Black & Cold

In April 2021, 19-year old Derontae Martin was found in the attic of a home in Fredericktown, Missouri with a gunshot wound to his head. Very quickly authorities ruled his death a suicide, however his loved ones have reasons to believe that wasn’t the case. What happened to Derontae?

-  911 Call Here
- KDSK's I-Team Interview with Wade Here

- National Prevention Suicide Hotline - 1-800-273-8255

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• Missouri Family Believes Black 19 y/o's Suicide Was a Murder
• ABC News - Missouri Family Seeks Answers in Black 19 y/o's death
• Daily Mail UK - Black teen found dead in Missouri Home
• Daily Journal Online - Coroner's Inquest
• Jury overturn's coroner's suicide finding in teen's shooting death
• Coroner's Inquest: Death of St. Francois County Teen Caused By Violence
• NBC - Family suspects racism played role in death of Black Missouri man initially ruled suicide
• Census
• PVN - Derontae Martin Shot & Killed in Fredericktown, MO
• Daily Journal Online - Man charged following Feb Shooting
• IamDerontaeMartin Facebook
• Reddit Thread - MO Family want answers
• Reddit Thread - Sharing to raise awareness ...

Two young mothers were on prospering journeys when their lives were tragically cut short in their own cities. Years after their deaths their loved ones continue the search for answers and justice.

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• Who Killed Tiane Brown?
• Police Asking For Help Missing WSU Student
• True Crime Daily - Who Killed Tiane Brown?
•  Law Student & Mother of 3 Found Dead - Huff Post
• The Life and Death of Tiane Brown
• Reward Increased to 10K 
• USA Today - Mom of slain Mich. Law Student 'This hurts so much'
• Answers sought in cold case murder
• A Mother of 3 and Wayne State law student's killer still hasn't been caught
• Teen whose mom was murdered graduates with honors
• 21-year old Destiny Harrison shot
• Court documents reveal salon owner feared for safety before her murder
• Destiny's Dream Scholarship
• 'Iamslayedbydes' Instagram
• Mother of slain business owner remembers her daughter
• Chatman Harris
• Baltimore Police announce 4k reward
• Gervonta Davis Offers To Cover Funeral Costs for Destiny Harrison
• Scholarship Created To Honor Destiny Harrison

- Destiny Harrison's Family GoFundMe Page

Two young mothers were on prospering journeys when their lives were tragically cut short in their own cities. Years after their deaths their loved ones continue the search for answers and justice.

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• Who Killed Tiane Brown?
• Police Asking For Help Missing WSU Student
• True Crime Daily - Who Killed Tiane Brown?
•  Law Student & Mother of 3 Found Dead - Huff Post
• The Life and Death of Tiane Brown
• Reward Increased to 10K 
• USA Today - Mom of slain Mich. Law Student 'This hurts so much'
• Answers sought in cold case murder
• A Mother of 3 and Wayne State law student's killer still hasn't been caught
• Teen whose mom was murdered graduates with honors
• 21-year old Destiny Harrison shot
• Court documents reveal salon owner feared for safety before her murder
• Destiny's Dream Scholarship
• 'Iamslayedbydes' Instagram
• Mother of slain business owner remembers her daughter
• Chatman Harris
• Baltimore Police announce 4k reward
• Gervonta Davis Offers To Cover Funeral Costs for Destiny Harrison
• Scholarship Created To Honor Destiny Harrison

- Destiny Harrison's Family GoFundMe Page

Two Florida families are still searching for answers on their missing loved ones who they fear may have met with danger.

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• Facebook - ACSO - 3 Week Anniversary Video
• It Has Been Almost One Year Since Jasmine Robinson Went Missing
• Alligator - 1 year has passed since pregnant woman went missing
• 8K Reward For Jasmine Robinson's Case
• The Gainesville Sun - 1 year later, Archer Woman's Disappearance a Mystery
• Two Year Disappearance of Jasmine Robinson
• Facebook - ACSO - Help Us Find Jasmine Robinson 
• My CBS4 - Deputies Worried Missing Woman, is in danger 
• NamUS - Jasmine Robinson
• Sophie Reeder's Family Still Seeking Answers Years After Her Disappearance
• Police haven't ruled out murder in disappearance of teen since May
• Fort Lauderdale Police Department
• Parents of Missing Teen Hoping for Tip In Daughter's Disappearance
• Investigation Discovery - In Pursuit w/ John Walsh
• WVSN - New Details Surface in Case of FL Teen Who Went Missing
• NCMEC - Seeking Answers for Sophie
• Investigation Discovery - In Pursuit: The Missing
• Human Trafficking Hotline

The body of a young female was discovered in Irvine, California in September 2009. Despite the DNA hit that came back for her killer, she still has not been identified.

