Covering 5 cases each week in all 50 states in a goal of covering 250 cases in 50 weeks! Today we are in North Dakota and Next week we will be heading to Alabama.

You can watch the series at 

https://youtube.com/@sippingonsomecrime?si=kx5Ky8yHaH4QVJdV

https://www.tiktok.com/@sippingonsomecrime?_t=ZP-8ydeITz9pnD&_r=1

https://www.instagram.com/sippingonsomecrime?igsh=MzAweGFtY3A4YWZv&utm_source=qr

Today in our weekly series I will be spotlighting 5 cold cases out of Rhode Island. 

👀You can watch this series tapping YouTube @sippingonsomecrime

https://youtube.com/@sippingonsomecrime?si=Jb9FS4ddkowUC2Cu

Or on TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@sippingonsomecrime?_t=ZP-8yV7n6b2835&_r=1

You can also watch on Instagram 

https://www.instagram.com/sippingonsomecrime?igsh=MzAweGFtY3A4YWZv&utm_source=qr

I have not been able to record the podcast where I live, so I pivoted and created a TikTok and YouTube series called 50 State Cold Case, where I feature a state and five cases from that state every week. I wanted to bring the video series to an audio version for podcast listeners, and I have finally had the time to convert them into audio episodes. I plan to drop a new episode for each state each week.

Brenda Bloom

Sarah and Carvel Faulkner

Deborah Ann Brooks

Video format can be found on YouTube and TikTok under Sipping on Some Crime 

Mary 21 was last seen June 1st 1948 after being dropped off by a cab driver on the campus of Texas state college for woman in Denton TX. It’s been 76 years and her case is still unsolved but I have full faith it can be solved if we keep sharing her face. 

Sources and Informative Links 

https://www.facebook.com/MissingPleaseFindUs/posts/mary-virginia-carpenter-missing-from-denton-texas-since-1948mary-virginia-jimmie/1703655839883282/

https://doenetwork.org/cases/1880dftx.html

https://charleyproject.org/case/mary-virginia-carpenter

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/196445541/mary-virginia-carpenter

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disappearance_of_Virginia_Carpenter

https://kfmx.com/missing-mary-a-look-at-the-oldest-unsolved-cold-case-in-texas/

Danielle Bell was last seen September 2001 at a party on the 500 block of Cedar Tree Lane and Highway 95A in Cantonment, Florida.

Witnesses who attended that party with Danielle would tell investigators that they last saw Danielle leave the party with a man who was in his mid-20s at the time.

It wouldn't be until six years later in 2007 that Alfredo Gomez Sanchez Junior would be charged with providing law enforcement with false statements about his whereabouts the day and time of Danielle's disappearance.

Alfredo is currently serving time for lewd and lascivious acts against a minor and one of those charges is for Danielle Bell specifically, however they have not been able to charge him in her disappearance. 

I sat down with Danielle's big sister Bonnie to learn more about her sister and what's happened so far with Danielles investigation in the last 23 years.

Bonnie has made big strides pushing her sister's case forward and things are actively developing.  To keep up with the most current updates in Danielles case please follow Bonnie’s tiktok linked below: 

https://www.tiktok.com/@alesbiancallingoutgrapes?_t=8mBeWVw2AcI&_r=1

 I'll be adding all the links to follow Bonnie on her socials mainly TikTok so you can all go show her some love and support and follow along her journey to get Danielle to her justice and bring her back home to Bonnie.

To make your voice heard and show support for Danielle and Bonnie please sign the petition linked below:

https://www.change.org/p/move-missing-child-danielle-bell-s-case-to-state-jurisdiction/exp/cl_/cl_sharecopy_36598133_en-US/cv_47193/1310573641?recruiter=1310573641&recruited_by_id=f79dc200-0d50-11ee-9f79-9f1e8b538690&utm_source=share_petition&utm_campaign=share_petition&utm_term=0d7b64add07d420cbf5e50af45d300b4&utm_medium=copylink&utm_content=cl_sharecopy_36598133_en-US%3Acv_47193

To follow Bonnie’s Instagram for Danielle please follow the link below:

https://www.instagram.com/justiceforthemissing/

To follow the facebook run by Bonnie for her sinister Danielle please follow the link below: 

https://www.facebook.com/missingdaniellebell/

Bonnie’s YouTube where she documents her fight for Danielle’s justice is linked below:

https://youtube.com/@justiceforthemissing3690?si=897ditcq2tj0DnGM

As Bonnie stated in the interview, she is most active on TikTok so please go over there and follow her for the most recent updates and Danielle‘s case. 

