Jasmine Moody was 19, an honor-roll freshman with plans to become a nurse, when she flew from Texas to Michigan to spend Thanksgiving with a woman she'd met online.

On the night before she was scheduled to fly home, an argument broke out — and Jasmine walked out of the house into a windchill near zero, without her coat, her phone, her ID, or her purse. She has never been seen again.

More than ten years later, no arrests have ever been made. In this episode, we walk through the night of December 4th, 2014, the competing accounts of what happened, the physical evidence that's never added up, and the questions about timing, urgency, and circumstance that still don't sit comfortably no matter how you look at them.

We also talk about why a case with this much unresolved tension barely made headlines outside of Detroit — and why that matters.

If anything in this episode stood out to you — a name, a detail, a timeline that didn't sit right — please don't sit on it. You can contact:

The Detroit Police Department's Criminal Investigations unit directly at 313-596-5752

You can also report anonymously through Crime Stoppers of Michigan at 1-800-SPEAK-UP

You don't need to be certain. You don't need proof. Somebody out there has known something for over a decade — if that's you, this is your sign to say it.

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This episode contains significant updates from three cases Vanished Voices has covered. Anna Marie Scott from Nevada, Phylicia Barnes from North Carolina and Baltimore, and Sara Nicole Graham from North Carolina. You can find links to the coverage on the updates here.

Every morning, Shantieya Smith slung her seven-year-old daughter's backpack over her shoulder and walked her to school. Family called her "Nay Nay." She was the one you called when there was trouble, the one who'd teach you the newest dance in the middle of the living room.

On May 25th, 2018, she left her North Lawndale home for what should have been a quick errand — she didn't even take her phone. She never came back.

When her mother, Latonya Moore, went to police, she was told to wait 48 hours before filing a report. Even though it had already been three days that she waited. She refused to leave without one. Four days of silence followed. So Latonya searched for her daughter herself — organizing her own search parties, going through Shantieya's phone records, even exchanging messages with the man she believed was responsible.

Shantieya wasn't the only one. That same spring, at least four women and girls disappeared from the same few square miles of Chicago's West Side. Two — Shantieya and 15-year-old Sadaria Davis — were found dead within weeks of each other, and importantly, both last seen with the same man. He has never been charged in either death, even after being charged with a stabbing soon after in Garfield Park and a rape and shooting 3 days after the stabbing, in Memphis.

What followed was years of institutional failure: a missing person case quietly closed as "non-criminal," DNA evidence that simply disappeared from the system, and a police superintendent who publicly speculated about “lifestyle choices” before later apologizing years later (kind of apologizing anyways).

Shantieya's case is still unsolved, her family needs answers and she deserves justice.

If you have any information about the murders of Shantieya Smith or Sadaria Davis, please come forward. You can submit an anonymous tip to the Chicago Police Department by calling (312) 746-6000 or texting CPDTip to 738477 to receive a link to their anonymous tip form, or by submitting a tip directly at cpdtip.org.

Tips that lead to an arrest and felony charges are eligible for a cash reward of up to $1,000 through Cook County Crime Stoppers.

No piece of information is too small — Shantieya and Sadaria's families are still waiting.

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Ricarda Tillman-Lockett was 22 years old, a mother, and an enrolled member of the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska. She had left an abusive marriage, moved into a shelter, and made a plan to start over.

On February 19th, 2007, she left work in Memphis, got into her estranged husband's car, and vanished. Her purse, her wallet, and her cell phone were left behind.

Her son was waiting at the babysitter's. She never came back.

Nineteen years later, Ricarda Tillman-Lockett has not been found. No one has ever been charged. Her family is still waiting.

Her name was Rica. This is her story.

If you have information about the disappearance of Ricarda Tillman-Lockett, contact the Memphis Police Department at 901-373-3883 or CrimeStoppers at 901-528-CASH. Her NamUs case number is MP179.

If you or someone you know is experiencing domestic violence, the National Domestic Violence Hotline is available 24 hours a day at 1-800-799-7233, or text START to 88788.

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