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Hi, everyone. This is your host, Raven Siyad,
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and welcome back to Forgotten Echoes, a podcast
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where we dive into the mysterious and unexplained
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cases of Black women and girls that often get
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lost in time. So if you didn't notice even just
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with those couple of sentences, I am sick. fighting
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to like breathe right now but I am here. I feel
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like I gave this exact announcement like three
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episodes ago because me and the cold are playing
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ping -pong right now between work because I have
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a full -time job outside of this and the gym
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which is my second job outside of this. I keep
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getting the sickness that doesn't want to quite
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leave me so very congested and um Yeah, so if
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you hear me fighting to breathe, that's because
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I really am. Uh, bear with me. We're gonna get
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through it today though. But I'm feeling good
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and excited to get into today's case. So as always,
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got to fan out for a moment, and I wish I wasn't
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so sick, because I go really crazy, because as
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of last episode, Forgotten Echoes hit 1 ,000
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Like, seriously? A thousand downloads across
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nine countries is just so phenomenal. I have
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no words. I'm so grateful and so thankful for
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all of you guys. I know that might not be big
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numbers to a lot of podcasts, but I couldn't
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have imagined that at episode 13, that's the
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type of stats Forgotten Echoes would see. So
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just want to share how incredibly grateful I
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am that you're here, because these aren't just
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stories, they're real lives, real families, real
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pain. And my mission has always been to bring
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these cases to light, amplify awareness, and
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just push for action for Black women who are
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so often overlooked. So if you've been with me
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on this journey from the beginning or in any
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capacity, just know I love you for real, Pharrell.
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Now let's get into today's cases. Yes, cases.
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Not all disappearances come with flashing lights
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or breaking news. Some unravel in silence, leaving
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behind nothing but questions and fear. Today
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I'm diving into two haunting cases, separated
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by a decade and over 1 ,400 miles. Both women
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vanish near bus stops, and both might be tangled
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in a dark, rarely spoken about theory, sex trafficking.
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The signs are there if you know where to look.
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Our first case unfolds in August of 2006 in Auburn,
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Washington. An 18 -year -old girl left home with
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a kiss, a hug, and a simple promise, I'll call
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you later. But that call never came, and she
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never returned home. And just like that, she
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vanished in a thin air, leaving behind only silence
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and a family still waiting on answers. Our second
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case takes us to Aurora, Colorado. where a 16
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-year -old honor student with a bright future
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vanished without a trace just after 2 .30 in
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the morning, one moment she was there, and next
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minute she was gone. No goodbyes, no answers,
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never seen or heard from again, or was she? This
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is episode 14, the bus stop disappearances of
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Coletta White and Lashaya Stein. Sources for
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today's episode include Seattle Times, The Charlie
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Project, Fox 13 Seattle, Denver 7, True Case
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Files, Our Black Girls, Trace Evidence Podcast
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episode 107, The Vanished Podcast, Denver Post,
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DHS .gov, PolarisProject .org, MissingKids .org,
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Undoc .com, Love146 .org, and last but not least,
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Thorn .org. Say all that five times fast. Now,
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let's get into today's episode. Black girls in
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the United States face a disproportionately high
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risk of sex trafficking, influenced by systemic
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factors such as poverty and societal biases,
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to name a few. Here are some key statistics highlighting
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this issue. Number one, 40 % of sex trafficking
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victims are Black women and girls. despite Black
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individuals making up a way smaller percentage
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of the U .S. population. Number 2. 57 .5 % of
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all juvenile prostitution arrests involve Black
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children, indicating a trend of criminalizing
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victims rather than identifying them as individuals
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in need of support. Here are also a few county
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and state -specific stats I found that were equally
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alarming. Number 1. In Los Angeles County, 92
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% of Black girls in the juvenile justice system
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identified as trafficking victims are Black,
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underscoring the intersection of race, the justice
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system, and victimization. And number two, in
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Louisiana, Black girls represent nearly 49 %
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of child sex trafficking victims, although they
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only make up approximately 19 % of the state's
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youth population. These disparities are exacerbated
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by factors such as over -sexualization and adultification,
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which can lead to misidentification and just
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a lack of protection overall. And on top of all
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of this, Black girls are more likely to experience
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poverty, which is a huge risk factor for trafficking,
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according to the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation.
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Addressing this crisis requires systemic change,
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including policy reforms, community education,
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and support systems that recognize and combat
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the unique vulnerabilities faced by Black girls.
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But it all starts with knowing the preventative
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signs. And I'll dive deeper into that at the
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end of the episode. For now, let's start with
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our first case. Our first story begins in the
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summer of 2006 in Auburn, Washington, where 18
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-year -old Coletta Shade White, known as KK,
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was preparing to start her senior year at Auburn
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High School. And she couldn't wait to be a senior,
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and like, let's talk about the excitement to
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walk through your high school's main entrance
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and know this is your last first day of high
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school. Like, that's a feeling that just can't
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be replicated. Now, Coletta was your typical
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teenager in the early 2000s. The pictures I've
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seen of her, I spy the 2000s coated oversized
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puffy white bombers, the icy blonde tips in her
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hair, and she had the stray and bangs with the
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curly hair. And I stan because I was doing the
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same thing. You just had to be there. And to
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bring home the point, she just seemed like such
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a fun and sweet, typical teenage girl. Coletta
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was the middle child, born March 19, 1988, and
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she was really close with her entire family,
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specifically her mother, Rhonda White. Her mother
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remembers her daughter stating, quote, she is
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so funny. If you're down, she'll pick you up.
