When a 17-year-old girl is found murdered in Great Smoky Mountains National Park authorities quickly zero in on the group of young men who last saw her.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
Native Hope
Website: https://blog.nativehope.org/
Office For Victims of Crime: Missing or Murdered Indigenous Persons (MMIP)
Website: https://ovc.ojp.gov/topics/missing-murdered-indigenous-persons/state-resources
U.S. Department of Justice: Missing or Murdered Indigenous Persons Homepage
Website: https://www.justice.gov/tribal/mmip
Sovereign Bodies Institute
Website: https://www.sovereign-bodies.org/
National Indigenous Women’s Resource Center
Website: https://www.niwrc.org/
ADDITIONAL PHOTO SOURCES
Tamara “Tammie” Seay
Source: We Are Resilient: An MMIP True Crime Podcast. MURDERED Tamara Susan Seay Facebook Post. February 19, 2023.
Terrence Howard Roach in 2006
The Asheville Citizen Times: Police arrest man in teen’s death. By Lindsay Nash. Published January 23, 2006. Archived April 21, 2026.
United States District Court vs Terence Howard Roach
Episode Source Material
- The Asheville Citizen Times: Police await autopsy in teenager’s death. By Jon Ostendorff. Published January 19, 2006. Archived April 21, 2026. Via newspapers.com.
- The Asheville Citizen Times: Tamara ‘Tammie’ Seay. Obituary. By staff. Published January 20, 2006 and January 21st, 2006. Archived April 21, 2026. Via newspapers.com.
- United States District Court Western District of North Carolina: USA v. Terence Howard Roach. Criminal Complaint and Arrest Warrant. Filed January 23, 2006. Accessed via PACER April 21, 2026. Hard copy only. No direct link.
- The Knoxville News-Sentinel: Man arrested in connection with body in park. By staff. Published January 23, 2006. Archived April 21, 2026. Via newspapers.com.
- The Asheville Citizen Times: Police arrest man in teen’s death. By Lindsay Nash. Published January 23, 2006. Archived April 21, 2026. Via newspapers.com.
- The Asheville Citizen Times: FBI says man admitted to killing. By Clarke Morrison. Published January 24, 2006. Archived April 21, 2026. Via newspapers.com.
- United States District Court Western District of North Carolina: USA v. Joshua Brent Squirrel. USA vs. Michael Slee. Criminal Complaints and Arrest Warrants. Filed January 25, 2006. Accessed via PACER April 21, 2026. Hard copy only. No direct link.
- The Sylva Herald: Cherokee man arrested after body found in Smokies. By Derek Hodges. Published January 26, 2006. Accessed April 21, 2026.
- The Asheville Citizen Times: 2 Charged with helping suspect after teen’s death. By Jordan Schrader. Published January 26, 2006. Archived April 21, 2026. Via newspapers.com.
- National Park Service Morning Report: Three arrested for homicide in park. By staff. Published January 27, 2006. Accessed April 21, 2026.
- United States District Court Western District of North Carolina: USA v. Terence Howard Roach. USA v. Joshua Brent Squirrel. USA vs. Michael Slee. Bill of Indictment. Filed February 8, 2006. Accessed via PACER April 21, 2026. Hard copy only. No direct link.
- United States District Court Western District of North Carolina: USA vs. Michael Slee. Motion for Bond. Filed February 20, 2006. Accessed via PACER April 21, 2026. Hard copy only. No direct link.
- United States District Court Western District of North Carolina: USA v. Terence Howard Roach. USA v. Joshua Brent Squirrel. USA vs. Michael Slee. Arraignment Orders. Filed February 21, 2006. Accessed via PACER April 21, 2026. Hard copy only. No direct link.
- United States District Court Western District of North Carolina: USA v. Terence Howard Roach. USA v. Joshua Brent Squirrel. USA vs. Michael Slee. Motions to Suppress and Orders on Motions to Suppress. Filed March 3, 2006 and March 6, 2006 and March 10, 2006 and March 16, 2006 and March 21, 2006. Accessed via PACER April 21, 2026. Hard copy only. No direct link.
