Black Girl Gone: A True Crime Podcast

The disappearance of Cajairah Jae Fraise raises more questions than answers. More than three years later, her case is still defined by limited information, conflicting accounts, an…

22-year-old Cajairah Jae Fraise was 35 weeks pregnant when she disappeared from a drive-thru in Beaumont on February 23, 2023. Just weeks away from giving birth, she stepped out of…

This week on Afterthoughts, we’re unpacking the revisited case of Mitrice Richardson. After being released from police custody in the middle of the night, Mitrice vanished, and the…

Revisiting the case of Mitrice Richardson. Released from police custody just after midnight, she was left alone without her phone, car, or money. By morning, she was gone. Her case…

19-year-old Aniah Blanchard disappeared after a late-night stop just minutes from home in Auburn, Alabama. What followed was a multi-agency search that uncovered violence, raised s…

In this episode of Afterthoughts, we’re unpacking the disappearance of Ashley Elkins. From the moment that stood out in hindsight to the timeline that doesn’t quite add up, we’re t…

Ashley Elkins was a mother of two who left her home one morning and never returned. In the days that followed, her family searched for answers as the details surrounding her disapp…

In February 2015, 29-year-old Samantha Dean, 6 months pregnant was found shot to death inside her car in Bastrop County, Texas. As investigators searched for answers, what first ap…

In December 1984, fourteen-year-old Gloria Pointer left her Cleveland home to walk to school. She never made it. Later that morning, Gloria was found at the bottom of a fire escape…

After nearly 30 years, the murder of Robin Lawrence was finally solved through DNA and a chilling confession. In this Afterthoughts episode, we unpack the randomness of the crime,…

In 1994, 37-year-old Robin Lawrence was brutally murdered inside her Virginia home while her two-year-old daughter remained inside. For nearly three decades, the case went unsolved…

In honor of Black History Month, we’re revisiting the story of Alberta Jones — Louisville’s first Black woman prosecutor and a civil rights trailblazer. On August 4, 1965, Alberta…

In this Afterthoughts conversation, we talk through what stayed with us after telling Carmen Sanders’ story. We reflect on the details that mattered most, the warning signs that we…

In January 2010, Carmen Sanders, a twenty-two-year-old woman living in Ridgeland, Mississippi, was murdered inside her apartment. The investigation moved quickly, resulting in an a…

On September 4, 1998, eight-year-old Shy’Kemmia Pate disappeared from her neighborhood in Unadilla, Georgia. She was last seen on a quiet Friday night, just steps from her home, as…

In January of 2022, 17-year-old Zion Foster left her home in Eastpointe, Michigan, and never returned. What began as a desperate search for a missing teenager slowly became somethi…

Between the fall of 2012 and the summer of 2013, three women disappeared from Cleveland under very different circumstances. Shetisha Sheeley, Angela Deskins, and Shirellda Terry we…

In this Afterthoughts episode, we unpack the case of Samira Watkins and talk through what stayed with us after telling her story. From the dangers of trusting the “safe” option, to…

In 2009, 25-year-old Samira Watkins disappeared in Pensacola, Florida, after leaving home to meet someone she trusted. As investigators worked to retrace her final movements, the c…

In May 2023, 29-year-old nurse and mother Patrice Wilson vanished after finishing an overnight shift at a Detroit hospital. What investigators uncovered would expose a targeted act…