, who was ne'er considered a suspect. 

Speaking to constabulary without a lawyer, DeFrance said helium was the past idiosyncratic to spot Jermain that nighttime and dropped her disconnected astatine the Orange Street Food Farm due to the fact that her person Cassidy lived nearby. 

But constabulary discovered that Jermain was dating a antheral named Jacob who lived successful the vicinity and that she was texting him earlier she vanished.

Morigeau-Underwood told CBS 48 Hours that based connected her texts Jacob was distant but she was readying to walk the nighttime astatine Jacob's home. 

Speaking of her caller fellow who she met connected a dating app, the aunt added: 'They had a beardown connection. He was infatuated with her.' 

Williams said Jacob told constabulary that the time earlier she disappeared DeFrance 'had been yelling astatine her, asking if she was dating anyone and wanted to get backmost unneurotic with her.'

DeFrance had antecedently assaulted Jermain successful 2013. Court documents showed helium admitted helium deed her 3 times, pleaded blameworthy but did not service jailhouse time.

Morigeau- Underwood told DailyMail.com: 'Jermain met DeFrance erstwhile she was 14 and helium was 16 and fell for the lad adjacent door. They started dating soon aft and had a batch of communal interests. But at some constituent during their narration helium became precise possessive.

'She was gorgeous, creative, outgoing and smart. She had dreams of going to creation schoolhouse successful Santa Fe New Mexico,' she added tearfully. 

Police said it is important they find Jermain's cellphone. Data showed it was past progressive astatine astir 10am connected June 16 northbound of Missoula successful an country of Evaro Hill connected the Flathead preservation - adjacent wherever DeFrance lives. 

DeFrance told constabulary she had near her cellphone with him and that helium threw it distant adjacent a road successful Idaho. But it was ne'er found. 

Detectives besides seized firearms from DeFrance's property, which was a usurpation of his sentencing for the battle connected Jermain. In 2023, helium was sentenced to service 21 months successful situation but remains escaped arsenic helium appeals his conviction. DailyMail.com has contacted DeFrance for comment.

Williams told DailyMail.com immoderate radical had reached retired since the surveillance footage archetypal aired. She added: 'I don’t deliberation anyone is astatine liberty to sanction a fishy successful this case. There are persons of interest, certainly.'

Anyone with immoderate accusation astir the disappearance of Jermain Charlo is urged to interaction the Missoula Police Department connected 406-552-6284. Calls volition beryllium anonymous.