Today on No Tears For Black Girls we are doing something we have never done before on this show.

We are reading to you. Death Apnea is a book written by J.C. Reedburg, part of the No Tears For Black Girls Case Files series, and it lives inside the same universe as this podcast. It is a story rooted in real documented patterns of Black women disappearing into hospital systems without proper family notification, bodies stored for months while families search, and organs removed without consent. It is built on the same foundation this show was built on. Black women stories that the world moves past too quickly. Black true crime that never makes the national headlines. Patterns that have been happening for four hundred years and just keep changing their clothes.

Chapter Six is called The Tower Card. It is New Year's Eve in New Orleans. A woman named Nettie Moreau wakes up in the front seat of a gold Chevy Impala. She makes coffee with a half frozen water bottle. She brushes her teeth into a paper cup. She dresses with the precision of someone who has learned to keep her dignity in conditions that were never designed to allow for it. She writes a letter to her daughter that she hopes nobody ever has to read. She lights a candle on her dashboard altar. She pulls a tarot card and it is the Tower. Again.

She has a heart condition she cannot afford to treat. She has prescriptions folded in her glovebox next to an expired insurance card. She has a dog named Goldie who loves her completely. She has a daughter at Dillard University on a full scholarship who does not know her mother is homeless. And she has one last night ahead of her in a city that stopped noticing her a long time ago.

This chapter will stay with you.

After the reading we will tell you what happens next and how to get the full book completely free today on Amazon Kindle. If you have a Kindle Unlimited subscription this book is free for you indefinitely. Paperback and digital editions are both available now.

This is No Tears For Black Girls. Black true crime. Black women stories. Told with care, with truth, and without apology.

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Today's episode features a full reading of Chapter Six, The Tower Card, from Death Apnea by J.C. Reedburg.

Part of the No Tears For Black Girls Case Files series.

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Death Apnea is a fictional story rooted in real and documented cases of Black women being processed through hospital systems without proper family notification. The real cases referenced in this book include baby Samaria Sauls, Tanya Walker, the Sacramento Dignity Health bodies, and the Alabama inmate organ removal cases. These are not conspiracy theories. These are court filings, news reports, and family testimonies.

The No Tears For Black Girls universe includes thirteen published books, a podcast with 150 plus episodes, and an ongoing mission to tell Black women stories that mainstream media covers too briefly and moves on from too quickly.

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She was fifteen years old when her stepfather assaulted her. She reported it. She gave up his illegal guns. She documented his death threats in a police report. And the Clark County District Attorney's office let him walk out of custody three days later.

Eleven days after that, Leonard Woods stabbed Josie Kate Jones sixteen times in a Walgreens parking lot while her daughter watched.

In this episode of No Tears For Black Girls, we tell the story of Divina Leal, a Las Vegas woman whose life became a masterclass in surviving the unsurvivable. Her story is not just about one murder. It is about what happens when a domestic violence system fails a Black woman who did everything right, reported everything, documented everything, and still could not outrun the consequences of a paperwork error made by a public official who is still in office today.

We trace Divina's full story from a childhood built on love and chaos in equal measure, through the assault, through the murder of her mother Josie Kate Jones, through the compounded grief of losses that kept arriving before the last one finished breaking her, all the way to Indianapolis in 2024, where the man she had finally allowed herself to love again was shot and killed in what his family believes was a case of mistaken identity. His murder remains unsolved.

This is black true crime told the way it should be told. With full humanity. With accountability. Without apology. No Tears For Black Girls exists to cover black women stories that mainstream media picks up too late, covers too briefly, and moves on from too quickly. Divina Leal's story is one they never covered at all.

This is not a cold case. This is an open wound. And we are not moving on.

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Episode: She Watched Him Kill Her Mother. The DA Let Him Out First.

Josie Kate Jones. Age 41. Murdered August 5th, 2015 in the parking lot of a Walgreens at Tropicana Avenue and Decatur Boulevard in Las Vegas, Nevada. Stabbed sixteen times by her former partner Leonard Ray Woods in front of her fifteen-year-old daughter.

