Through The Cracks

WAMU

4.6 (1.2K)
TRUE CRIME
SERIES

When 8-year-old Relisha Rudd disappeared from a homeless shelter in Washington, D.C. in 2014, nobody noticed. By the time authorities formally declared Relisha “missing,” 18 days had passed since she’d been spotted at school or the shelter where her family lived. Seven years later, Relisha has never been found. Through the Cracks investigates gaps in our society and the people who fall through them, and in this first season, host Jonquilyn Hill asks if Relisha’s disappearance was, as the city later claimed, unpreventable. From WAMU and PRX.

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Introducing Through The Cracks

When Relisha Rudd went missing from a homeless shelter in Washington, D.C., 18 days passed before anyone realized something was wrong. This season on Through The Cracks: Was Relisha’s disappearance preventable? First episode available January 28th.

01/21/2021

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3 min

Jonquilyn Hill

Host

4.6

out of 5

1,185 Ratings

Important work

08/15/2023

bigred<3u

A must listen! Informative and captivating
Excellent

09/05/2022

tbpjewelry

Great reporting. Important story and perspective.
Reporter is extremely biased

04/21/2023

moderate check

Your reporting is not “critical” as you claim it to be. I found your unconscious bias to be a detriment to listening to the story. You seem to have political bias that prevents you from taking a critical look at the mother and other persons responsible in this case. Pointing out the race of everyone involved including Amber is an eye roll. Maybe we should point out that you are white which factors into your bias in reporting on the failures of this family.
A good review of the case

03/03/2023

The person behind the screen

Overall, I think the podcast was a good review of the case, but I do think the host went through great lengths to almost absolve the mom/family of any responsibility for Relisha going missing. There’s a way to balance personal responsibility with the larger systemic issues at hand. Certain things seemed to be skipped over or explained away with the majority of the blame placed on the systems at large - I don’t think that fully squares away with general common sense.

When 8-year-old Relisha Rudd disappeared from a homeless shelter in Washington, D.C. in 2014, nobody noticed. By the time authorities formally declared Relisha “missing,” 18 days had passed since she’d been spotted at school or the shelter where her family lived. Seven years later, Relisha has never been found. Through the Cracks investigates gaps in our society and the people who fall through them, and in this first season, host Jonquilyn Hill asks if Relisha’s disappearance was, as the city later claimed, unpreventable. From WAMU and PRX.