Sources and informative Links 

https://www.wkrg.com/news/cold-case-where-is-danielle-bell/

https://www.wkrg.com/news/cold-case-where-is-danielle-bell/

http://www.northescambia.com/2021/10/danielle-bell-has-been-missing-from-north-escambia-for-20-years

https://www.wkrg.com/news/cold-case-where-is-danielle-bell/

https://weartv.com/news/local/locals-honor-cantonment-girl-missing-for-15-years

https://charleyproject.org/case/danielle-arion-bell

Honoring Hazel Journey Homan 

Child Abuse Awareness

Hazel Journey was three years old when she was murdered by her father's girlfriend in the fall of 2019. Hazel's Aunt Ashlee sits down with me, Tates, and Shayna from Light The Way to tell us how DCYF failed Hazel and continues to fail the children of Washington State. Ashlee changed her whole life, including her career path to be a voice and meaningful change in the overloaded broken system that failed her niece Hazel. Join us as we discuss how the system is failing, what changes are needed, What we have learned advocating for the voiceless, and our experience of being in the system and having to work within the system. 

📍This is a heavy episode so it will be released in two parts however, both parts will be dropped on the same day. 

📍We are all recording and working around active life so please forgive noises and interruptions. My mic mute didn't work when it was supposed to, so my apologies in advance. 

📺 If you would like to watch the video interview on YouTube, the full episode is linked below.

❤️‍🩹 This episode has a lot of triggering topics surrounding child abuse so please proceed with that in mind, your mental health matters💙

💡To learn more about Light The Way and how you can help please visit the links below: 

https://www.lightthewaymissing.com/

https://www.instagram.com/light_the_way_22/

https://www.facebook.com/LighttheWayMPAP

https://x.com/lighttheway22?s=21&t=8ngCtTpho86qKEpEZIIhsA

https://youtube.com/@lightthewaympap?si=9CtdE0AFyB0nNoj3

https://www.tiktok.com/@light.the.way.missing?_t=8lq50X9Wwx8&_r=1

📍To follow Ashlee and her journey honoring Hazel please follow the links below: 

https://www.facebook.com/ashlee.bartell

https://www.tiktok.com/@ashleebartell?_t=8lq5HIBNqah&_r=1

https://www.instagram.com/ashleeb_77?igsh=cDU3ZnFrNWVyMjlv

📍To Read Ashlee’s letter about Hazel and her Reason Why please the link below:

https://www.lightthewaymissing.com/mrhazeljourney

🔍To learn more about Hazel’s case please follow the links below:

https://www.fox13seattle.com/news/bellingham-toddler-hazel-homan-death-kamee-dixon-sentenced-34-years-homicide-by-abuse

https://www.cascadiadaily.com/2022/aug/03/woman-sentenced-to-34-years-in-prison-for-2019-toddler-death/

https://www.bellinghamherald.com/news/local/crime/article264091636.html

https://www.fox13seattle.com/news/father-gives-testimony-on-day-two-of-trial-for-woman-accused-of-shaking-3-year-old-to-death

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7uRsIPA750

🔍 to learn more about Oakly Carlson’s case and sign the petition please visit the links below:

https://www.lightthewaymissing.com/mroakleycarlson

https://www.change.org/p/don-t-let-another-child-fall-through-the-system-s-brokenness

🔍To learn more about Fentanyl and get the facts please visit the link below:

https://nida.nih.gov/publications/drugfacts/fentanyl

🔍For help with addiction please follow the link below 

https://drughelpline.org/

Honoring Hazel Journey Homan 

Child Abuse Awareness

Hazel Journey was three years old when she was murdered by her father's girlfriend in the fall of 2019. Hazel's Aunt Ashlee sits down with me, Tates, and Shayna from Light The Way to tell us how DCYF failed Hazel and continues to fail the children of Washington State. Ashlee changed her whole life, including her career path to be a voice and meaningful change in the overloaded broken system that failed her niece Hazel. Join us as we discuss how the system is failing, what changes are needed, What we have learned advocating for the voiceless, and our experience of being in the system and having to work within the system. 

📍This is a heavy episode so it will be released in two parts however, both parts will be dropped on the same day. 

📍We are all recording and working around active life so please forgive noises and interruptions. My mic mute didn't work when it was supposed to, so my apologies in advance. 

