The Missing Found

The Missing Found
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The Missing Found is an investigative true crime podcast that focuses on missing person cases in the Black community that are left unsolved and cold.Statistically, African Americans receive far less media coverage than our White counterparts. According to The Black and Missing Foundation, in 2021, African Americans make up only 13% of the United States population, but our missing person percentage sits at 37%. It’s impossible to report on every case of a missing person in the country, but the divide between us and other races are severely disproportionate when it comes to media coverage.To challenge this, we started The Missing Found podcast to bring light to cases deemed unsolved and cold to offer a renewed perspective with only the hard facts, breakdown every case detail, and the possibilities thereafter.We thank you for your viewership. We look forward to conducting comprehensive analyses into the unsolved missing person cases of those who look like us.

  1. Case Episode 33: The Disappearance of Mary Ann Johnson | The Failed Hit, the Warning, Then She Vanished

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    Case Episode 33: The Disappearance of Mary Ann Johnson | The Failed Hit, the Warning, Then She Vanished

    On Wednesday, January 19, 1994, in Los Angeles, California, 54 year old Mary Ann Johnson left her job as an account representative at department store, Robinsons-May. No one knew this would be her last moment on record, not even Mary. It was supposed to be a typical day — you know, just another day…but something was different. Mary Ann was separated from her husband, and told her colleagues that she was supposed to be meeting up with him that day — that Wednesday or sometime during that week. That meeting never happened, according to Andrew. It was found out that some kind of warning was issued to her a month before. A warning that leaves us with even more questions and curiosity, and if it relates to what happened later. The location in which her belongings were found were odd — and there may be some messaging behind it. In fact, this entire case seems to be a message — a warning, or even an answer to that warning. For over three decades, Mary’s case was left cold and left us with many unanswered questions, mystery, and tragedy — with very slim details that not even the LAPD could piece together. We’re going to start with all of what we know about Mary and her life before she went missing, get into the case details, the facts, the warning, and close with my opinion. A case as cold as this one deserves a fresh start, a new outlook, and answers. I N F O R M A T I O NLos Angeles Police Department: 213–996–1800 C O N T A C TWEBSITE: www.themissingfound.com EMAIL: info@themissingfound.com ✉ PARTNERSHIP INQUIRES: partnership@themissingfound.com S H O PThe Journal I Needed is a guided daily journal created for reflection, healing, and intentional living - especially during seasons when life feels heavy, uncertain, or overwhelming. Designed as a sacred daily practice, this journal blends faith, mindfulness, and purpose into a simple, grounding routine. Each page invites you to slow down, check in with yourself, and reconnect with God, your goals, and your inner peace. At the heart of the journal is remembrance. Each day features the name of a missing person, honoring lives that should never be forgotten and gently reminding us to move through our days with compassion, awareness, and humanity. The Journal I Needed by Jadyn Harlow is now available on our website: www.themissingfound.com/journal Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-missing-found/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

    25 min
  2. Case Episode 32 | The Disappearance of Lester "LJ" Jones | The Last Call, the Last Stop, and the Lost Opportunity

    11/17/2025

    Case Episode 32 | The Disappearance of Lester "LJ" Jones | The Last Call, the Last Stop, and the Lost Opportunity

    On the cold evening of Monday, January 11, 2010, in Starkville, Mississippi, 26 year old Lester “LJ” Jones, Jr. had set plans to visit his fraternity brothers in Jackson, Mississippi for a regular meet up. It was supposed to be a typical drive for Lester from Starkville to Jackson. He even stopped passed his mother’s home in Tupelo to visit his brother before his trip to Jackson. LJ had it all planned out, but something happened somewhere in between. We do know what was supposed to be a quick stop at a local Exxon (now Shell) gas station at the Sprint Mart in Flowood, only 15 minutes away from Jackson, turned to be the last known location of LJ on record. There is footage of him there, but somehow things go dark. Until, there was an odd discovery, a cell phone found in the men’s restroom. It was an oddity because the phone belonged to LJ, but he had already left the gas station and assumingly en route up the road to Jackson. After 15 years of questions, mystery, calls, and theories, it makes you question if someone had a hand in this, LJ decided to leave on his own volition, or something else like an accident. Since 2010, there has been no trace left of LJ or his 2002 Ford Expedition — both just vanished. I N F O R M A T I O NStarkville Police Department: 662–323–4134 C O N T A C TWEBSITE: www.themissingfound.com EMAIL: info@themissingfound.com ✉ PARTNERSHIP INQUIRES: partnership@themissingfound.com Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-missing-found/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

    34 min
  3. Case Episode 31: New Text Messages May Reveal What Exactly Happened 25 Years Ago

