2025 Recap… The Year That Changed Everything

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2025 was not a year I could have planned.

It was a year that grew this platform beyond anything I imagined.

What started as a podcast… became advocacy.

What started as telling stories… became holding systems accountable.

What started as research… became real relationships with families who are still fighting for answers.

In this recap episode, I’m walking you through the cases that shaped this year — the families who trusted me with their stories, the moments that changed me, and why I continue to do this work even when it’s heavy.

We talk about:

• why our cases are treated differently

• how law enforcement and media shape urgency

• what it means when families who’ve sat with major platforms still come to me for help

• and why staying homegrown matters to me

This episode also includes case updates (and lack thereof), reflections on the work, and what’s coming next.

Thank you for listening.

Thank you for sharing.

Thank you for caring.

🖤 2025 Cases Covered in This Recap

Tamla Horsford

Dulce Maria Alavez

My Mother

Lovett “LJ” Moore

Celina Mays

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I’m your host, Amberly — and I’ll see you soon for our first case of the New Year.

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🎄 12 Days of Christmas on Black, Brown, & Unsolved.

This is not an unsolved case… and that’s exactly why it needed to be covered.

In this episode, we examine the case of Armond Langford, a man with a documented history of violent crime who was released early and allowed back into the community… only to go on and commit one of the most terrifying crimes imaginable.

A Louisville mother was kidnapped at knifepoint.

Her two children were in the car.

She was stabbed.

And she was forced to help rob a bank to survive.

This episode isn’t about race.

It’s about systems.

It’s about shock probation, recidivism, and how someone serving a 14-year sentence can walk free after just a few years… while others sit behind bars for decades over non-violent offenses.

It’s about how we define “low risk.”

Who gets second chances.

And who pays the price when those decisions go wrong.

And this… this is the story of what happens when habitual offenders are allowed to walk.

🔗 SOURCES

• https://www.wave3.com/2025/08/23/louisville-kidnapping-bank-robbery-langford-mental-evaluation/
• https://www.wdrb.com/news/crime/armond-langford-shock-probation-bank-robbery-kidnapping/article_9b7c5fbc-xxxx.html
• https://www.whas11.com/article/news/crime/louisville-bank-robbery-kidnapping-armond-langford/
• https://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/crime/2025/08/armond-langford-kidnapping-bank-robbery-shock-probation/
• https://www.wdrb.com/in-depth/shock-probation-kentucky-langford-case/article_impact.html

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🎄 Day 11 of the 12 Days of Christmas on Black, Brown, & Unsolved 🤎

A night that started with music, friends, and plans turned deadly for Amiyah Cunningham.

What happened next wasn’t an accident… it was a series of decisions.

And what followed wasn’t justice… it was delay.

In this episode, we walk through the night Amiyah lost her life, the moments after she was hit and dragged, the choices made by the people around her, and the three-week gap before authorities finally called this what it was.

This case is exactly why I do what I do.

Because when our stories don’t get told right away,

when our cases aren’t taken seriously,

when it takes public outcry just to move the needle —

that delay becomes part of the harm.

This is the story of Amiyah Cunningham.

🔗 Sources

• https://www.11alive.com/article/news/crime/forest-park-arrest-amiya-cunningham-death/85-0f3b1d5a-5c7e-4c6a-bf0e-0b2a8c9b8f9f
• https://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/forest-park-arrest-amiya-cunningham-hit-and-run
• https://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/clayton-county/arrest-made-death-amiya-cunningham-after-public-outcry/VVQ3O7F3Z5H7ZKQZQ2KQ2K5RJM/
• https://www.ajc.com/news/crime/forest-park-police-arrest-woman-in-death-of-amiya-cunningham/

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🎄 Day 10 of the 12 Days of Christmas on Black, Brown, & Unsolved 🤎

Thirteen-year-old Oscar Omar Hernandez vanished after boarding a train in late March to visit his youth soccer coach… someone his family trusted. His body was found days later in a roadside ditch in Oxnard, California, after he had been reported missing. Prosecutors allege that his coach, 43-year-old Mario Edgardo Garcia-Aquino, murdered Oscar and dumped his body along the road. Garcia-Aquino has been charged with murder with special circumstances, which could bring life without parole or the death penalty if he’s convicted. 

