Jennifer Kirk + Sue Sue Norton Part 2

Jennifer Kirk + Sue Sue Norton Part 2

From Truer Crime by Celisia Stanton

January 12, 2026 · 31 min · Season 3 · Episode 18

About this episode

This episode explores the unsolved murder of Susanna 'Sue Sue' Norton and the systemic issues affecting Indigenous women in Alaska.

Two years after Jennifer Kirk was found dead on former mayor Clement Richards Sr.’s property, another woman was discovered at that same address: 30-year-old Susanna “Sue Sue” Norton, who was in a relationship with one of Richard's sons. To this day, no one has been charged in connection to her murder. Today’s episode examines how this could happen again on the same property, the questions still surrounding Sue Sue’s death, and the deeply broken systems that continue to fail Indigenous women and girls across Alaska. Want early access to every episode, all at once? Tenderfoot+ subscribers get the full case at the start of each month—plus ad-free listening and exclusive content from over 30 shows. Sign up at ⁠⁠⁠tenderfootplus.com⁠⁠⁠. Find all action items, sources, and resources in the show notes at ⁠⁠⁠truercrimepodcast.com⁠⁠⁠. Keep up with us through our ⁠Truer Crime Substack Newsletter⁠. Follow @truercrimepod on ⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠X⁠⁠⁠. Follow me @celisiastanton on ⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠. Sign up for my weekly Substack newsletter, ⁠⁠⁠Sincerely, Celisia⁠⁠⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: Celisia Stanton

Topics covered

  • murder investigation
  • Indigenous women
  • Alaska
  • systemic failures
  • unsolved cases

Keywords

  • Jennifer Kirk
  • Sue Sue Norton
  • Clement Richards
  • murder
  • Indigenous women
  • Alaska
  • unsolved murder
  • systemic failures

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Organizations: Tenderfoot+, Truer Crime Substack Newsletter, megaphone.fm

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