Leonard Ray Woods was arrested on July 18th, 2015 following the sexual assault of Divina Leal and the discovery of illegal firearms in the home. He was released from custody approximately three days later by the Clark County District Attorney's office. Public reporting cited a paperwork error. He was rearrested following the murder of Josie Kate Jones on August 5th, 2015.

In March 2019, a Las Vegas jury convicted Leonard Ray Woods of first-degree murder with a deadly weapon, invasion of privacy, gross lewdness, and illegal firearms possession. Deliberations lasted less than twenty minutes. He was sentenced to life without parole.

Clark County District Attorney Steve Wolfson has held office since 2012 and as of early 2026 is running for a fourth term unopposed.

Charles Lovelady Jr. Age 28. Shot and killed October 12th, 2024 in Indianapolis, Indiana. Co-owner of Chuck's Coney Island restaurant. Community leader and businessman. His family believes his murder was a case of mistaken identity involving an identical vehicle.

His murder remains unsolved.

If you have information about the murder of Charles Lovelady Jr., contact Crime Stoppers of Central Indiana at 317-262-8477. A substantial reward has been offered by his family.

If this episode brought anything up for you, text HOME to 741741 for the Crisis Text Line or call the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1-800-799-7233.

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On December 1st, 2025, seventeen-year-old T'Neya Tovar left and never came home. Her mother knew immediately something was wrong. Law enforcement had a different word for it. Runaway. And that one word changed everything about how fast the world moved for her daughter.

In this episode of No Tears For Black Girls, we go deep into the disappearance and death of T'Neya "TT" Tovar, a teenager from Hemet, California whose case exposes one of the most dangerous blind spots in the American missing persons system. What happens when a young Black girl in foster care goes missing and the system decides her history is more important than her safety? What happens when a mother drives seventy miles to a gate that never opens, begs for a search warrant, and gets told to wait? What happens when the internet starts talking before investigators start moving?

We trace the full timeline from December 1st through the arrest of fifty-one-year-old Abraham Feinbloom, the court proceedings that followed, and the questions that still have no answers. We separate the proven facts from the public speculation, the neighbor accounts from the internet rumors, and we do not sensationalize what does not need to be sensationalized because T'Neya's story is heavy enough on its own.

This is not just a missing persons case. This is a story about what the runaway label costs. About who gets treated like an emergency and who gets treated like a pattern. About the gap between a family's fear and a system's urgency. About what Black women and girls are up against before danger even finds them.

No Tears For Black Girls is Black true crime told with care, with truth, and without apology. We cover Black women stories that the mainstream news cycle picks up too late, covers too briefly, and moves on from too quickly. We stay.

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Episode: The Cases They Ignored — T'Neya Tovar

T'Neya "TT" Tovar. Born October 6th, 2008. Reported missing December 1st, 2025 from Hemet, California in Riverside County. NCMEC Case Number 2072404.

NCIC Number M728779732.

On December 21st, 2025, partial human remains were discovered in the Vista Del Mar area near Salton City in Imperial County, near Portsmouth Avenue and Newhaven Court. DNA testing confirmed in February 2026 that the remains belonged to T'Neya.

On February 13th, 2026, Abraham Feinbloom, age 51, of Salton City, California was arrested on suspicion of murder and resisting a peace officer. He has been charged with one count of murder under California Penal Code 187a with a firearm enhancement. He has pleaded not guilty and remains in custody without bail. The case is ongoing.

If you have information related to this case, contact the FBI tip line at 1-800-CALL-FBI or submit a tip at tips.fbi.gov. A ten-thousand-dollar reward has been offered for information leading to a resolution of the case. You can also contact the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children at 1-800-THE-LOST.

If this episode brought up anything heavy for you, please reach out to the Crisis Text Line by texting HOME to 741741. You are not alone.