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If she sees anyone down, she'll always pick them
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up, quote. They spoke all the time in stating
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constant communication. Especially with it being
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the early 2000s, and everyone and their mom had
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the new flip phones. So it was really unusual
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that on August 21st of 2006, Kalata told her
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mom she was heading to Tequila, Washington, about
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20 minutes away to visit her boyfriend. But she
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never returned home. Now to be more specific,
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August 21st was a Monday. And because it was
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late August, but not quite Labor Day, I'm assuming
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that the teenagers were still on summer break.
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Coletta received a call from her boyfriend that
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day while at home. And heads up, his name was
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never disclosed, so I'm referring to him as the
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boyfriend. And her mom says that she pretty much
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immediately headed out the door once she got
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that call. She took the metro bus 128 to go visit
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her boyfriend, who lived in the nearby city of
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Tequila. And I hope I said that right. I listened
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to that a million times, but can't seem to get
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it right. So if I am incorrect, yell at me in
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the comments. Now, Tequila was about 20 or 25
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minutes from Auburn, so she gave her mom a kiss
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on the cheek and hugged her goodbye. And quickly
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shouting out the door, she called her mom later.
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But that call never came, and that would be the
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last time Rhonda ever saw her daughter walk out
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the front door. As the hours go by, Coletta's
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mom is starting to get worried because she's
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not home and she's also not answering her phone.
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At this point, Rhonda called the Auburn Police
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Department to report her daughter missing. Now,
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there's not much information on the case, so
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I don't know if the police department immediately
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did a formal search for Coletta or they waited
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a bit to maybe see if she would turn up because
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she was 18. We just don't know. But what we do
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know is it was reported by Detective William
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Sundquist with the Auburn Police Department that
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Coletta had a doctor's appointment a couple of
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days later, so her family as well as detectives
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were waiting to see if she would show up to the
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appointment, and when she didn't, they knew foul
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play was suspected. Auburn Police Department
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began their investigation, but early on, they
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hit a wall. Friends and associates of Coletta
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gave conflicting stories about when they last
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saw her, and then Coletta's phone went straight
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to voicemail. I couldn't find any information
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on if the phone was tracked or not, but if it
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was, police are being tight lipped about it.
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It also was 2006, so I'm not sure if the information
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was readily available at the time, and then on
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top of everything, the boyfriend that she had
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gone to see? Well, he said she never made it
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to his house. So what really happened to Coletta?
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As months went by and Coletta's case went cold,
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more information came out about her boyfriend,
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which was suspect to say the least. He had a
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criminal record and also started giving inconsistent
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statements to the police. And the more investigators
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dug, the more suspicious they became. Coletta
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was 18 when she started dating her boyfriend
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and he was a bit older. I don't think. too much
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older where it was alarming, but definitely something
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to note. It was also her first boyfriend, so
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she was really naive about the whole dating scene
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and whatnot. About five months before her disappearance,
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Coletta worked at a daycare and met her boyfriend
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at the bus stop on her way home. The two were
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inseparable from that day on. But what seemed
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like love at first sight turned to something
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much darker. Now let's rewind two months before
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Coletta went missing. It was reported that police
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responded to a 911 call involving Coletta and
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her boyfriend. FOX 13 Seattle News stated, quote,
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during this dispute, it came out that her boyfriend
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was actually acting as her pimp, prostituting
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her in downtown Seattle. Quote, I'm not sure
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who made this 911 call, but to be honest, it's
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not important. And it's really, really sad. I
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don't know what action was taken, but looking
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at the dates, Coletta was 18 at the time, so
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I'm not sure if police really did anything about
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it, because once again, it's not like they were
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arrested. This was a 911 call of something that
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may or may not be happening, but it wasn't necessarily
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factual. They weren't arrested, and they were
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both over 18. And then playing into the fact
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that this was Coletta's first real boyfriend,
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A lot of red flags, but I don't think anything
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was done considering her mom knew that they were
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still dating and her mom allowed her to leave
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and go visit him, you know, at the drop of a
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dime. So I don't know, but it's extremely alarming.
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But I do think there is some merit to it, because
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that's just not something that someone makes
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up just because. And soon after her disappearance,
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her boyfriend moved out of state. which is questionable.
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Now, police haven't named him a suspect or even
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a person of interest, but foul play is still
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suspected in her case. Some reports speculated
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that Coletta may have traveled to Tacoma or even
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as far as Detroit, but none of those have ever
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been confirmed. And with little media coverage
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and almost no national coverage, Coletta's case
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went cold. She's never been seen or heard from
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again. Her mother Rhonda has never given up hope,
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stating, quote, she gave me a kiss and a hug
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and told me, I'll see you later, mom. I love
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you. I'll call you. I'm still waiting on her
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to call. I still hope to hear her voice again.
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I know that she's still alive. All I'm asking
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for is for someone to bring her home back to
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me, quote. Now here's the call to action. At
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the time of her disappearance, Coletta stood
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5 '1 and weighed approximately 83 to 100 pounds.