    08/01/2025

    Case Episode 31: New Text Messages May Reveal What Exactly Happened 25 Years Ago

    In 2023, Case Episode 9, I covered a case on Asha Degree who went missing in Shelby, North Carolina on the cold early morning of Monday, February 14, 2000 — Valentines Day. Well, there has been an update. It has been 25 years since Asha has been last seen. To give some backstory, nine-year old Asha Degree was last seen by her father after a late night check in on both siblings, Asha and O’Bryant. Asha’s father, Harold, saw both children were sound to sleep in the bedroom that they shared. On the evening before, Sunday, February 13, there was a bad storm with freezing temperatures which may have contributed to a nearby car accident that hit a power pole and knocked the power out. It was a Monday, so in just a few hours they would be up and getting ready for school. However, Asha’s mom, went to wake the children to start getting ready for school at around 6:30am, and she noticed that Asha wasn’t in her bed. O’Bryant later reported hearing some noise from his sister, but by then Asha was already gone — she was nowhere in sight. I N F O R M A T I O NFBI Charlotte: 704–672–6100 Cleveland County Sheriff’s Department: 704–484–4888 or your local FBI office. C O N T A C TWEBSITE: www.themissingfound.com EMAIL: info@themissingfound.com ✉ PARTNERSHIP INQUIRES: partnership@themissingfound.com Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-missing-found/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

    25 min
  4. Case Episode 30 | The Disappearance of Tameka Anderson | The Perfect Set Up

    07/08/2025

    Case Episode 30 | The Disappearance of Tameka Anderson | The Perfect Set Up

    On the cold morning of Tuesday, February 23, 2010, in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, twenty-five year old Tameka Anderson had set plans to purchase a used vehicle from a private seller. She had it all figured out with how she was going to get there, how she was going to pay for it, but somewhere in between something happened and things went dark. It was unclear whether she made it to the end destination to purchase the vehicle or if she even made it to Galvez — the city where the vehicle was. After fifteen years with no answers and no explanation, it makes you wonder if there is someone out there that holds the answers — you know, street code. Perhaps someone close to her; maybe not wanting to talk because they’ve seen something or know something. Details about Tameka’s personal life, including their childhood, family dynamics, and behavioral history, are currently unavailable, limiting the scope of this analysis. However, we’re going to look at the facts of the case, retrace the timeline of what we know, look at the case details, breakdown every element to piece together this nearly 20 year mystery, explore the one possibility, and close with my opinion. I N F O R M A T I O NBaton Rouge Police Department: 225–389–2000 C O N T A C TWEBSITE: www.themissingfound.com EMAIL: info@themissingfound.com ✉ PARTNERSHIP INQUIRES: partnership@themissingfound.com Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-missing-found/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

    26 min
  5. Case Episode 29 | The Disappearance of DaVohnte Morgan | A Spiritual Vacation to a Cold, Bizarre Mystery

    06/19/2025

    Case Episode 29 | The Disappearance of DaVohnte Morgan | A Spiritual Vacation to a Cold, Bizarre Mystery

    On Monday, May 4, 2020, DaVohnte and his girlfriend took a 4 hour road trip from San Francisco to Mount Shasta, California. The trip was supposed to be what you’d call a “spiritual retreat” — a trip that his girlfriend recommended. They were expected to return on the next day, Tuesday, May 5 — just in time for Davohnte to attend his nephew’s birthday party, but that never happened. Davohnte’s girlfriend contacted his relative, and informed her that they got into an argument and went separate ways. All was fine, one may have thought, until he was seen on camera walking, seemingly normal, then things go dark. It’s like he just vanished. With odd behaviors from the girlfriend, there’s a high possibility that she may know more than she’s leading on. There’s also a possibility that he fell victim to someone or something in Mount Shasta — especially with the double-sided reputation it holds. Another chilling case that doesn’t have an explanation and no end in sight, but the answers are there. This wasn’t an ordinary trip, and I’ll explain why. We will get into some details about DaVohnte and who he was before he went missing, the case details, information on the retreat destination and about Mount Shasta, theories, breakdown every detail, and close with my opinion. When you mix new age spirituality with vulnerability, you may open yourself up to a multitude of things. In this case, I believe the answers are right there but the one who holds the answers just isn’t ready to talk, I believe. Maybe after this, she will be. I N F O R M A T I O NMt. Shasta Police Department: (530) 926–7540 C O N T A C TWEBSITE: www.themissingfound.com EMAIL: info@themissingfound.com ✉ PARTNERSHIP INQUIRES: partnership@themissingfound.com Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-missing-found/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

    45 min
  6. Case Episode 28 | The Murder of Kanika Powell w/ Live Footage of Crime Scene: | This Time She Didn't Have to Open the Door

    01/02/2025

    Case Episode 28 | The Murder of Kanika Powell w/ Live Footage of Crime Scene: | This Time She Didn't Have to Open the Door

