From the very moment she was born, Relisha Rudd had everything going against her. A product of generational poverty, Relisha had been through more hardship at the young age of eight years old than most adults experience in a lifetime. At the time of her disappearance, she and her mother and her three brothers were living in one of Washington D.C.’s worst shelters. And then Relisha would meet a man; a friendly janitor who would buy her gifts and take her shopping and give her more attention than anyone else in her life. After that, Relisha vanished into thin air. What happened to her? Did her family fail her? Did she slip through the cracks made by a system that to this day still abdicates itself of responsibility for what happened to Relisha Rudd?

If you have information regarding the disappearance of Relisha Rudd, contact the Washington Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) at (202) 727-9099. You can also contact their Youth Investigations Division at (202) 576-6768. You can contact the FBI at 1-800-CALL-FBI (1-800-225-5324). Tips can also be reported to the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children at 1-800-THE-LOST (1-800-843-5678)

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