Hunting 4 Answers: A True Crime Podcast

In this episode of Hunting 4 Answers: In November 2023, the remains of an unidentified woman were discovered in a wooded area in Cincinnati. For months, investigators tried to find out who she was. Then, a social media post reached the right person, ultimately leading investigators to 25-year-old Makaila Luckey. But identifying Makaila only answered one of the questions surrounding her case. As of...

In this episode of Hunting 4 Answers: In May 1976, 20-year-old Jennifer Joyce Barton was last seen getting into a brown or tan van with two men in Austin, Texas. The van had California license plates, and a friend later saw it circle the block. But when she looked inside, she couldn't see Jennifer. In the months before Jennifer vanished, she was reportedly afraid for her safety, and someone had br...

In this episode of Hunting 4 Answers: In August 2026, 29-year-old Tasia Fortune was found hanging from a tree behind a vacant home in Jackson, Mississippi. More than a month later, her death was ruled a homicide, and investigators revealed that they believe Tasia had already been killed before her body was hanged from the tree. Three men have since been charged with murder, but major questions rem...

In this episode of Hunting 4 Answers: In February 2018, 23-year-old Shanequa Sullivan finished her shift at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport and headed toward MARTA to go home. But after her Breeze Card failed, surveillance video showed her walking back toward the airport. Nearly a month later, Shanequa was found deceased in the Yellow River, about 40 miles away. What happened afte...

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In this episode of Hunting 4 Answers: In September 1981, 21-year-old Janice Beidleman left a relative’s home in Columbus, Ohio, with her 18-month-old son, Brandon. She planned to stop for groceries before heading home, but they never made it there. The next afternoon, Janice’s car was found beneath a bridge, and she and Brandon were discovered nearby in Alum Creek. What happened betwee...

In this episode of Hunting 4 Answers: In August 1984, 39-year-old Barbara Jean Dreher disappeared after dropping off two of her children in Washington, D.C. About two weeks later, her son spotted her car with another man behind the wheel. A ski mask, rope and gloves were later found inside, but there was still no sign of Barbara. More than two decades later, a detective took another look at her di...

In this episode of Hunting 4 Answers: In February 1996, 36-year-old Jasmine Porter was found deceased inside her Bronx apartment, where her four-year-old son had been when she was killed. Within months, police made an arrest. But when a key witness changed his story at trial, the defendant was acquitted, and the case went cold. Then, 25 years later, a detective revisiting Jasmine’s case came...

In this episode of Hunting 4 Answers: In September 2016, 21-year-old Keeshae Jacobs left her Richmond, Virginia, home and told her mother she would be back the next morning. She never returned. As her family searched for answers, investigators found evidence inside the last home Keeshae was known to have visited and later said they suspected foul play. Then, nearly eight years after she disappeare...

In this episode of Hunting 4 Answers: In December 2025, 18-year-old Wuaniata Gibson left her home in north St. Louis and disappeared. Nearly two months later, barge workers discovered her body in the Mississippi River, miles from where she was last seen. An autopsy would provide one answer, but it still couldn't explain what happened after Wuaniata left home or how she ended up in the river. Month...

In this episode of Hunting 4 Answers: Over Memorial Day weekend in 2014, 27-year-old Alicia Fox and her two young children, Kaylah Hunter and Kristian Justice, were seen with family in Detroit. Days later, Kaylah missed her kindergarten graduation, and the family began searching for all three. An anonymous tip eventually led them to Alicia, but Kaylah and Kristian were nowhere to be found. What fo...

In this episode of Hunting 4 Answers: In July 2026, 36-year-old Chantel Brooks disappeared from Fairfield, California. She was last seen early one morning leaving a CVS and walking toward her SUV. Days later, the vehicle was detected in Oakland, but Chantel was nowhere to be found. As her family searched across the Bay Area, investigators began looking more closely at her disappearance and eventua...

The Black Effect Presents... Hunting 4 Answers!  In this episode of  Hunting 4 Answers : In April 2023, 17-year-old D'Nazia "Nay" Uzzle attended a party in New London, Connecticut. Hours later, she was found unresponsive inside a nearby home. The people who were there would later give conflicting accounts of what happened, leaving investigators to piece together one night from different...

