In the summer of 1996, the body of a young girl was found inside of a burning car, in a town that she had no connection to.
Tune into the latest NTCF minisode to learn about the tragic death of Teneisha Whitfield
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Sakia Gunn was stabbed to death in 2003 after telling a man who was harassing her that she was a lesbian. She was 15. Now, Newark is honoring her by renaming a street after her. Read more ⬇️ https://t.co/MHAyKIJLYr
This woman was just trying to earn some extra cash to pay for PhD tuition and holiday gifts for family and kids from church. She was a breast cancer survivor and was primary/only caretaker of her mother is is recovering from cancer. She did not deserve this.
Uber driver fatally stabbed by man who 'decided he was going to kill someone' Yolanda Dillion, 54, a 10-year fiscal budget analyst for the NOPD was picking up a fare in New Orleans for a trip to Harvey. https://t.co/NX6h5eUZUG
“Today my family is whole, but as you all are aware, there are so many other families who are not whole,” Cherelle Griner, wife of WNBA star Brittney Griner, says after her release from Russian detention https://t.co/SxnOf9QXfn
This 17yo girl had to jump out of her Lyft after the driver started flirting with her and sprayed something in the car that made her feel warm and disoriented and rolled up the windows.
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A toddler disappeared from a bowling alley in 1999. Police say it's possible Teekah Lewis is still alive and doesn't know she was kidnapped. https://t.co/BsX7HfNvkH
Another year with no justice for my moms murder… Unfortunately I don’t think we’ll ever get closure. At the very least I just want people to remember her legacy. She didn’t deserve to die, and I didn’t deserve to have to find her body. May she Rest In Peace 💖
#Justicefortawana
Shanquella Robinson was at a villa in Mexico for a friend’s birthday. 24 hours later, she wound up dead
Her friends claimed it was due to alcohol poisoning but authorities said she had a broken neck & spinal injuries. Now, her family is seeking answers:
https://t.co/u9bnaFzA1U
NEW: Half a century after mandatory child abuse reporting became de facto policy in America, there’s still no proof that it works—and growing evidence of its harmful unintended impact on poor families of color.
Pennsylvania provides a cautionary tale. https://t.co/YIGNnrE0R5
A man lost a pickup basketball game to a 21-year-old Dallas woman. After he lost, he returned to the park and shot her 5 times, killing her.
“You become embarrassed basically because a female beat you in basketball."
https://t.co/dAfC3CZbQ3
A man charged with killing 22 women in the Dallas area over a two-year span was found guilty Friday in one of their deaths — his second murder conviction. https://t.co/qE050ixtgH
A Texas man shot and killed his ex-girlfriend before shooting and killing himself, authorities said
Family members identified the woman as Tamara Sawyer, who was studying to be a nurse. They said Sawyer and the man broke up a month ago https://t.co/KwvAukXJmZ
October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month. 10 million people per year are physically abused by an intimate partner.
If you are experiencing domestic violence, call the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1-800-799-7233, or go to https://t.co/0f7b8YURST.
A Texas man fatally shot his wife as she held their baby and attempted to file a domestic violence complaint against him. The woman had called police twice before to report abuse and request a restraining order. Takara Glenn Hightower was a mother of six. https://t.co/wHuf3DfVwm
My first big report for the new Substack is now live. It's a two-year investigation into the horrific wrongful conviction of an intellectually disabled man in Arkansas.
No paywall, so I hope you'll check it out.
https://t.co/VsFDPMOwtI
After witnessing her cousin's murder in 1994, Niko Quinn says she was forced by then-KCKPD detective Roger Golubski into giving false testimony against Lamonte McIntyre — which put him in prison for a crime he didn't commit. (@KCUR) https://t.co/gP18Dqcarm