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No one kicks your door in. No one holds a gun. But one filing—one line of paperwork—can freeze your home, your future, and everything you built. In this debut episode of JC's INBOX, J.C. Reedburg—award-winning author of the No Tears For Black Girls book series and creator of this podcast—breaks down a real Los Angeles case where the LAPD says fraudulent mechanics liens were recorded on multiple properties with claimed amounts as high as $24.6 million. For cleaning and consulting services.

This is the kind of crime that doesn't trend. No mugshot goes viral. No helicopter footage plays on the evening news. But for the families affected, the damage is immediate: titles clouded, refinances frozen, sales blocked, and months of stress that nobody warned them was coming. Paper crimes hit different when property is already the most fragile form of stability in your household.

JC's INBOX is a new mini-episode series on the No Tears For Black Girls feed. Short, sourced, and built from listener requests and news alerts. No rumors. Just what's confirmed, what's alleged, and what to watch next. True crime doesn't always start with violence—sometimes it starts with a stamp and a filing number.

If you or someone you know has been impacted by suspicious filings on property records, the LAPD's Commercial Crimes Division is actively investigating. Contact details and anonymous tip options are available in the official LAPD newsroom release linked below.

CASE COVERED:LAPD Commercial Crimes Division arrest of Rita Ortiz, 58, for alleged filing of fraudulent mechanics liens on multiple properties in Los Angeles, Beverly Hills, and Riverside County. Arrest date: February 26, 2026. Investigation ongoing.

SOURCE:LAPD Newsroom Release (March 1, 2026): www.lapdonline.org/newsroom/lapd-commercial-crim...

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On October 14, 2024, Baltimore police responded to a home on Aiken Street in Baltimore, Maryland, where five-year-old Zona Byrd was found unresponsive and cold to the touch. What investigators described next is difficult to shake: cupboards reported as empty, food reportedly kept out of children’s reach, and surviving siblings so malnourished that medical staff noted how urgently they ate once they were safe.

In this episode of No Tears For Black Girls: The Cases They Ignored, Samantha Paul follows the public record through the guilty pleas entered by Bernice Byrd and Gerald Byrd, the autopsy findings reported publicly, and the questions that remain—how long this took, who saw the warning signs, and what happens when systems encounter a family more than once and a child still dies.

This is Black true crime told with purpose. These are Black women’s stories told with care. This is what it sounds like when we refuse to look away.
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Show Notes (with Sources): What This Episode Covers

• The timeline from October 14, 2024, through the guilty pleas entered on February 26, 2026, with sentencing scheduled for June 10, 2026, as described in official statements and local reporting.

• The conditions investigators described inside the home, including reports that food was inaccessible to the children, and the medical response for the surviving siblings.

• Prior history referenced in court records and local coverage, and the broader question of how neglect that unfolds over months can still end in death.

• A note on identity and coverage: public reporting has not consistently stated Zona Byrd’s race. This episode remains aligned with the show’s mission—demanding urgency, dignity, and visibility for Black families and for cases too often minimized, delayed, or dismissed.

  
  

  Sources Cited (Public Reporting and Official Statements)

• Office of the State’s Attorney for Baltimore City (press release): “Parents Plead Guilty to the Death of Five-Year-Old Daughter”
  www.stattorney.org/media-center/press-releases/3...

• CBS News Baltimore (WJZ): “Five-year-old girl was emaciated and extremely malnourished…”
  www.cbsnews.com/baltimore/news/baltimore-5-ye...

• WMAR-2 News: “Charging documents reveal neglect, starvation…”
  www.wmar2news.com/local/charging-documents-reve...

• WMAR-2 News (system context): “A closer look at the CPS system after 5-year-old starved to death…”
  www.wmar2news.com/infocus/a-closer-look-at-the-...

• The Baltimore Banner: “A little girl starved to death in Baltimore. Why did no one help her?”
  www.thebanner.com/community/criminal-justice/zo...

• WBAL-TV: “Parents of girl found dead inside Baltimore home plead guilty to child abuse”
  www.wbaltv.com/article/parents-girl-dead-bal...

• Baltimore Witness (court coverage): “Parents Plead Guilty to Starving Five-Year-Old to Death…”
  baltimorewitness.org/parents-plead-guilty-to-starv...

