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Na'Ziyah Harris, a 13-year-old girl from Detroit, disappeared on January 9, 2024, after getting off her school bus on Detroit's east side. She was never seen again.

Black Girl Missing Podcast is researched, written, and produced by three concerned Black women who want justice for missing Black girls. Please remember to subscribe and leave a review so we can keep bringing you the stories of Black girls that need to be told.   Visit us at blackgirlmissingpod.com for all things Black Girl Missing.  Production: Niki Irene Episode Graphics: Feminista Jones Theme Music: Siraj M. Khalif Admin: Asa Todd

Black Girl Missing would like to use this week's episode to highlight Melissa Skeet, a citizen of Navajo Nation, who is rollerskating across the country to honor and raise awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous People. You can follow, donate to, and support Skeet on her Instagram account, @skeet_fighter. You can learn more about the Missing and Murdered Indigenous People crisis by visiting the Bureau of Indian Affairs. Additional resources: - Not Invisible Act Commission - Op-Ed regarding Interior and Environmental Subcommittee addressing the MMIP crisis - Video: Oversight Hearing – Investigating the Crisis of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women

9 year old Rasheeyda was playing outside in her downtown San Diego neighborhood in 1991 and hasn't been seen since.

10 year old Tiahease vanished in Staten Island, NY in 1983. Then her family left the state. What could have happened to little Tiahease?

The Oliver Sisters disappeared while under the care of a family member in July of 2022. Their deaths were ruled a homicide and there have been no arrests made. Asa, Niki, and FJ talk about what's happening in the world right now and how the vilification of Black mothers is keeping our children unsafe.

Two sisters from a small desert city in Southern California disappear with their mother after their father is mysteriously murdered years earlier.

Five year old Jessie Shockley was known by her teachers as a bubbly little force to be reckoned with. She had huge brown eyes and smiled with all of her teeth. When she disappeared suddenly, her family became torn apart at the prospects of what may have happened to her based on the past she'd endured in such a short time.

Brittany hasn't been seen since she spent the weekend with her father in June of 2012. Her mother has searched feverishly ever since. Indicted in February of 2024, Brittany's father has yet to offer any real answers in terms of her whereabouts.

July 1982, California. A house fire, a murder, a trail of blood leading to an alley, and several children missing from the home of a man with pending abuse, rape, and molestation charges. In the Season 4 opener of Black Girl Missing, Asa, FJ, and Niki return to bring more cold cases to the forefront for analysis.

On this special episode, Asa, Niki, and FJ talk about the reactions to Carlee Russell's disappearance and reappearance.

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In a small town in South Carolina, 10 year old Shakeima vanishes and her stepfather looks suspicious. Does he know where she vanished to?

Is it possible that the United States government is responsible for disappearing a Black pre-teen?