Family of Denver mother still searching for answers months after finding her remains
The Denver mother of five, an Indigenous woman who was subject to a Missing Indigenous Person Alert, vanished in late May 2024. In February, her remains were identified after being found along Cherry Creek, bringing a heartbreaking end to the search, but not to the family's fight for justice.
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'She was our mom, she was a beautiful, wonderful person and for her to be, you know, treated and left… she didn't deserve to go like that, you know. She didn't deserve to be left outside for months and months like that,' said Sommr Fairchild, Marcie's daughter.
According to her family, Marcie was last seen on May 28, 2024, after finishing a shift at work. The last known communication came early the next morning.
'There was one call after that, around three in the morning to my niece, who was spending the night over there that night … and that was May 29, early in the morning. And then from there, it was just nothing,' said Sommr.
Her phone and other belongings were still inside her home on the 1400 block of Poplar Street, but there were no confirmed sightings or solid leads in the weeks and months that followed.
'She didn't take anything… she ended up leaving her phone, which I thought was kind of weird,' Sommr added.
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Frustrated by what they describe as a lack of communication and action from authorities, the family launched a GoFundMe page titled 'Bring Marcie Fairchild Home,' hoping to raise money for a private investigator.
'I did a lot of the finding out answers and investigating myself, and I didn't really get a lot of help from the missing persons department. It took weeks for responses — even when I would come into town, I'm calling and emailing, calling and emailing,' Sommr said. 'But once I was going around her house and the neighborhoods, and different things, I could tell that there wasn't anybody from the police department asking questions.'
In February 2025, Denver police confirmed the remains found along Cherry Creek were those of Marcie Fairchild. While the discovery brought closure to the question of her disappearance, it raised new ones about what happened to her and who may be responsible.
'That's honestly one of the hardest things—not just the fact that she is deceased, but the fact of how she was found. That her body was just outside somewhere,' Sommr said.
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'We just really want to know what happened to her, you know. We can't change what did happen, but we just don't have any answers still.'
FOX31 reached out to Denver Police, who confirmed the case remains under investigation. No arrests have been made.
The family is urging anyone with information, no matter how small, to contact authorities. The GoFundMe page supporting their efforts is linked here.
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