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She had brown eyes and dark hair with red tips,
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and her ears and nose were pierced. She was last
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seen wearing a yellow Adidas jacket, blue jeans,
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yellow boots, and earrings. Today, Coletta would
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be 37 years old. And after nearly two decades,
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her family still waits, still wonders, and still
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hopes. If you have any information about the
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disappearance of Coletta White, please contact
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the Auburn Police Department at area code 253
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-931 -3080, or call Crime Stoppers at 1 -800
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-222 -TIPS, or the National Center for Missing
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and Exploited Children at 1 -800 -The Lost. You
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can remain anonymous, and you may even be eligible
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for a reward. But most importantly, you can help
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bring peace to a family that's been searching
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for far too long, sending so much light and love
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to the white family. Coletta White's story is
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a haunting reminder of how easily black women
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and girls can vanish without the world even noticing.
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As we shift to another case, it's important to
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recognize a disturbing reality. Black girls make
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up 40 % of all sex trafficking victims in the
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United States. despite being only 15 % of the
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female population. Many are mislabeled as runaways
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or even criminals, instead of being treated as
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victims. This brings us to the heartbreaking
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disappearance of Lashaya Stein, a bright 16 -year
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-old girl whose promising future was cut short
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when she vanished from Aurora, Colorado in 2016.
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Colorado is a state known for its breathtaking
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mountains, fresh alpine air, and postcard -perfect
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winters. But beneath the serene landscape of
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Aurora, the third largest city in the Denver
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metro area, there are stories that can shake
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even the stillness of snow. One of those stories
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belongs to Lashaya Stein, a 16 -year -old honor
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student who had her whole life ahead of her.
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Lashaya Ney Stein was born on February 8th, 2000,
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the only daughter of Sabrina Jones, a devoted
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mother raising six children. Lashaya had an older
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brother and four younger brothers. And whew child,
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five brothers, I don't know how she did it. But
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she loved them fiercely, even through their usual
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sibling squabbles and whatnot. Her place in the
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family was unshakable. Lashaya was a bright,
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ambitious young woman attending George Washington
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High School. She had dreams of becoming a nurse
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and was already making moves to turn those dreams
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into reality. She secured a competitive nursing
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internship with the University of Colorado School
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of Medicine and was on her way to a promising
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career. But she also was a typical teen, dealing
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with the basic teen issues, you know, online
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shopping, prom dress shopping, and she was in
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the midst of filling out job applications. and
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filling out job applications paid off as she
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was scheduled for a job interview the very next
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day after she disappeared. She was navigating
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her teen years just like so many others, shopping
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online, picking out dresses, and planning her
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future. There were no signs of trouble, no warning
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signs that her life was about to take a tragic
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turn. On the night of July 14th, 2016, Everything
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seemed pretty normal. The family ended the night
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with dinner and TV, and everyone eventually settled
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down to their rooms around 2 a .m. the following
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day. But after the rest of the family had fallen
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asleep, Lashaya quietly slipped through her side
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bedroom window, leaving it unlocked. The morning
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of July 15th comes around, and her mother Sabrina
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asks one of her brothers to go upstairs and wake
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up their sister, remembering she had a job interview
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that day. But he's shocked to find out her room
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is empty. And what's even stranger is her wallet,
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clothes, and phone charger are all left behind.
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Obviously, everyone is freaking out at this point
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because she's nowhere in the house. And Sabrina
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immediately calls the Aurora Police Department
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to report her daughter missing. At this point,
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her family's trying to desperately get in contact
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with her, but her phone's going straight to voicemail,
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and there's no social media activity whatsoever.
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And this is really not normal because Lashaya's
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a Gen Z, and if you know anything about Gen Z,
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they are glued to their phone, so this is really
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strange and unlike her. Now, what's crazy at
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this time is the family contacted the police.
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The police initially treated the case as a runaway.
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and they really wouldn't take it seriously and
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didn't even immediately come to the house. So
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her mother and brothers take it upon themselves
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to canvas the neighborhood, knocking on doors,
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asking if anyone had seen her. But unfortunately,
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no one had. At this point, police finally arrive
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at 6 p .m. to the family home. Yes, you heard
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me correctly, 6 p .m. So at this point, it's
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been at least eight hours or so since they called,
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and as I stated earlier, they still stood by
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the runaway theory. But Sabrina knew her daughter.
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Lashaya wouldn't have just left, not with the
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job interview lined up, not with her internship,
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and definitely not without a word. It literally
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made no sense. On top of everything, what teen
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willingly leaves without their phone charger
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and wallet? And that's a true question, because
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the answer is none. But days later, a chilling
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clue emerges. A surveillance camera captured
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Lashaya walking alone near East Montview Boulevard
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and Peora Street at 2 .23 in the morning, just
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a few blocks from her home. And it was the last
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confirmed sighting of her. She didn't appear
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panicked. and no one was visibly following her.
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But that video is the last known proof of her
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existence. And I'll attach a link of this footage
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in the show notes. More puzzled than ever, police
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really didn't know where to turn. Is she a runaway,
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or is she not? At this point, they had already
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questioned her friends and all possible suspects,
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including her ex -boyfriend, and they were all
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ruled out. And investigators ended up back at
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square one. There were really no connections
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to follow up on, and there wasn't a digital trail.
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So weeks passed. But after weeks of labeling
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La Shea as a runaway, eventually the Aurora Police
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Department began to shift focus. And it all started
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after lead detective Nick Metz returned for vacation
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and took the case more seriously. A press conference
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was held and flyers were distributed across the
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state. And while all that was great, by then,
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so much time had already been lost, so the effort
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didn't really amount to much. As time went on,
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disturbing reports started coming in. Leshea
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may have been abducted into sex trafficking.
