In this week's episode of The Underclass, you'll learn about how the neighborhood joined forces to mourn the lives of those killed in the massacre.

Plus, hear about the new leads that practically fell into the police’s laps. But how will this case unravel as more details and evidence are revealed throughout the trial?

Sources:

Book:

“Equal Verdicts” Written By Antonne Jones

https://www.amazon.com/Equal-Verdicts-Story-Street-Massacre/dp/098259626X

Articles:

“Drug Terf Rivalry End In GunFire” Philadelphia Inquirer- July 2001 https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/198283305/

“Massacre Was Over Car Not Drugs” Philadelphia Daily News -July 2002 https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/198287327/

“Case Smelled Like Ghetto Style Justice” Philadelphia Daily News- July 2002

https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/198283305/

Videos:

Mek46st Speaks on the Lex Street Massacre

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-pzrE9T0uc

The Lex Street Massacre

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OSwhJ1p8R34c

WAR IN PHILLY: THE LEX STREET MASSACRE STORY (MINI DOCUMENTARY)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yD3-VrKSrHU

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Episode 1: Introducing Mill Creek

The Underclass, a podcast that dives into one story told over several weekly episodes. On this season, we’re covering one of the deadliest mass murders in Philadelphia history, The Lex St. Massacre. Listen and find out what went down the night of December 28, 2000...

Sources:

Book:

“Equal Verdicts” Written By Antonne Jones

https://www.amazon.com/Equal-Verdicts-Story-Street-Massacre/dp/098259626X

Articles:

“Drug Terf Rivalry End In GunFire”

Philadelphia Inquirer- July 2001

https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/198283305/

“Massacre Was Over Car Not Drugs”

Philadelphia Daily News -July 2002

https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/198287327/

“Case Smelled Like Ghetto Style Justice”

Philadelphia Daily News- July 2002

https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/198283305/

Videos:

Mek46st Speaks on the Lex Street Massacre

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-pzrE9T0uc

The Lex Street Massacre

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OSwhJ1p8R34c

WAR IN PHILLY: THE LEX STREET MASSACRE STORY (MINI DOCUMENTARY)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yD3-VrKSrHU

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On November21, 2016, Keyana Davis, 11, Keyara Phillips, 9, Kerriele McDonald, 7, and Kionnie Welch, 5 were Killed in their home in Flora, IN after someone set fire to their apartment. 8 years later, the person responsible ore setting the fire has not been found.

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My new series explores the disparities and inequities of lesser known, untold stories of mass injustices against black men and women, stories that highlight systematic bias against the underprivileged. 

In the first season of The Underclass, we recount the story of “The Lex Street Massacre,” the deadliest mass murder in Philadelphia history.  An event that rocked the city, and forever changed the lives of everyone involved. Tune in every Thursday on the Black Girl Gone feed to find out just what went down that unfortunate night on December 28, 2000.

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On June 26, 2014, 25 year old Sarah Washington was found murdered inside her apartment in Kankakee, IL. She had been shot twice. 9 days later, another murder would help police narrow in on their suspect.

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On June 7, 1995 14 year old Nacole Smith was murdered in Atlanta, Ga. It took 26 years for her killer to finally be identified.

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On May 3, 2002, 7 year old Alexis Patterson disappeared from Milwaukee, WI after her step father walked her to school. 22 years later, Alexis is still missing.

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On January 18, 1993, 17 year old Shilie Turner disappeared in Philadelphia, PA. A month later her body was found in Fairmount park.

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On March 2, 2011, 21 year old Tina Stewart a student and basketball player at Middle Tennessee University was murdered in Murfreesboro,TN, inside her off campus apartment.

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On April 30, 1997 the bodies of 29 year old Marie Altidor, her daughters, 2 year old Samantha, 6 week old Sabrina, and Marie's mother 68 year old Theresa Laverne who had been visiting from Haiti, were found inside Marie's home in Miramar, FL. 27 years later, the person responsible for this heinous crime has never been found.

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