📺 If you would like to watch the video interview on YouTube, the full episode is linked below.

❤️‍🩹 This episode has a lot of triggering topics surrounding child abuse so please proceed with that in mind, your mental health matters💙

💡To learn more about Light The Way and how you can help please visit the links below: 

https://www.lightthewaymissing.com/

https://www.instagram.com/light_the_way_22/

https://www.facebook.com/LighttheWayMPAP

https://x.com/lighttheway22?s=21&t=8ngCtTpho86qKEpEZIIhsA

https://youtube.com/@lightthewaympap?si=9CtdE0AFyB0nNoj3

https://www.tiktok.com/@light.the.way.missing?_t=8lq50X9Wwx8&_r=1

📍To follow Ashlee and her journey honoring Hazel please follow the links below: 

https://www.facebook.com/ashlee.bartell

https://www.tiktok.com/@ashleebartell?_t=8lq5HIBNqah&_r=1

https://www.instagram.com/ashleeb_77?igsh=cDU3ZnFrNWVyMjlv

📍To Read Ashlee’s letter about Hazel and her Reason Why please the link below:

https://www.lightthewaymissing.com/mrhazeljourney

🔍To learn more about Hazel’s case please follow the links below:

https://www.fox13seattle.com/news/bellingham-toddler-hazel-homan-death-kamee-dixon-sentenced-34-years-homicide-by-abuse

https://www.cascadiadaily.com/2022/aug/03/woman-sentenced-to-34-years-in-prison-for-2019-toddler-death/

https://www.bellinghamherald.com/news/local/crime/article264091636.html

https://www.fox13seattle.com/news/father-gives-testimony-on-day-two-of-trial-for-woman-accused-of-shaking-3-year-old-to-death

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7uRsIPA750

🔍 to learn more about Oakly Carlson’s case and sign the petition please visit the links below:

https://www.lightthewaymissing.com/mroakleycarlson

https://www.change.org/p/don-t-let-another-child-fall-through-the-system-s-brokenness

🔍To learn more about Fentanyl and get the facts please visit the link below:

https://nida.nih.gov/publications/drugfacts/fentanyl

🔍For help with addiction please follow the link below 

https://drughelpline.org/

Breeanna Ward 27 has been missing from Williston North Dakota since February 25th, 2024. It has been almost 9 weeks since anyone has seen or spoken to Breeanna. She was reported missing on February 28th by her boyfriend and her family was notified on March 1st. I sit down with Breeanna’s sister Chelsey to learn about Breeanna, the investigation so far, and how we can help bring her home. 

Please visit the links for Breeanna and show her family some love and support. 

There will be a vigil held for Breeanna in Williston on April 27th to help bring attention to her case and honor her 28th birthday. If you are local and can join please consider coming and showing your support.

More information in 🔗 below 

https://www.facebook.com/events/415486571177564/?acontext=%7B%22event_action_history%22%3A%5B%7B%22surface%22%3A%22home%22%7D%2C%7B%22mechanism%22%3A%22surface%22%2C%22surface%22%3A%22groups_highlight_units%22%7D%5D%2C%22ref_notif_type%22%3Anull%7D

Please visit link 🔗  below that connect you to all family-sponsored socials and fundraising efforts. 

https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Ftiktok.com%2F%40find.breeanna.ward%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR16QN_9tjIwvJITpsY3th5a0dtN0nOHOpln_1RIAzisnSjpZ_IDiavlK7E&h=AT2kFjI1VIPsyG91lnTPM0tbio_n4oj9LZw8kV7QXSN9izSgCTCedHUPWZpRi1kftPlQzA3dAqjALFwSklFfOIiIJTQuqH_nAS_jc4obLfqtlQG6wVTBr7-w8EB4Cmc

https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fgofund.me%2F8576fd93%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR2iq8U_hifi6Kvv8WobcJUURgxE7YLoE35JN49nyCqdNT8-YXuKpigHAog&h=AT0mDjzu9832Z3-nRPhPgwhblnMl9sTBJ9FEC0s5oIG3oIUJ81UJiwAvVAG3aSOpZeq-H818k0qzoVDIS4w8keEBrN0-Q2kJ3Zfl653AIJ18Qp3W6P4e-jUb0qLoaP_7