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And at this point, tips are coming in of possible
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sightings of Leshea. But there really isn't any
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proof to back up the claims people are making.
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People are saying they've seen her in motels
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across Denver, Kansas, New Mexico, and even Arizona.
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I mean, even survivors of trafficking claimed
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to have seen her and even described her distinctive
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quarter -sized scar on her chest. And in one
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case, a girl says she'd even been with Lashaya.
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And they always mention seeing her with one particular
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man. But like I said, investigators follow up
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on these tips. but they don't really lead anywhere.
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At the same time, there's so many that it's hard
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to ignore. Is Lashaya out there, or is she not?
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But the family made sure they also followed up
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on these tips, and at one point, they started
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going out on their own to find answers. The family
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even heard from a local pimp that Lashaya was
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alive and was always with the exact same man.
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But law enforcement and family members conducted
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undercover searches in known trafficking hotspots
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near Colorado, but no confirmed contact was ever
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made. The family really showed up for her, and
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that's why it makes it even harder that nothing
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concrete ever came from it. And to this day,
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cliche is still missing. As of possible theories,
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Her mother believes that she might have met someone
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online and planned to see them that night and
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then come back home. But she never was able to
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make her way back. And that theory is plausible,
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considering she left her side window open and
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left everything important at home. But despite
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the mounting circumstantial evidence, no suspect
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has ever been named. Even this mysterious man
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that she's been suspected of being seen with
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on numerous occasions has never been identified.
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Fast forward to today and Sabrina Jones has become
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a voice for the voiceless, sharing Lashaya's
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story wherever she can. On the Vanish podcast
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and interviews, at fundraisers, she's never stopped
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fighting for answers. In the search for her daughter,
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she has been faced with cruel taunts, scams,
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people claiming to have information but they
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really don't, and has been given so much false
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hope. People have told her to give up, but she
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never has. Sabrina stated, quote, I used to be
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afraid to hear someone say she was dead. Now,
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I just wanna know, whatever it is, good or bad,
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I just need to know what happened to my baby,
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quote. The latest update was in November 2020.
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The FBI searched a home on Lansing Street, just
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blocks from where Lachey was last seen. Investigators
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spent a total of three days breaking down concrete,
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hoping for answers. But again, nothing. And it's
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a little unclear why police were so interested
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in this home to begin with. But what I gathered
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from online reports is that Lashaya may have
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possibly been dating one of the kids that lived
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there at the time. So maybe they thought she
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was on her way that night to visit him, since
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the home was pretty close to where she was last
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seen. But the family that lived there said that
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they have no knowledge of what happened to Lashaya.
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And I just said investigators didn't find anything.
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So that was the end of that lead. And as of today,
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that's where the case ends. Lashaya would be
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25 years old today. She stood five foot six,
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weighed about 150 pounds with long black hair,
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brown eyes, and a scar on her chest. The last
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time she was seen, she was wearing a black phoenix
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shirt, black stonewashed jeans, silver hoop earrings,
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and a silver watch. Now here's the call to action.
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There is still time to bring Lashaya home. Someone,
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somewhere knows what happened. Maybe that someone
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is listening right now. If you have any information
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about the disappearance of Lashaya Nay Stein,
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please contact the Aurora Police Department at
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area code 303 -627 -3100. or Metro Denver Crime
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Stoppers at area code 720 -913 -7867. And reminding
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you that you can remain anonymous, sending so
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much light and love to Lashayya's family and
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friends. Before we end today's episode, I want
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to take a moment to highlight the warning signs
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of sex trafficking predators. These tactics are
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really subtle, but they're calculated and easy
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to miss. especially when someone is looking for
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connection or stability. And to reconfirm, both
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of today's victims weren't officially linked
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to sex trafficking, but it's a plausible theory
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in both cases. So here are five key red flags
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to be aware of. Number one, grooming and charm.
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Predators move fast emotionally, sharing you
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with gifts, love bombing, giving you ample attention,
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and all these promises. but behind the kindness,
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they often try to isolate you from your friends
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or family. 2. Control Tactics Predators often
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monitor your phone or social media accounts,
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build emotional or financial dependence, and
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use guilt or threats to maintain control. Usually,
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this happens really slowly, so maintaining some
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sort of independence is key here. 3. targeting
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vulnerability. They specifically seek out people
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with low self -esteem, past trauma, or maybe
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unstable homes and pretend to get it just to
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build false trust. And not saying that everyone
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they target has low self -esteem or some type
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of trauma, but they're gonna try and use any
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type of vulnerability you bring up to relate
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to you. Number four, online red flags. Fake profiles,
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sketchy recruiters, DMs that move too quickly
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to private apps, and if they're asking for photos
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or personal info too soon, that's a big red flag.
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Number five. Too good to be true offers. Modeling
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gigs, trips, fast money. If the offer sounds
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amazing, but the details are vague, it could
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be a trap, so be weary. If any of this sounds
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familiar for you or someone you know, don't ignore
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it, trust your gut, ask questions, and speak
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up. Thank you for tuning into episode 14 of Forgotten
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Echos. If you appreciate the cases I cover, please
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consider downloading this episode and leaving
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covered. I'm Raven Siyad and I'll see you next
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week with another case that needs to be remembered.