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• The Doe Network
• National Center for Missing & Exploited Children
• Orange County Register - Who is Jane Doe? Women Still Unidentified
• OC Weekly - Brothers Accused of Murdering Identified Woman
• Accused OC Strangler Gets Mistrial
• NBC Los Angeles - Muder Trial Begins in Slaying of Woman Whose Identity Remains a Mystery

In 1984 serial killer couple Alton Coleman and Debra Brown assaulted, raped and murdered across six different states in just two months.

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• The Crime Library - Alton Coleman & Debra Brown: Odyssey of Mayhem 
• The FBI Files -  'Crime Spree'
• My Crime Library 
• Toledo Blade -  'Taft Supreme Court Reject Coleman Pleas To Stop Execution'
•  The Bryan Times
• Toledo Blade - Coleman and Brown's 53-day reign of terror included Toledo stops
• Clark Prosecutor - Alton Coleman
• Clark Prosecutor - Debra Brown
• Criminal Minds Fandom 
• Indy Star - Debra Brown will no longer be executed
• ABC News - Indiana officials drop execution in 7-year-old's death

40-year old Tamla Horsford was the only black guest to attended an adult sleepover on the evening of November 3rd, 2018. By the next morning she was discovered dead outside in the backyard of the home. Was her death an accident ? Or something else

Petition: FBI to handle re-investigation of Tamla Horsford's death

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• The AJC - Cops: No Evidence of Foul Play in Death of Forsyth Mother
• The Rolling Stone - Tamla Horsford: Unanswered Questions
• 11Alive - Tamla Horsford Autopsy Report Glimpse Into Final Moments of Mom Found Dead At Party | 911 Call
• Incident Report
• Death Investigation Report
• WSB-TV Atlanta - Mother of 5th death ruled accidental
• Forsyth County News - Court Officer Terminated
• 11Alive - Family Speaks Out
• WSB-TV Atlanta - 'It was a coverup' Husband wants truth to come out in wife's suspicious death
• Forsyth County Sheriff's Office to GBI for reopening case
• 11Alive Horsford Case New Developments
• Forsyth County News : GBI Concludes Investigation into Tamla's death
•  Case Files: Interview
•  Case Files: Interview
•  Case Files: Interview
•  Case Files: Interview

In October 2011 19-year old Angel Garcia of Hartford, Connecticut never returns home after going out for a ride on his dirt bike.

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• Angel Garcia - NamUs
• National Center for Missing & Exploited Children
• Investigation Discovery's - Disappeared 'Lost Angel'
• NCEN - 5 Years Pass Since the Disappearance of 19-year-old in Hartford
• NBC Connecticut - 8 Years Later 
• Hartford Courant - Angel Garcia disappeared 9 years ago

In August 2012, the family of 32-year old Deanna Cook discovered her dead in the bathtub of her home. They immediately knew who was responsible for her murder, but the real question was could Deanna’s life have been spared? She made one last call to 911 the same day her life was taken.

National Domestic Violence Hotline 1-800-799-7233 

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• CBS News - Deanna Cook, TX Woman Found Dead 2 Days After Calling 911
• Patrick v State
• The Dallas Morning News - Response questioned after abuse victim is found 2 days later
• True Crime Daily, Deanna Cook murdered while making 911 call
• WFAA - Deanna Cook 911 Call
• KHOU 11 - Stalking victim heard issuing final 911 plea before her death
• WFAA - Deanna's Family Awaits Justice
• The Dallas Morning News - Deanna Cook Murder Trial
• CBS DFW - Jury Sentences Deanna Cook's Ex-Husband
• CBS DFW - Family Files Lawsuit
• NBC DFW - Fired Dallas 911 Call-Taker's Appeal Denied

20-year old IU student Joseph Smedley went missing in September of 2015. His body was found just a few days later in a lake minutes from his campus. Law enforcement deemed Smedley’s death as a suicide, but his loved ones dispute that. They question many of the circumstances around his death, and continue to fight for answers.

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Petition- Justice for Joseph  | Facebook Page - Justice for Joseph

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• Indiana University Student Reported Missing
• Case of Missing IU Student Found Dead Now a Death Investigation
• WRTV -  Body found in lake near Bloomington
• Indiana Daily Student - Friends Remember Smedley
• Indiana Daily Student - Smedley Details Released
• Coroner rules IU student's death suicide
• Indiana Daily Student - Joseph Smedley's sister speaks up about brother's death
• Family of former IU student seeking new death investigation
• Petition to re open the 2015 case of IU students suicide case get thousands of signatures 
• The Death of Joseph Smedley: How IU Went Wrong
• Reddit Entry
• Cold Case Chronicles
• Twitter Page
• Vivianne's GoFundMe Page