Oscar’s family says he had been helping his coach with soccer jerseys before he disappeared. Authorities found his body on April 2, and the Ventura County Medical Examiner ruled his death a homicide. 

In September 2025, Oscar’s parents filed a legal claim accusing the City and County of Los Angeles of negligence, saying that a proper background check on the coach could have prevented this tragedy. 

Sources 🔗

🔗 https://apnews.com/article/246835d60e7a75f3d6818c5f4a6a3ee9 

🔗 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/09/los-angeles-soccer-coach-charged-murder 

🔗 https://www.wdtv.com/2025/09/16/family-13-year-old-claims-background-check-soccer-coach-could-have-prevented-his-murder/ 

🔗 https://abc7.com/post/oscar-omar-hernandez-death-family-files-legal-claim-city-county-la-13-year-old-boys-murder/17822018/ 

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🎄 The 12 Days of Christmas on Black, Brown, & Unsolved 🤎

On Christmas Eve, 71-year-old psychologist and educator Barbara Wolf stopped to help someone who appeared stranded on the side of the road in Oxford Township, Michigan.

Helping people wasn’t something she did — it was who she was.

Instead of a routine act of kindness, Barbara Wolf was met with violence. She was shot and later died from her injuries. Her daughter, who was with her, survived. Other Good Samaritans were also threatened and injured during the same series of events.

This case raises urgent questions about early release, repeat violent offenders, and the real consequences of systemic failures — especially when those failures turn acts of compassion into acts of tragedy.

Sources 🔗

🔗 https://www.midmichigannow.com/news/local/victim-in-oxford-christmas-eve-shooting-identified-as-mclaren-health-care-doctor

🔗 https://www.clickondetroit.com/news/local/2024/12/27/sheriff-genesee-co-man-kills-1-injures-2-oxford-shooting-on-christmas-eve/

🔗 https://www.oakgov.com/Home/Components/News/News/1890/1974

🔗 https://www.corrections1.com/probation-and-parole/mich-sheriff-calls-for-lawmakers-judges-to-rethink-early-release-policies

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🎄12 Days of Christmas on Black, Brown, & Unsolved 🤎

On the 8th day of the 12 Days of Christmas, we examine a case that sits in the uncomfortable space between fear and force.

In the early morning hours of May 3, Tyler Chase Butler called police reporting a burglary in progress at his home. What followed left one teenager dead, two families shattered, and a community divided.

This episode breaks down what happened that night… the TikTok prank, the fear inside the home, the shots fired, and the legal line that now defines Tyler’s future. We talk about accountability on all sides, the dangers of treating fear as content, and why cases involving Black men and self-defense are so often scrutinized differently.

This isn’t about picking sides.

It’s about asking the hard questions… and sitting with them.

🔗 Sources

https://www.wusa9.com

https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/crime

https://www.callrobinson.com

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🎄12 Days of Christmas on Black, Brown, & Unsolved 🤎

In Day 7 of the 12 Days of Christmas on Black, Brown, & Unsolved, I’m sharing one of the most disturbing and emotionally jarring cases I’ve covered.

Shanice Crews disappeared in 2021.

Her family searched.

They waited.

They worried.

Then in 2024, police told them the unthinkable — Shanice had been found dead. An autopsy claimed she died from a drug overdose. The body was badly decomposed. The family was not allowed to view her remains. They cremated who they were told was Shanice and held a funeral.

Seven months later, they learned the truth.

Shanice Crews was alive.

This episode confronts the devastating consequences of misidentification, the failure to properly confirm identity before notifying a family, and the unanswered question that still remains:

Who did that body actually belong to?

We talk about medical examiner accountability, missing Black women, system negligence, and the irreversible trauma caused when authorities get it wrong — and move on.