In this episode of Hunting 4 Answer s: In March 2021, 26-year-old Charniese Brown called 911 from her home in Kenosha, Wisconsin, asking for help. Within minutes, police arrived and found her seriously injured. But what brought them to that house didn’t begin with the 911 call. Text messages, Charniese’s birthday weekend, and events dating back years would eventually provide a much ful...

In this episode of Hunting 4 Answers : In August 2004, 44-year-old Gwendolyn Carswell told her mother she was going to a party in Washington, D.C. She never came back home. For nearly two decades, little was publicly known about what happened to her. Then, in 2024, police made a renewed appeal that raised new questions about her disappearance. More than 20 years later, Gwendolyn still has not been...

In this episode of Hunting 4 Answers : In September 2018, 16-year-old Danyna Gibson was starting another school day at Fitzgerald High School in Warren, Michigan. During second period, something happened inside her classroom that would end her life less than an hour later. Investigators would soon learn that what unfolded that morning had started before Danyna ever walked into class.  This is...

In this episode of Hunting 4 Answers: Just days before Christmas in 1999, 30-year-old Nicole Gray left her home in St. Ann, Missouri, planning to go Christmas shopping before attending an event at her children’s school. She never made it there. Her Ford Explorer was later found at Northwest Plaza, but Nicole was nowhere to be found. What investigators discovered inside only raised more quest...

In this episode of Hunting 4 Answers : On July 22, 2026, 47-year-old Natasha “Tasha” Moses was working in St. Petersburg, Florida, when she was shot while sitting inside her city work vehicle. Police quickly determined the attack was not random and identified a man Tasha knew as the suspect. Hours later, the investigation moved far beyond St. Petersburg, ending in a standoff on Interst...

In this episode of Hunting 4 Answers : In March 2022, 30-year-old Darnisa Nicole Thompson was visiting Dubberly, Louisiana, when she disappeared. She was last seen in the area of Sand Plant Road and was never heard from again. What began as a search to find her eventually led to an arrest and, years later, a murder charge. But Darnisa has never been found, and exactly what authorities believe happ...

In this episode of Hunting 4 Answers : In March 2015, 20-year-old Destiny Mills was sitting inside her Trotwood, Ohio, apartment when someone outside opened fire. Police later said they did not believe Destiny was the intended target. An earlier altercation, an unexplained trail of blood and people who may have known more left investigators with questions that remain unanswered more than eleven ye...

In this episode of Hunting 4 Answers: In January 2024, 25-year-old Marissa Kay Carmichael went out for the night in Greensboro, North Carolina. By early the next morning, she was stranded at a gas station without her phone and called 911 for help. But by the time an officer arrived, Marissa was gone. Surveillance video later showed her leaving the gas station in a vehicle. More than two years late...

In this episode of Hunting 4 Answers: In October 2013, 33-year-old Tiane Brown went to Wayne State University in Detroit to take an online test. She was supposed to pick up her three daughters afterward, but she never made it home. Nearly two days later, Tiane was found murdered on Detroit’s east side. What happened between her final hours on campus and where she was found remains unclear, a...

In this episode of Hunting 4 Answers: In May 2007, 26-year-old Katesia Marshae Weathers left her grandmother’s home in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, to visit a friend. She never made it there. What followed was an investigation that would eventually lead to a murder charge and a conviction. But nearly two decades later, one part of Katesia’s story remains unresolved: her remains have never bee...

In this episode of Hunting 4 Answers: In August 1991, 28-year-old Barbara Ann Smith was found murdered on the grounds of an elementary school in Stockton, California. Barbara was seven months pregnant, and just a week earlier, she had told her sister she was going back to school and trying to build a better life for her children. What happened in the days that followed remains largely a mystery. H...

In this episode of Hunting 4 Answers : In 2024, 26-year-old Sharbrina McGee and her three-year-old son, Khance Williams, were reported missing from Northampton County, North Carolina. Sharbrina’s family had not seen her since May. But weeks later, police said she was seen in another part of the county. What happened after that remains unclear. Searches followed, tips came in, and investigato...