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Stay vigilant, stay aware, and keep the echoes
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of the forgotten alive. I'll see you soon.
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Hi, everyone. This is your host, Raven Siyad,
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and welcome back to Forgotten Echoes, a podcast
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where we dive into the mysterious and unexplained
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cases of Black women and girls that often get
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lost in time. So if you didn't notice even just
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with those couple of sentences, I am sick. fighting
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to like breathe right now but I am here. I feel
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like I gave this exact announcement like three
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episodes ago because me and the cold are playing
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ping -pong right now between work because I have
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a full -time job outside of this and the gym
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which is my second job outside of this. I keep
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getting the sickness that doesn't want to quite
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leave me so very congested and um Yeah, so if
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you hear me fighting to breathe, that's because
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I really am. Uh, bear with me. We're gonna get
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through it today though. But I'm feeling good
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and excited to get into today's case. So as always,
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got to fan out for a moment, and I wish I wasn't
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so sick, because I go really crazy, because as
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of last episode, Forgotten Echoes hit 1 ,000
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Like, seriously? A thousand downloads across
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nine countries is just so phenomenal. I have
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no words. I'm so grateful and so thankful for
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have imagined that at episode 13, that's the
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just want to share how incredibly grateful I
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am that you're here, because these aren't just
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stories, they're real lives, real families, real
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pain. And my mission has always been to bring
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these cases to light, amplify awareness, and
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just push for action for Black women who are
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so often overlooked. So if you've been with me
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on this journey from the beginning or in any
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capacity, just know I love you for real, Pharrell.
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Now let's get into today's cases. Yes, cases.
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Not all disappearances come with flashing lights
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or breaking news. Some unravel in silence, leaving
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behind nothing but questions and fear. Today
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I'm diving into two haunting cases, separated
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by a decade and over 1 ,400 miles. Both women
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vanish near bus stops, and both might be tangled
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in a dark, rarely spoken about theory, sex trafficking.
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The signs are there if you know where to look.
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Our first case unfolds in August of 2006 in Auburn,
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Washington. An 18 -year -old girl left home with
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a kiss, a hug, and a simple promise, I'll call
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you later. But that call never came, and she
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never returned home. And just like that, she
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vanished in a thin air, leaving behind only silence
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and a family still waiting on answers. Our second
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case takes us to Aurora, Colorado. where a 16
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-year -old honor student with a bright future
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vanished without a trace just after 2 .30 in
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the morning, one moment she was there, and next
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minute she was gone. No goodbyes, no answers,
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never seen or heard from again, or was she? This
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is episode 14, the bus stop disappearances of
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Coletta White and Lashaya Stein. Sources for
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today's episode include Seattle Times, The Charlie
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Project, Fox 13 Seattle, Denver 7, True Case
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Files, Our Black Girls, Trace Evidence Podcast
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episode 107, The Vanished Podcast, Denver Post,
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DHS .gov, PolarisProject .org, MissingKids .org,
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Undoc .com, Love146 .org, and last but not least,
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Thorn .org. Say all that five times fast. Now,
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let's get into today's episode. Black girls in
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the United States face a disproportionately high
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risk of sex trafficking, influenced by systemic
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factors such as poverty and societal biases,
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to name a few. Here are some key statistics highlighting
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this issue. Number one, 40 % of sex trafficking
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victims are Black women and girls. despite Black
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individuals making up a way smaller percentage
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of the U .S. population. Number 2. 57 .5 % of
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all juvenile prostitution arrests involve Black
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children, indicating a trend of criminalizing
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victims rather than identifying them as individuals
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in need of support. Here are also a few county
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and state -specific stats I found that were equally
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alarming. Number 1. In Los Angeles County, 92
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% of Black girls in the juvenile justice system
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identified as trafficking victims are Black,
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underscoring the intersection of race, the justice
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system, and victimization. And number two, in
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Louisiana, Black girls represent nearly 49 %
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of child sex trafficking victims, although they
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only make up approximately 19 % of the state's
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youth population. These disparities are exacerbated
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by factors such as over -sexualization and adultification,
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which can lead to misidentification and just
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a lack of protection overall. And on top of all
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of this, Black girls are more likely to experience
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poverty, which is a huge risk factor for trafficking,
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according to the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation.
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Addressing this crisis requires systemic change,
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including policy reforms, community education,
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and support systems that recognize and combat
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the unique vulnerabilities faced by Black girls.
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But it all starts with knowing the preventative
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signs. And I'll dive deeper into that at the
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end of the episode. For now, let's start with
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our first case. Our first story begins in the
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summer of 2006 in Auburn, Washington, where 18
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-year -old Coletta Shade White, known as KK,
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was preparing to start her senior year at Auburn
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High School. And she couldn't wait to be a senior,
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and like, let's talk about the excitement to
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walk through your high school's main entrance
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and know this is your last first day of high
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school. Like, that's a feeling that just can't
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be replicated. Now, Coletta was your typical
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teenager in the early 2000s. The pictures I've
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seen of her, I spy the 2000s coated oversized
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puffy white bombers, the icy blonde tips in her
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hair, and she had the stray and bangs with the
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curly hair. And I stan because I was doing the
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same thing. You just had to be there. And to
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bring home the point, she just seemed like such
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a fun and sweet, typical teenage girl. Coletta
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was the middle child, born March 19, 1988, and
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she was really close with her entire family,
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specifically her mother, Rhonda White. Her mother
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remembers her daughter stating, quote, she is
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so funny. If you're down, she'll pick you up.