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She did everything she was supposed to do. She ended the relationship. She set the boundary. She said the words. And on a quiet Wednesday afternoon in Washington, D.C., in front of her three children, that boundary became the trigger.

This week on No Tears For Black Girls: The Cases They Ignored, host Samantha Paul covers the February 11th, 2026 shooting death of Rayven Amuan Edwards — a 34-year-old mother of three from Northwest D.C. — whose ten-year-old daughter was injured at the scene, whose eight-year-old son witnessed everything, and whose three-year-old was taken by the suspect, triggering an Amber Alert before being found safe hours later. This episode also brings in the 2025 case of Alexis Walls out of Bryan, Texas — a 23-year-old mother killed by her common-law husband in front of their 18-month-old child — to show how intimate partner violence follows a recognizable, preventable script across state lines and zip codes.

This is not a crime story. This is a pattern story. And until we start naming it that way, the names keep piling up.

🚨 Content warning: domestic violence, child witnesses, intimate partner homicide, firearm violence, and self-inflicted gunshot wound.

If you or someone you know is in danger:📞 National DV Hotline: 1-800-799-7233 | Text START to 88788 | thehotline.org🏙️ DC SAFE: dcsafe.org🤍 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline: Call or text 988

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📌 CASES DISCUSSED

1. Rayven Amuan Edwards | Washington, D.C.

• Date: February 11, 2026

• Location: Glover Park, Northwest D.C. — 4100 block of W Street NW

• Victim: Rayven Amuan Edwards, 34, mother of three

• What happened: Shot and killed in front of her children by suspect Stephon Marquis Jeter, 35, her ex-partner and father of her youngest child. Her 10-year-old daughter was also shot (non-life-threatening). Her 3-year-old son was taken from the scene, prompting an Amber Alert. The child was later found safe at a relative's home in Prince George's County. The suspect led police on a pursuit into Southeast D.C., where he was found with an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound and later pronounced dead.

• Key detail: Rayven's mother, Lucy Edwards, told local reporters that the suspect had sent Rayven messages saying he wished she would die.

• Source: Metropolitan Police Department public update; Washington Post; local D.C. television reporting.

2. Alexis Walls | Bryan, Texas

• Date of killing: February 7, 2025

• Date of sentencing: February 3, 2026

• Victim: Alexis Walls, 23, mother of an 18-month-old child

• What happened: Suspect Brandon Michael Dickerson called 911 and reported that he had shot and killed his common-law wife. Court documents, per local reporting, stated he shot Alexis Walls 15 times. Their toddler was in the home and physically unharmed.

• Resolution: Dickerson pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 50 years in prison by Judge Kyle Hawthorne, Brazos County.

• Key detail: Prosecutors described domestic violence as "a deadly and pervasive issue." They called Alexis "a light to everyone she met."

• Source: Local Bryan/College Station reporting; KBTX; Brazos County District Attorney's Office statements.

• CDC Report — Intimate partner homicides of women using National Violent Death Reporting System data (2018–2021): Most incidents occurred at the victim's residence; most involved firearms; proportion of non-Hispanic Black or African American women victims increased during 2020–2021; suspects were more frequently previously known to law enforcement — identified as a potential missed opportunity for prevention.

  
  

• Violence Policy Center — Analysis of homicides of Black women and girls: Black females were murdered by males at a rate nearly 3x higher than white females in 2020; most Black female victims knew their killers, with many killed by an intimate partner.

These are not random tragedies. They are black women stories buried in pattern data that the media too often reduces to a two-paragraph brief.

A premature infant dies after weeks in a Fort Worth NICU, and her family says her body was returned without organs and without clear consent—now they’re demanding answers, accountability, and justice for Baby Samaria Sauls.

She was twenty-three, drowning in student debt, and desperate for a way out. Then the DM arrived—a luxury modeling contract in Dubai. All expenses paid. Designer clothes. Infinity pools. Everything she'd ever dreamed of.

Destiny Clarke boarded that plane believing she was flying toward opportunity. But what happens when the dream becomes a nightmare you can't wake up from?

