Missing In Color

Episode 006: The Atlanta Child Murders

Between 1979 and 1981, 29 children, teenagers, and young adults were murdered in the Atlanta area. What began as a series of disappearances became one of the most devastating criminal investigations in the city’s history.

In this episode, Missing In Color examines the cases, the investigation that led to Wayne Williams, and the unanswered questions that continue to surround the Atlanta Child Murders decades later.

Case References:

Atlanta Monster: ⁠In Memoriam: The 29 Victims of the Atlanta Child Murders⁠

The Atlanta Journal Constitution: ⁠Interactive: Victims of the Atlanta Child Murders⁠

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI): ⁠Atlanta Field Office History⁠

The Washington Post: ⁠A Child’s Death, and Atlanta’s Growing Nightmare⁠

Georgia Bureau of Investigation: ⁠Fibers and Textiles Forensic Services⁠

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Episode 005: Keora Lawson | Mini Episode

On May 1, 2021, 22-year-old Keora “Keke” Lawson disappeared from Fitzgerald, Georgia. More than five years later, her family is still searching for answers.

In this mini episode, Missing In Color takes a closer look at Keora’s disappearance, the investigation, and the questions that remain.

Case References:
WALB — 2021: Family, police need help finding missing Fitzgerald mother
WALB — 2021 Video: Family and police need public’s help in finding missing Fitzgerald mother
WALB — 2024 Update: Investigators still searching for missing Fitzgerald mom 3 years later
Charley Project: Keora Lawson case file

Fitzgerald Police Department: 229-426-5000

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MIC — Savanna LaFontaine-Greywind

On August 19, 2017, 22-year-old Savanna LaFontaine-Greywind went upstairs to her neighbor’s apartment in Fargo, North Dakota. She was eight months pregnant and excitedly preparing to meet her first child.

She never came back downstairs.

What followed was a devastating investigation involving a missing mother, a newborn baby found in a neighbor’s apartment, and a search that would ultimately reveal what happened to Savanna.

In this episode of Missing In Color, we walk through Savanna’s life, her disappearance, the initial search, the discovery of her daughter, the investigation into Brooke Crews and William Hoehn, the recovery of Savanna’s body, and the very different outcomes the two defendants ultimately faced in court.

We also take a moment to discuss the larger crisis of Missing and Murdered Indigenous People and why cases like Savanna’s deserve to be remembered.

Savanna was more than the circumstances of her death.

She was a daughter, a sister, a friend, and a mother.

Her story deserves to be seen.

Because every case deserves to be seen.

⚠️ Content warning: This episode discusses murder, pregnancy, infant abduction, violence, and the death of a pregnant woman. Listener discretion is advised.

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• Fargo Police Department — investigation updates and search information
• North Dakota Supreme Court — State v. Hoehn
• Associated Press / CBS News — reporting on the Savanna LaFontaine-Greywind case
• KVRR — contemporary reporting on the investigation and recovery of Savanna
• InForum — trial and sentencing coverage

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Episode 3: The Tragic Story of Kalief Browder

At just 16 years old, Kalief Browder was arrested after being accused of stealing a backpack. Although he maintained his innocence from the very beginning, he spent more than three years at New York City's Rikers Island awaiting trial—without ever being convicted of a crime.

During those three years, Kalief endured repeated violence, prolonged solitary confinement, and more than 30 court appearances as his case was repeatedly delayed. Even after the charges against him were dismissed, the psychological trauma of his incarceration followed him long after he walked out of Rikers.

In this episode of Missing In Color, we examine Kalief's life before his arrest, the failures of the criminal justice system that kept him incarcerated, his fight to rebuild his life after his release, and the lasting legacy his story left on criminal justice reform in the United States.

Trigger Warning: This episode discusses incarceration, violence, solitary confinement, mental health, and suicide. Listener discretion is advised.

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Works Cited

• Jennifer Gonnerman. Before the Law. The New Yorker. October 6, 2014.

• Jennifer Gonnerman. Kalief Browder, 1993–2015. The New Yorker. June 7, 2015.

• Jennifer Gonnerman. Postscript: Venida Browder. The New Yorker. October 2016.

• TIME: The Kalief Browder Story (2017), executive produced by Jay-Z.

• Barack Obama. Remarks on federal solitary confinement reform. January 25, 2016.

• The Marshall Project. Reporting on Kalief Browder, pretrial detention, and criminal justice reform.

• New York City Department of Correction. Juvenile solitary confinement policy materials.

• American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). Resources on solitary confinement and juvenile incarceration.

• United Nations. United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners (Nelson Mandela Rules).

Episode 2: The Mysterious Death of Kendrick Johnson

On January 10, 2013, 17-year-old Kendrick Johnson walked into Lowndes High School in Valdosta, Georgia, and never came home.

The following morning, his body was discovered upside down inside a rolled wrestling mat in the school's old gymnasium. Investigators ruled his death an accident caused by positional asphyxia. But a second autopsy commissioned by Kendrick's family reached a very different conclusion, sparking years of public debate, federal investigations, and continued calls for answers.

In this episode of Missing In Color, we examine Kendrick's life, the timeline leading up to his death, the official investigation, the independent autopsies, the Department of Justice review, and why this case remains one of the most debated deaths in recent history.