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If she sees anyone down, she'll always pick them
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up, quote. They spoke all the time in stating
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constant communication. Especially with it being
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the early 2000s, and everyone and their mom had
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the new flip phones. So it was really unusual
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that on August 21st of 2006, Kalata told her
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mom she was heading to Tequila, Washington, about
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20 minutes away to visit her boyfriend. But she
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never returned home. Now to be more specific,
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August 21st was a Monday. And because it was
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late August, but not quite Labor Day, I'm assuming
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that the teenagers were still on summer break.
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Coletta received a call from her boyfriend that
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day while at home. And heads up, his name was
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never disclosed, so I'm referring to him as the
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boyfriend. And her mom says that she pretty much
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immediately headed out the door once she got
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that call. She took the metro bus 128 to go visit
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her boyfriend, who lived in the nearby city of
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Tequila. And I hope I said that right. I listened
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to that a million times, but can't seem to get
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it right. So if I am incorrect, yell at me in
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the comments. Now, Tequila was about 20 or 25
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minutes from Auburn, so she gave her mom a kiss
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on the cheek and hugged her goodbye. And quickly
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shouting out the door, she called her mom later.
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But that call never came, and that would be the
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last time Rhonda ever saw her daughter walk out
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the front door. As the hours go by, Coletta's
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mom is starting to get worried because she's
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not home and she's also not answering her phone.
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At this point, Rhonda called the Auburn Police
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Department to report her daughter missing. Now,
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there's not much information on the case, so
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I don't know if the police department immediately
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did a formal search for Coletta or they waited
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a bit to maybe see if she would turn up because
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she was 18. We just don't know. But what we do
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know is it was reported by Detective William
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Sundquist with the Auburn Police Department that
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Coletta had a doctor's appointment a couple of
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days later, so her family as well as detectives
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were waiting to see if she would show up to the
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appointment, and when she didn't, they knew foul
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play was suspected. Auburn Police Department
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began their investigation, but early on, they
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hit a wall. Friends and associates of Coletta
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gave conflicting stories about when they last
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saw her, and then Coletta's phone went straight
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to voicemail. I couldn't find any information
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on if the phone was tracked or not, but if it
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was, police are being tight lipped about it.
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It also was 2006, so I'm not sure if the information
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was readily available at the time, and then on
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top of everything, the boyfriend that she had
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gone to see? Well, he said she never made it
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to his house. So what really happened to Coletta?
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As months went by and Coletta's case went cold,
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more information came out about her boyfriend,
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which was suspect to say the least. He had a
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criminal record and also started giving inconsistent
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statements to the police. And the more investigators
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dug, the more suspicious they became. Coletta
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was 18 when she started dating her boyfriend
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and he was a bit older. I don't think. too much
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older where it was alarming, but definitely something
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to note. It was also her first boyfriend, so
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she was really naive about the whole dating scene
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and whatnot. About five months before her disappearance,
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Coletta worked at a daycare and met her boyfriend
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at the bus stop on her way home. The two were
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inseparable from that day on. But what seemed
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like love at first sight turned to something
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much darker. Now let's rewind two months before
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Coletta went missing. It was reported that police
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responded to a 911 call involving Coletta and
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her boyfriend. FOX 13 Seattle News stated, quote,
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during this dispute, it came out that her boyfriend
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was actually acting as her pimp, prostituting
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her in downtown Seattle. Quote, I'm not sure
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who made this 911 call, but to be honest, it's
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not important. And it's really, really sad. I
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don't know what action was taken, but looking
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at the dates, Coletta was 18 at the time, so
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I'm not sure if police really did anything about
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it, because once again, it's not like they were
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arrested. This was a 911 call of something that
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may or may not be happening, but it wasn't necessarily
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factual. They weren't arrested, and they were
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both over 18. And then playing into the fact
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that this was Coletta's first real boyfriend,
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A lot of red flags, but I don't think anything
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was done considering her mom knew that they were
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still dating and her mom allowed her to leave
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and go visit him, you know, at the drop of a
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dime. So I don't know, but it's extremely alarming.
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But I do think there is some merit to it, because
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that's just not something that someone makes
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up just because. And soon after her disappearance,
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her boyfriend moved out of state. which is questionable.
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Now, police haven't named him a suspect or even
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a person of interest, but foul play is still
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suspected in her case. Some reports speculated
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that Coletta may have traveled to Tacoma or even
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as far as Detroit, but none of those have ever
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been confirmed. And with little media coverage
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and almost no national coverage, Coletta's case
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went cold. She's never been seen or heard from
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again. Her mother Rhonda has never given up hope,
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stating, quote, she gave me a kiss and a hug
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and told me, I'll see you later, mom. I love
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you. I'll call you. I'm still waiting on her
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to call. I still hope to hear her voice again.
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I know that she's still alive. All I'm asking
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for is for someone to bring her home back to
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me, quote. Now here's the call to action. At
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the time of her disappearance, Coletta stood
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5 '1 and weighed approximately 83 to 100 pounds.
