Investigative discovery renews ‘Lost Women’, ‘Feds’ by Octavia Spencer

Investigation Discovery has renewed the true crime docuseries “Lost Women” and “Feds,” both from Oscar winner Octavia Spencer’s production company Orit Entertainment, and October Films. Spencer narrates “Lost Women” and is an executive producer on both shows.

As part of the renewal, ID revealed that the next season of “Lost Women” will “focus on the brutal murders of two Alaska Native women and the shocking investigation that led authorities to capture their sadistic killer.” As for “Feds,” the show “will continue to take viewers inside America’s most elite crime-fighting agency, the FBI.”

“Our continued partnership with ID and October Films is a collective commitment to spotlighting important true crime stories,” Spencer said in a statement. “A new season of ‘Feds’ will continue to provide unprecedented access to the FBI and our next episode of ‘Lost Women’ will feature a new case that delves into an ongoing crisis facing indigenous victims, whose cases often not only remain unsolved – but not investigated.”

“Lost Women” was originally launched as “Lost Women of Highway 20,” highlighting the decades-long disappearance and murder of women along a stretch of Oregon’s Highway 20. Season 2 looks at the murders of Veronica Abouchuk and Kathleen Jo. Henry, two Indigenous women murdered in 2018 and 2019. Earlier this year, Brian Steven Smith was convicted of two counts of first-degree murder.

According to ID, “the three-part docuseries will unravel the thrilling journey that led to his conviction and the courage of some unlikely heroes who helped solve the case and offered a glimmer of hope in a landscape scarred by injustice.”

“Lost Women of Highway 20” and “Feds” premiered on ID in November 2023 and are now streaming on Max. “Lost Women” is produced by Spencer, Brian Clisham and Stephanie Kluft of Orit Entertainment, Matt Robins of October Films and Christina Douglas of Momentum Content. “Feds” is also executive produced by Spencer, Clisham, Kluft and Robins.