In honor of National Human Trafficking Awareness and Prevention Month, we're releasing Chapter 1 of *Dubai Nights: A No Tears For Black Girls Story* by J.C. Reedburg—a powerful novel that shines a light on the countless young Black women lured overseas with promises of a better life, only to find themselves trapped in a system designed to consume them.

This episode asks the questions mainstream media won't: What really happened to Destiny Clarke? And how many girls just like her have vanished without a trace?

**Dubai Nights is FREE on Amazon Kindle from January 16-19, 2026, and free afterward with Kindle Unlimited.**

Listen to Chapter 1. Then download the book and discover what happened next.

*Content Warning: This episode discusses human trafficking and may be difficult for some listeners.*

LINK TO BOOK: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GFSHZW9R

Imagine watching a murder unfold through a phone screen—and doing nothing. In this episode of No Tears For Black Girls, host Samantha Paul unpacks the connected stories of three women whose lives were stolen by men who believed their rage mattered more than women’s right to live: dancer and actress Stephanie Moseley, shot in her Los Angeles apartment while her husband FaceTimed Floyd Mayweather; Wendy Black, a Maryland nurse anesthetist who begged the courts for protection and was told her fear wasn’t enough; and Tara Labang, a healer whose killing became a footnote to a Facebook Live confession. Three women. Two killers. One broken system that turned every warning sign into paperwork and excuses.

This isn’t a whodunit—it’s an examination of how. How protective orders get denied even when women say “he threatened to kill me with a gun.” How red flag laws are supposed to remove weapons from dangerous people, and why they so often aren’t used in time. How media headlines humanize some victims while reducing others to “domestic incidents.” Through survivor-centered storytelling, data on intimate partner violence, and a hard look at police, courts, and tech platforms, Samantha argues these deaths were not inevitable tragedies—they were preventable failures.

To go even deeper into this world, you can read our ongoing No Tears For Black Girls book series on Amazon. The series is available in both paperback and e‑book formats, and digital copies are included at no extra cost with an eligible Amazon Kindle subscription (such as Kindle Unlimited).

Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs and Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes are the state’s top leaders for public safety and accountability, and on January 9, 2026, the Stone family marks a milestone no family should ever have to count: 728 days since three boys went missing in Arizona—Winston Stone, Timothy Paul Stone Jr., and Marcel Orion Stone.

You’re listening to No Tears For Black Girls. I’m Samantha Paul. This episode is based on public reporting and on court filings and documents shared with me by the Stone family. Where claims are allegations, I will say so. Our focus is simple: accountability, and bringing attention back to the missing.

Three Arizona boys. Missing for 728 days. Two years of unanswered questions, stalled urgency, and a system families say treats missing Black children like paperwork instead of emergencies. This episode examines what happens when the word “runaway” becomes an excuse to delay action, when families are forced into motions to compel for basic records, and when potential evidence and timelines become a fight instead of a priority. We also place this case in broader context, including the June 2024 U.S. Department of Justice civil rights findings related to Phoenix policing that the family points to as relevant when asking the court and the public to take systemic failures seriously.

Host Samantha Paul asks why Arizona’s top leadership has not addressed this case with clear, public urgency—and why “silence from the top” is something the public has every right to question when three children are still missing.

If you have information that could help locate Winston Stone, Timothy Paul Stone Jr., or Marcel Orion Stone, contact the FBI at 1-800-225-5324 or submit a tip at tips.fbi.gov, and contact the

National Center for Missing & Exploited Children at 1-800-843-5678 or visit missingkids.org.

At the bottom line, this is not entertainment. This is accountability. Where are Winston, Timothy Jr., and Marcel?

New release: Dubai Nights: A No Tears For Black Girls Story (Book 8) drops January 13, 2026, and will be FREE on Amazon January 16–19 in honor of Human Trafficking Awareness Month. New album: No Tears For Black Girls, Vol. 1 soundtrack featuring Jayda Truth releases January 16, 2026 on Datzhott Records.

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