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She had brown eyes and dark hair with red tips,
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and her ears and nose were pierced. She was last
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seen wearing a yellow Adidas jacket, blue jeans,
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yellow boots, and earrings. Today, Coletta would
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be 37 years old. And after nearly two decades,
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her family still waits, still wonders, and still
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hopes. If you have any information about the
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disappearance of Coletta White, please contact
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the Auburn Police Department at area code 253
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-931 -3080, or call Crime Stoppers at 1 -800
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-222 -TIPS, or the National Center for Missing
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and Exploited Children at 1 -800 -The Lost. You
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can remain anonymous, and you may even be eligible
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for a reward. But most importantly, you can help
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bring peace to a family that's been searching
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for far too long, sending so much light and love
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to the white family. Coletta White's story is
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a haunting reminder of how easily black women
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and girls can vanish without the world even noticing.
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As we shift to another case, it's important to
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recognize a disturbing reality. Black girls make
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up 40 % of all sex trafficking victims in the
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United States. despite being only 15 % of the
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female population. Many are mislabeled as runaways
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or even criminals, instead of being treated as
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victims. This brings us to the heartbreaking
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disappearance of Lashaya Stein, a bright 16 -year
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-old girl whose promising future was cut short
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when she vanished from Aurora, Colorado in 2016.
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Colorado is a state known for its breathtaking
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mountains, fresh alpine air, and postcard -perfect
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winters. But beneath the serene landscape of
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Aurora, the third largest city in the Denver
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metro area, there are stories that can shake
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even the stillness of snow. One of those stories
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belongs to Lashaya Stein, a 16 -year -old honor
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student who had her whole life ahead of her.
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Lashaya Ney Stein was born on February 8th, 2000,
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the only daughter of Sabrina Jones, a devoted
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mother raising six children. Lashaya had an older
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brother and four younger brothers. And whew child,
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five brothers, I don't know how she did it. But
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she loved them fiercely, even through their usual
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sibling squabbles and whatnot. Her place in the
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family was unshakable. Lashaya was a bright,
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ambitious young woman attending George Washington
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High School. She had dreams of becoming a nurse
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and was already making moves to turn those dreams
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into reality. She secured a competitive nursing
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internship with the University of Colorado School
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of Medicine and was on her way to a promising
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career. But she also was a typical teen, dealing
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with the basic teen issues, you know, online
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shopping, prom dress shopping, and she was in
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the midst of filling out job applications. and
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filling out job applications paid off as she
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was scheduled for a job interview the very next
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day after she disappeared. She was navigating
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her teen years just like so many others, shopping
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online, picking out dresses, and planning her
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future. There were no signs of trouble, no warning
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signs that her life was about to take a tragic
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turn. On the night of July 14th, 2016, Everything
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seemed pretty normal. The family ended the night
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with dinner and TV, and everyone eventually settled
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down to their rooms around 2 a .m. the following
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day. But after the rest of the family had fallen
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asleep, Lashaya quietly slipped through her side
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bedroom window, leaving it unlocked. The morning
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of July 15th comes around, and her mother Sabrina
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asks one of her brothers to go upstairs and wake
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up their sister, remembering she had a job interview
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that day. But he's shocked to find out her room
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is empty. And what's even stranger is her wallet,
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clothes, and phone charger are all left behind.
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Obviously, everyone is freaking out at this point
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because she's nowhere in the house. And Sabrina
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immediately calls the Aurora Police Department
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to report her daughter missing. At this point,
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her family's trying to desperately get in contact
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with her, but her phone's going straight to voicemail,
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and there's no social media activity whatsoever.
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And this is really not normal because Lashaya's
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a Gen Z, and if you know anything about Gen Z,
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they are glued to their phone, so this is really
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strange and unlike her. Now, what's crazy at
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this time is the family contacted the police.
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The police initially treated the case as a runaway.
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and they really wouldn't take it seriously and
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didn't even immediately come to the house. So
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her mother and brothers take it upon themselves
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to canvas the neighborhood, knocking on doors,
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asking if anyone had seen her. But unfortunately,
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no one had. At this point, police finally arrive
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at 6 p .m. to the family home. Yes, you heard
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me correctly, 6 p .m. So at this point, it's
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been at least eight hours or so since they called,
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and as I stated earlier, they still stood by
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the runaway theory. But Sabrina knew her daughter.
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Lashaya wouldn't have just left, not with the
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job interview lined up, not with her internship,
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and definitely not without a word. It literally
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made no sense. On top of everything, what teen
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willingly leaves without their phone charger
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and wallet? And that's a true question, because
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the answer is none. But days later, a chilling
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clue emerges. A surveillance camera captured
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Lashaya walking alone near East Montview Boulevard
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and Peora Street at 2 .23 in the morning, just
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a few blocks from her home. And it was the last
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confirmed sighting of her. She didn't appear
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panicked. and no one was visibly following her.
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But that video is the last known proof of her
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existence. And I'll attach a link of this footage
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in the show notes. More puzzled than ever, police
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really didn't know where to turn. Is she a runaway,
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or is she not? At this point, they had already
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questioned her friends and all possible suspects,
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including her ex -boyfriend, and they were all
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ruled out. And investigators ended up back at
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square one. There were really no connections
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to follow up on, and there wasn't a digital trail.
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So weeks passed. But after weeks of labeling
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La Shea as a runaway, eventually the Aurora Police
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Department began to shift focus. And it all started
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after lead detective Nick Metz returned for vacation
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and took the case more seriously. A press conference
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was held and flyers were distributed across the
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state. And while all that was great, by then,
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so much time had already been lost, so the effort
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didn't really amount to much. As time went on,
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disturbing reports started coming in. Leshea
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may have been abducted into sex trafficking.