Because families don’t get their tears back.

They don’t get their grief back.

And they don’t get answers.

🔗 Sources:

• https://people.com/family-cremated-loved-one-discovered-alive-report-11721679
• https://www.rochesterfirst.com/news/local-news/family-learns-sister-they-cremated-is-alive/
• https://www.wroc.tv/news/local-news/monroe-county/family-says-missing-sister-declared-dead-is-alive/

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🎄12 Days of Christmas on Black, Brown, & Unsolved 🤎

In Day 6 of the 12 Days of Christmas, we examine the quiet and unsettling case of Kamron Peter Rondon, a 35-year-old man whose remains were discovered in the mountains of North Carolina… months after his death.

Kamron was never reported missing.

There were no alerts.

No public search.

No urgency… until a hiker found a skull.

In this episode, I walk through what’s known, what remains undetermined, and why cases involving Black men so often end in silence. We talk about absence, unanswered questions, and the discomfort of realizing someone can disappear without anyone noticing… or looking.

This is not about accusation.

It’s about accountability, awareness, and why our cases deserve the same follow-through as anyone else’s.

🕯️ Kamron Peter Rondon deserved to be looked for.

📞 

If You Have Information

Anyone with information related to this case is urged to contact:

Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office

📍 (828) 837-2589 (business hours)

📍 (828) 835-3144 (after hours/weekends)

📍 Anonymous tips: (828) 837-1344

📧 [email protected]

 🔗 Sources:

• https://abc11.com/post/kamron-peter-rondon-police-search-answers-humans-remains-found-western-north-carolina-identified/15906105/
• https://www.wsoctv.com/news/local/skull-discovered-nc-mountains-belongs-hiker-never-reported-missing-police-say/ATGYD33WLRGEJD7WO5QTAXST5Q/
• https://www.wdef.com/hiker-finds-human-remains-off-mountain-in-cherokee-county/
• https://localnews8.com/cnn-regional/2025/02/14/wcu-students-aid-in-recovery-of-human-remains-in-cherokee-county/

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🎄 Day 5 of 12 Days of Christmas: Anthonella Contreras Linarez

In Day 5 of the 12 Days of Christmas, I share the story of Anthonella Contreras Linarez, a 30-year-old registered nurse whose life was taken by the person she trusted most.

Anthonella was in the process of leaving her relationship when she got into a car for what she believed would be a simple, calm conversation. She never made it home.

What was first reported as a random attack was later revealed to be something far more devastating… a case of intimate partner violence disguised as chaos.

This episode is about red flags, the danger women face when trying to leave, and the uncomfortable truth that sometimes the threat isn’t outside… it’s already sitting next to you.

Anthonella should still be here. 🕯️

🙏 Support Anthonella’s Family

Her family has created a GoFundMe to help cover funeral expenses and ongoing needs.

If you’re able, please consider supporting them here:

🔗 https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-anthonellas-final-journey-home

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🎄 Day 4 of 12 Days of Christmas: Adriana Smith  

In Day 4 of the 12 Days of Christmas, I cover the tragic case of Adriana Smith, a 30-year-old nurse, mother, and daughter from Georgia.

Adriana sought medical care for severe headaches while nine weeks pregnant. Days later, she was declared brain dead. Instead of being allowed dignity in death, her body was kept on life support for months…  against her family’s wishes,  due to legal confusion surrounding Georgia’s abortion and fetal personhood laws.

Her son, Chance, was born prematurely at just 1 lb 13 oz and remains in the NICU, facing serious medical challenges while growing up without his mother.

This case raises urgent questions about bodily autonomy, medical neglect, and the continued failure of systems meant to protect Black women and their families.

Because Adriana Smith deserved better.

And this should never have happened.

🤎 Support Adriana’s Family

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📰 Sources

• ABC News / Nightline

• WXIA (Atlanta)

• Statements from Emory Healthcare

• Georgia Attorney General’s Office

• Public statements from Rep. Ayanna Pressley, Rep. Nikema Williams, and Rep. Sara Jacobs

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