    On a warm summer morning on Thursday, August 28, 2008 in Prince George's County, Laurel, Maryland, 28 year old Kanika Powell took off work in preparation for a weekend getaway with a new friend to Pride festival in Atlanta. She used that early morning to run some errands and get her car serviced before they both embarked on the 11 hour trip. Upon returning from running her errands, Kanika was gunned down in her apartment hallway, in broad daylight, after experiencing a series of week-long anonymous and odd visitors to her front door.  You have to wonder, who would want Kanika dead? This was no accident or mistaken identity. In fact, the assailant knew exactly who she was and who to target.  There were no eyewitnesses, but neighbors heard her voice, smelled the gun powder in the air, and the multiple shots fired that eventually claimed the life of Kanika.  A chilling case that isn't just what happened, but why…and who. We will get into some details about Kanika and who she was, the case details, the strange unexplainable series of events that led to her violent murder, theories, a possible connection of another murder right in the county, and close with my opinion. You have to ask yourself, how can a very well educated, Army veteran, who lived a normal life, with a job that required a top security clearance, be targeted and eventually brutally murdered only steps away from her front door? I N F O R M A T I O NPrince George's County Police Department: 301–352–1200 Prince George's County Crime Solvers Hotline at 1–866–411–8477 C O N T A C TWEBSITE: www.themissingfound.com EMAIL: info@themissingfound.com ✉ PARTNERSHIP INQUIRES: partnership@themissingfound.com Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-missing-found/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

    52 min
  7. Case Episode 27 | Ali Gilmore: A Cold Mystery. It's Like She Left in the Middle of the Night

    12/13/2024

    Case Episode 27 | Ali Gilmore: A Cold Mystery. It's Like She Left in the Middle of the Night

    Sometime in the early morning of Friday, February 3, 2006, in Tallahassee, Florida, 30 year old Ali Gilmore disappeared from her residence at 231 Loraine Court. Just hours before — that previous day — everything had seemed to be normal. Ali went to work at her day job at the state health department as an analyst, then attended her part time evening job at Publix, as a baker. We know she made it home, got in bed, was reading her prenatal book because by now she was four months pregnant. Sometime after that things went dark. It was out of character for her because Ali missed a scheduled appointment with her estranged husband, she didn’t attend work, and things just got quiet. There has been no sign or trace of Ali for 18 years to today. This case is not what it may seem. Ali had support, she had friends, a husband even through their issues, her parents, but there is something missing. There is a piece of the puzzle that we know is there, but finding the connecting piece is the challenge — a possible motive and a person of interest. I’ll tell you one thing, it wasn’t her husband, James. I N F O R M A T I O NTallahassee Police Department: 850–891–4462 C O N T A C TWEBSITE: www.themissingfound.com EMAIL: info@themissingfound.com ✉ PARTNERSHIP INQUIRES: partnership@themissingfound.com Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-missing-found/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

    30 min
  8. Case Episode 26 | Phoenix Coldon: To Start a New Life or a Perfectly Staged Decade Long Mystery + The True Facts

    08/30/2024

    Case Episode 26 | Phoenix Coldon: To Start a New Life or a Perfectly Staged Decade Long Mystery + The True Facts

    On Sunday, December 18, 2011, in Spanish Lake, Missouri, 23 year old Phoenix Coldon disappeared after leaving her driveway on the 12600 block of Countrybrook Drive. Oddly, hours after she left her home, her 1998 black Chevy Blazer truck was found across state lines in East Saint Louis, Illinois, parked, and seemingly left abandoned with no signs of Phoenix nor any sign of a struggle. Over the last 13 years from today in 2024, there has been several interviews with her parents, a few sightings that were confirmed to not be Phoenix, but one that was rather questionable from a friend in passing. With that, you also have a strange call to her mother around two months after her disappearance from someone in Beverly Hills, and an interesting discovery that populated soon after Phoenix disappeared that led them to an address. The lead in the other state was so solid that it makes you question everything. It makes you question exactly who Phoenix was, who was around her, and most importantly, what did she need to settle and with who…and where is she today. My most requested case, with the most convoluted details to the point where nothing is at all what it may seem. The thing with this case is that there are a number of elements that just doesn’t make sense, but today, we’re going to try to make sense of what we do have. I guarantee that once you silence the public opinion, and actually look at the case from a unique angle with fresh ears and eyes, you may have a difference of opinion of what may have happened. This case is a convoluted one with full of lies, but I believe the answers aren’t too far away. I N F O R M A T I O NSt. Louis County Police Department: 314–889–2341 C O N T A C TWEBSITE: www.themissingfound.com EMAIL: info@themissingfound.com  ✉ PARTNERSHIP INQUIRES: partnership@themissingfound.com Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-missing-found/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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The Missing Found is an investigative true crime podcast that focuses on missing person cases in the Black community that are left unsolved and cold.Statistically, African Americans receive far less media coverage than our White counterparts. According to The Black and Missing Foundation, in 2021, African Americans make up only 13% of the United States population, but our missing person percentage sits at 37%. It’s impossible to report on every case of a missing person in the country, but the divide between us and other races are severely disproportionate when it comes to media coverage.To challenge this, we started The Missing Found podcast to bring light to cases deemed unsolved and cold to offer a renewed perspective with only the hard facts, breakdown every case detail, and the possibilities thereafter.We thank you for your viewership. We look forward to conducting comprehensive analyses into the unsolved missing person cases of those who look like us.

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  • Creator
    The Missing Found
  • Years Active
    2022 - 2026
  • Episodes
    42
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