https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2F701apparelstores.com%2Ffind_breeanna_ward%2Fshop%2Fhome%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR3qSl8SzY_rkmkoOT9cNssTtiZvB2KI9RC3SOGFPgRgCOdinyjtkPS86Wk&h=AT2MktlzzTtTcgVB4lQOboYdJM4FF33EJn9NL_7N3UpfYGLJ0_iEQ2_vv6-GPaojBOAieeEhGDbfEOdaeQYoI3D3qn4nrpM7l8dXRSBiO0NY4gb9pu6G08mL6q2Szz3M

https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fforms.gle%2FtGNwbnRjZ38ZrLCu6%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR0evvWn3UNkjyqRv9Q1fo2VlkP2iXLpPAYJF-2aIoOxpa-XdaaQ5KKHJkI&h=AT3K8E48jQvhKziwYmR4kNvv9EE03-gVRkUhQXMFFoiu1LmQXSJ1bW-dHm8HjB0-rNthos8R6_NyDIRo1nEH82ALUAw0THNWWUzuQfqvQ_T1SWDlAeqYrmchtj-LuSUM

If you have any information on Breeanna’s disappearance, please contact the Williston North Dakota Police Department at 701.577.1212

Articles 

https://www.newsdakota.com/2024/03/03/north-dakota-family-is-hoping-to-locate-missing-sister/

https://www.thedickinsonpress.com/topics/missing-persons

https://www.willistonherald.com/news/sister-seeks-answers/article_a28b7352-de24-11ee-8611-374f15800764.html/?utm_medium=internal&utm_source=readerShare&utm_campaign=bButton

https://www.roundupweb.com/home/cms_data/dfault/photos/stories/id/9/5/20195/3372297.pdf#page=6

https://www.thedickinsonpress.com/family-of-missing-williston-woman-desperate-for-answers-more-than-two-weeks-after-her-disappearance

https://www.kvrr.com/tag/breeanna-ward/

Marcus Oubre, 37 would vanish from his local Walmart located blocks from LSU in Baton Rouge Louisiana on August 23rd, 2023. His vehicle, a 2006 white Honda Accord would later be located abandoned along a busy roadway in St. John Parish, LA. 

Marcus’s phone and wallet were not found in his vehicle and have not been recovered. He has a 14-year-old daughter who needs him home and his family has been pushing to keep his name and face in the public. 

His family is asking for the public's help in sharing Marcus’s face and case in hopes of generating new tips and leads. There may have been someone in the area who saw something that day and didn’t realize they have the missing piece investigators needed to find Marcus.

🔗TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTLMVD3rB/

Here are some simple ways you can help Marcus and his family 🔽

Share Marcus’s Missing Posters https://www.instagram.com/blackandmissingfdn/p/C1cO9kKuJIu/

https://www.lightthewaymissing.com/_files/ugd/126e1c_c605a38bb8884b8691bc12cc4ca6711e.pdf

📍Share posts about Marcus with the hashtag #MarcusOubre #FindMarcusOubreðŸ–📍#HaveYouSeenMarcusOubre any of these hashtags could allow Marcu’s case to trend on socials keeping his name and face in the public. Marcus’s favorite color is black so you can show some love and support by adding a 🖤to his hashtags 

📍Follow the family’s verified social media accounts (linked 🔗 below) and share what they are sharing. 

https://www.facebook.com/S.Dabney27

https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61552181820287

https://www.tiktok.com/@sdabnonr1e1?_t=8l16KAygfow&_r=1

Where you can learn more about Marcu’s Case 

https://www.lightthewaymissing.com/marcusoubre

https://namus.nij.ojp.gov/case/MP109141

https://www.wbrz.com/news/st-john-parish-sheriff-s-office-still-searching-for-man-reported-missing-following-august-car-crash

https://www.wafb.com/2023/08/30/ebrso-searching-missing-man/

https://www.wbrz.com/news/ebrso-looking-for-information-on-missing-man/

You can watch Angel’s full video on Marcus at:

https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTLMBTrDM/

Donna Lee Dustin TikTok-isode 

Donna 17 would be last seen alive at a party in Bowie Maryland talking to two men. Less than eight hours later her remains would be discovered and a 51-year homicide investigation would begin. 

The TikTok link will be added once posted!

For more information on Donna Dustin’s case please visit sippingonsomecrime.com 

Sources and informative links for this episode:

https://m.facebook.com/notes/anne-arundel-county-police-department/cold-case-donna-dustin/79813267114/

https://www.aacounty.org/police-department/crime-information/cold-cases

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1999/12/25/new-evidence-sought-in-old-homicide-case/596a874c-48d3-4568-aba2-63209cc0d501/