- United States District Court Western District of North Carolina: USA v. Terence Howard Roach. USA v. Joshua Brent Squirrel. USA vs. Michael Slee. FBI Affidavit. Filed April 11, 2006. Accessed via PACER April 21, 2026. Hard copy only. No direct link.
- United States District Court Western District of North Carolina: USA v. Terence Howard Roach. USA v. Joshua Brent Squirrel. USA vs. Michael Slee. Plea Agreements. Filed July 12, 2006. Accessed via PACER April 21, 2026. Hard copy only. No direct link.
- United States District Court Western District of North Carolina: USA v. Terence Howard Roach. USA v. Joshua Brent Squirrel. USA vs. Michael Slee. Acceptance of Plea Agreements. Filed August 4, 2006. Accessed via PACER April 21, 2026. Hard copy only. No direct link.
- United States District Court Western District of North Carolina: USA v. Terence Howard Roach. USA v. Joshua Brent Squirrel. USA vs. Michael Slee. Judgments and Amended Judgments. Filed June 7, 2007 and August 31, 2007 and January 22, 2008. Accessed via PACER April 21, 2026. Hard copy only. No direct link.
- United States District Court Western District of North Carolina: USA v. Terence Howard Roach. USA v. Joshua Brent Squirrel. USA vs. Michael Slee. Instruction to Criminal Defendants execution, Receivership, Garnishment, and/or Sequestration and Right to Have Exemptions Designated. Filed March 18, 2008. Accessed via PACER April 21, 2026. Hard copy only. No direct link.
- United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit: USA v. Terence Howard Roach. USA v. Joshua Brent Squirrel. USA vs. Michael Slee. Appeals. Argued October 15, 2009. Decided December 7, 2009. Accessed via PACER April 21, 2026. Hard copy only. No direct link.
- United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit: USA vs. Joshua Brent Squirrel. Request for Modifying the Conditions or Term of Supervision. Filed August 28, 2014. Accessed via PACER April 21, 2026. Hard copy only. No direct link.
- United States District Court Western District of North Carolina: USA v. Terence Howard Roach. Order on Motion to Vacate. Filed March 7, 2023. Accessed via PACER April 21, 2026. Hard copy only. No direct link.
- United States District Court Western District of North Carolina: USA v. Terence Howard Roach. Motion for Miscellaneous Relief. Filed November 18, 2025. Accessed via PACER April 21, 2026. Hard copy only. No direct link.
- United States District Court Western District of North Carolina: USA v. Terence Howard Roach. Response in Opposition to Defendant’s Motion to Stop Garnishments of Payments. Filed December 9, 2025. Accessed via PACER April 21, 2026. Hard copy only. No direct link.
- United States District Court Western District of North Carolina: USA v. Terence Howard Roach. Order on Motion for Miscellaneous Relief. Filed December 22, 2025. Accessed via PACER April 21, 2026. Hard copy only. No direct link.
- U.S. Bureau of Prisons: Terence Howard Roach Inmate Profile
- U.S. Bureau of Prisons: Joshua Brent Squirrel Inmate Profile
- U.S. Bureau of Prisons: Michael Slee Inmate Profile
- Joshua Brent Squirrel Obituary and Death Records: via Find A Grave, Crisp Funeral Home, and U.S. Cemetery and Funeral Home Collection 1847- Current on Ancestry.com
- The Knoxville News-Sentinel: Published Mary 22, 2006. Archived April 21, 2026. Via newspapers.com.
- The Knoxville News-Sentinel: Alcoa man charged in Smokies slaying. By Jamie Satterfield. Published May 23, 2006. Accessed April 21, 2026. Via newspapers.com.
- We Are Resilient: An MMIP True Crime Podcast. MURDERED Tamara Susan Seay Facebook Post. February 19, 2023.
- Find A Grave: Tamara Susan “Tammie” Seay