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And at this point, tips are coming in of possible
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sightings of Leshea. But there really isn't any
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proof to back up the claims people are making.
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People are saying they've seen her in motels
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across Denver, Kansas, New Mexico, and even Arizona.
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I mean, even survivors of trafficking claimed
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to have seen her and even described her distinctive
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quarter -sized scar on her chest. And in one
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case, a girl says she'd even been with Lashaya.
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And they always mention seeing her with one particular
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man. But like I said, investigators follow up
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on these tips. but they don't really lead anywhere.
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At the same time, there's so many that it's hard
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to ignore. Is Lashaya out there, or is she not?
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But the family made sure they also followed up
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on these tips, and at one point, they started
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going out on their own to find answers. The family
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even heard from a local pimp that Lashaya was
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alive and was always with the exact same man.
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But law enforcement and family members conducted
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undercover searches in known trafficking hotspots
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near Colorado, but no confirmed contact was ever
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made. The family really showed up for her, and
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that's why it makes it even harder that nothing
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concrete ever came from it. And to this day,
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cliche is still missing. As of possible theories,
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Her mother believes that she might have met someone
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online and planned to see them that night and
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then come back home. But she never was able to
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make her way back. And that theory is plausible,
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considering she left her side window open and
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left everything important at home. But despite
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the mounting circumstantial evidence, no suspect
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has ever been named. Even this mysterious man
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that she's been suspected of being seen with
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on numerous occasions has never been identified.
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Fast forward to today and Sabrina Jones has become
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a voice for the voiceless, sharing Lashaya's
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story wherever she can. On the Vanish podcast
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and interviews, at fundraisers, she's never stopped
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fighting for answers. In the search for her daughter,
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she has been faced with cruel taunts, scams,
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people claiming to have information but they
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really don't, and has been given so much false
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hope. People have told her to give up, but she
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never has. Sabrina stated, quote, I used to be
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afraid to hear someone say she was dead. Now,
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I just wanna know, whatever it is, good or bad,
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I just need to know what happened to my baby,
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quote. The latest update was in November 2020.
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The FBI searched a home on Lansing Street, just
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blocks from where Lachey was last seen. Investigators
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spent a total of three days breaking down concrete,
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hoping for answers. But again, nothing. And it's
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a little unclear why police were so interested
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in this home to begin with. But what I gathered
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from online reports is that Lashaya may have
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possibly been dating one of the kids that lived
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there at the time. So maybe they thought she
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was on her way that night to visit him, since
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the home was pretty close to where she was last
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seen. But the family that lived there said that
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they have no knowledge of what happened to Lashaya.
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And I just said investigators didn't find anything.
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So that was the end of that lead. And as of today,
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that's where the case ends. Lashaya would be
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25 years old today. She stood five foot six,
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weighed about 150 pounds with long black hair,
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brown eyes, and a scar on her chest. The last
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time she was seen, she was wearing a black phoenix
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shirt, black stonewashed jeans, silver hoop earrings,
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and a silver watch. Now here's the call to action.
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There is still time to bring Lashaya home. Someone,
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somewhere knows what happened. Maybe that someone
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is listening right now. If you have any information
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about the disappearance of Lashaya Nay Stein,
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please contact the Aurora Police Department at
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area code 303 -627 -3100. or Metro Denver Crime
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Stoppers at area code 720 -913 -7867. And reminding
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you that you can remain anonymous, sending so
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much light and love to Lashayya's family and
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friends. Before we end today's episode, I want
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to take a moment to highlight the warning signs
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of sex trafficking predators. These tactics are
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really subtle, but they're calculated and easy
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to miss. especially when someone is looking for
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connection or stability. And to reconfirm, both
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of today's victims weren't officially linked
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to sex trafficking, but it's a plausible theory
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in both cases. So here are five key red flags
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to be aware of. Number one, grooming and charm.
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Predators move fast emotionally, sharing you
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with gifts, love bombing, giving you ample attention,
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and all these promises. but behind the kindness,
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they often try to isolate you from your friends
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or family. 2. Control Tactics Predators often
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monitor your phone or social media accounts,
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build emotional or financial dependence, and
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use guilt or threats to maintain control. Usually,
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this happens really slowly, so maintaining some
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sort of independence is key here. 3. targeting
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vulnerability. They specifically seek out people
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with low self -esteem, past trauma, or maybe
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unstable homes and pretend to get it just to
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build false trust. And not saying that everyone
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they target has low self -esteem or some type
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of trauma, but they're gonna try and use any
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type of vulnerability you bring up to relate
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to you. Number four, online red flags. Fake profiles,
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sketchy recruiters, DMs that move too quickly
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to private apps, and if they're asking for photos
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or personal info too soon, that's a big red flag.
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Number five. Too good to be true offers. Modeling
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gigs, trips, fast money. If the offer sounds
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amazing, but the details are vague, it could
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be a trap, so be weary. If any of this sounds
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familiar for you or someone you know, don't ignore
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it, trust your gut, ask questions, and speak
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up. Thank you for tuning into episode 14 of Forgotten
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Echos. If you appreciate the cases I cover, please
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consider downloading this episode and leaving
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covered. I'm Raven Siyad and I'll see you next
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week with another case that needs to be remembered.
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Stay vigilant, stay aware, and keep the echoes
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of the forgotten alive. I'll see you soon.