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• U.S. Department of Justice. Justice Department Closes Investigation into the Death of Kendrick Johnson (June 20, 2016).
  https://www.justice.gov/usao-mdga/pr/justice-department-closes-investigation-death-kendrick-johnson

• U.S. Department of Justice. United States Attorney Remarks Regarding Kendrick Johnson Investigation (Oct. 31, 2013).
  https://www.justice.gov/usao-mdga/pr/united-states-attorney-remarks-regarding-kendrick-johnson-investigation

• Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) Autopsy Report

• Lowndes County Sheriff's Office investigative records and public statements

• Valdosta Daily Times – Timeline of a Tragedy
  https://valdostadailytimes.com/2013/05/04/timeline-of-a-tragedy/

• Valdosta Daily Times – Johnson Autopsies Compared
  https://valdostadailytimes.com/2013/09/05/johnson-autopsies-compared/

• WALB News – Case of teen found dead inside gym mat remains active, sheriff's office says (2026)
  https://www.walb.com/2026/04/21/case-teen-found-dead-inside-mat-lowndes-high-school-2013-remains-active-sheriffs-office-says/

• CBS News – Police Focus on Timeline in Kendrick Johnson Gym Mat Death
  https://www.cbsnews.com/news/police-focus-on-timeline-in-kendrick-johnson-gym-mat-death/

• CBS19
  https://www.cbs19.tv/article/news/police-focus-on-timeline-in-kendrick-johnson-gym-mat-death/501-266171761

• CNN – Georgia Gym Mat Death
  https://www.cnn.com/2013/10/09/us/georgia-gym-mat-death

• ABC7 Chicago – Missing Organs, Newspaper Found Instead During Second Autopsy
  https://abc7chicago.com/archive/9282320/

• Forensic Tales – The Death of Kendrick Johnson
  https://forensictales.com/death-of-kendrick-johnson/

• VSU Spectator – Second Autopsy Reveals Foul Play in Johnson Case
  https://vsuspectator.com/2013/09/05/second-autopsy-reveals-foul-play-in-johnson-case/

• CNN Interview/Coverage
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIg2Np0Q-UY

• Public social media posts by Jacquelyn Johnson

• Public statements released by the Johnson family

Sources & Notes: This episode was researched using official investigative records, Department of Justice documents, local and national news reporting, independent forensic reports, and publicly available statements from the Johnson family. Every effort has been made to accurately represent the available information and distinguish between official findings, independent medical opinions, and publicly reported allegations. Some source material contains graphic descriptions and crime scene photographs. Viewer discretion is advised.

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Episode 1: The Disappearance of Tionda and Diamond Bradley

On July 6, 2001, 10-year-old Tionda Bradley and her 3-year-old sister, Diamond Bradley, vanished from their Chicago apartment.

When their mother returned home from work, she found the girls gone and a handwritten note claiming they had gone to a nearby playground and store. But as investigators began piecing together the timeline, a disturbing voicemail, unanswered questions, and conflicting details would turn the case into one of Chicago's most haunting unsolved mysteries.

More than two decades later, the disappearance of Tionda and Diamond Bradley remains unsolved.

In this episode of Missing in Color, we examine the timeline leading up to the girls' disappearance, the mysterious voicemail left the morning they vanished, the investigation that followed, and the questions that remain unanswered today.

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Sources:

• Newspapers.com
https://www.newspapers.com

• ABC News – Store Surveillance Tape May Show Missing Girls
https://abcnews.go.com

• WTHR – Coverage of the Bradley Sisters Case
https://www.wthr.com

• CNN / Nancy Grace Transcript – Chicago Girls Still Missing After Five Years
https://transcripts.cnn.com

• Cook County Sheriff's Office
https://www.cookcountysheriffil.gov

• Chicago Tribune Coverage
https://www.chicagotribune.com

• CBS News Coverage
https://www.cbsnews.com

• Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
https://www.fbi.gov

• National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC)
https://www.missingkids.org

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Thank you for listening to Missing in Color.

Welcome to the pilot episode of Missing In Color, a true crime podcast highlighting cases involving people of color.

In this episode of Missing in Color, we discuss the lives of Karen and Karissa Lofton, the investigation into their murders, the shocking connection to Deloris and Ebony DeWitt, and the man investigators believe was responsible for all four deaths.

This episode contains discussions of murder and violence involving real victims and may not be suitable for all listeners.

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Below are the sources used to report this case.

Case Background & Investigation

• “Slayings of Second Pair Redirect Investigation” — The Washington Post
  https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/2009/03/26/slayings-of-second-pair-redirect-investigation/4ceff5cb-220d-474f-8135-2fd45b03e9a8/
• “Man Gets 85 Years in Slayings of Mom, Daughter” — CBS Baltimore
  https://www.cbsnews.com/baltimore/news/man-gets-85-years-in-slayings-of-mom-daughter/
• “Mistrial Declared in Jason Scott Trial” — WJLA
  https://wjla.com/news/local/jason-scott-trial-mistrial-declared-monday-85652
• “Jason Scott Sentenced to 85 Years After Alford Plea” — CBS News
  https://www.cbsnews.com/news/jason-scott-md-serial-killer-sentenced-to-85-years-in-prison-after-entering-alford-plea/

• Karen Lofton Obituary — Legacy.com
  https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/washingtonpost/name/karen-lofton-obituary?id=5632175
• Karen Antoinette Lofton Memorial — Find a Grave
  https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/34938383/karen_antoinette-lofton

• “Jason Scott Killed Two Mother-Daughter Pairs in Maryland” — Oxygen
  https://www.oxygen.com/dateline-the-smoking-gun/crime-news/jason-scott-killed-lofton-dewitt-mother-daughter-pairs-maryland
• “Jason Thomas Scott Convicted as Maryland Mother-Daughter Killer” — Oxygen / One Deadly Mistake
  https://www.oxygen.com/one-deadly-mistake/crime-news/jason-thomas-scott-convicted-as-maryland-mother-daughter-killer