The Misery Machine

This week, Drewby and Yergy head to the Ozarks to discuss the case of Caterina Whitten, a 29-year-old woman living with Fraser syndrome, which left her blind. Caterina's father, David Whitten, adopted her from Russia as a child. He and his late wife adopted 6 disabled children and adults with an array of special needs over the years. However, when David's wife passed away, everything went to hell, and Caterina was left to die on a filthy bed where she was eaten by cockroaches. 

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Source Materials:

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This week, Drewby and Yergy head down to Tampa, Florida, to discuss the case of 9-year-old Felecia Nicole Williams. Felecia was a beautiful little girl who had her whole life ahead of her. Nicknamed "Sugar Plum," Felecia was a third grader at Edison Elementary School, an active member of Zion Temple Holiness Church (where she sang in the choir), and a member of the Jackson Heights Viking Cheer Squad. But all of this was shattered when her godmother, 23-year-old Eboni Alicia Wiley, delivered her into the hands of a known predator... her boyfriend, Granville "Trevor" Ritchie.

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Source Material:

https://www.youtube.com/@10TampaBay/search?query=ritchie 

https://pubapps.fdc.myflorida.com/OffenderSearch/detail.aspx?Page=Detail&DCNumber=T85161&TypeSearch=AI

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This week, Drewby and Yergy head to South Africa to discuss the case of Joshlin Smith, a beautiful little girl who live with her mother and siblings in a small one room shack in the village of Middelpos. But when Joshlin went missing on February 19th, 2024, her community was in shock and went out looking for her. But when rumor spread that her mother, Kelly, sold her to a "sangoma" or "witch" for her skin and eyes, that same community demanded swift justice be served. As of the date of this recording in 2025, Joshlin has never been found. 

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This week, Drewby and Yergy travel over to the Buckeye State to discuss the case of 14-year-old Kei'Mani Latigue, a beautiful little girl who mysteriously vanished from her grandmother's Toledo home. After her body was recovered from the second floor of an old, burnt out house, police zeroed in on one suspect... Her father, Darnell “Ogletree” Jones.

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Source Material:

https://www.13abc.com/2025/03/19/police-family-searching-missing-13-year-old/

https://www.13abc.com/2025/03/25/everything-we-know-about-death-13-year-old-keimani-latigue/

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https://www.13abc.com/2025/03/26/this-feels-preventable-keimani-latigues-former-teacher-speaks-out-community-vigil-toledo-teen/

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https://www.wtol.com/article/news/special-reports/keimani/keimani-latigue-former-teacher-called-authorities-multiple-times-potential-abuse-at-home/512-4deb711f-f9de-4aee-918f-1f93912cd02a

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https://www.pcsao.org/who-we-are/leadership-staff/randall-muth-jd/

https://www.daveklaw.com/

https://annbaronas.net/

This week, Drewby and Yergy head to the Chicago, Illinois suburb of Plainfield to discuss the case of 6-year-old Wadee Alfayoumi, a sweet and innocent little boy who was stabbed 26 times by his landlord, 71-year-old Joseph Czuba. When asked why he did it, Joseph told police that he thought the kindergartener was going to "do jihad" on him. 

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Source Material:

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/tag/wadee-alfayoumi

https://www.durbin.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/RIL24265.pdf

https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-resolution/589

https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-concurrent-resolution/99/text/ih

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/260684693/wadee-odai-al-fayoume

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UNRWA

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casualties_of_the_Gaza_war

https://www.unrwa.org/resources/reports/unrwa-situation-report-169-situation-gaza-strip-and-west-bank-including-east-jerusalem

https://education.cfr.org/learn/timeline/israeli-palestinian-conflict-timeline

https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/R47828

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https://abc7chicago.com/post/father-wadee-alfayoumi-muslim-boy-killed-unincorp-plainfield-stabbing-attends-remembrance-1-year-after-alleged-hate-crime/15428962/

https://www.wlbt.com/2025/05/02/man-sentenced-53-years-prison-hate-crime-attack-palestinian-american-boy-mother/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hfqi2EpquFI

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https://www.wlbt.com/2025/05/02/man-sentenced-53-years-prison-hate-crime-attack-palestinian-american-boy-mother/

This week, Drewby and Yergy travel back in time to 1982 Detroit to discuss two separate cases that rocked Motor City... Two cases with eerie similarities that happened just a month apart. However, it's the second case that sadly made headlines... but not for the reasons that it should have. It's a story drugs, betrayal, and a man named Robert who is just as much of a mystery in life as he was in death. 

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Source Material:

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/219672857/robert-beckowitz

https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/detroit/2024/03/27/detroit-1980s-archive-photos/73085603007/

https://www.clickondetroit.com/features/2022/06/19/sunday-read-looking-back-at-the-deadly-1982-massacre-at-detroits-buhl-building/

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https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/72618546/gerald-stanislaus-beckowitz

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_Underground

This week, Drewby and Yergy head back over across the pond to Ramsey, UK, to discuss the case of Gemma Hayter, a 27-year-old disabled woman who was essentially let down by the powers that be. As such, poor Gemma ended up running with the wrong crowd... a crowd that didn't have her best interests at heart. After an evening at the pub, Gemma's "friends" turned on her, which led to her brutal assault and murder the following day. Due to the striking similarities in their two cases, Gemma Hayter's case has often been compared to that of Jennifer Daugherty's case here in the USA.  

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p076jnmn

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWE4tFZRnPc

https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=379787395958914

This week, Drewby and Yergy head to South Carolina to discuss the sad case of Heather Baynard, a 14-year-old girl living with spastic quadriplegia, a form of cerebral palsy. Due to her condition, her 21-year-old brother, Edward, became her State sponsored caretaker. But due to the pandemic, no one actually stopped into the Baynard home to make sure that Heather was actually being taken care of. So when her parents brought her to the emergency room and plunked her down like a "sack of potatoes" and it was clear to everyone that Heather had been dead for some time, there were of course, question as to how this vulnerable teenage girl was allowed to suffer and die in such a horrific manner. 

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Source Material:

https://www.harrisnadeaumortuary.com/obituaries/heather-baynard

https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/name/heather-baynard-obituary?id=34271037

https://www.spartanburgcounty.org/DocumentCenter/View/104076/103124--Gaffney-Couple-and-Son-Found-Guilty-of-The-Murder-of-Special-Needs-Daughter

https://people.com/parents-son-convicted-murder-daughter-disabilities-8739246

https://www.spartanburgcounty.org/DocumentCenter/View/104076/103124--Gaffney-Couple-and-Son-Found-Guilty-of-The-Murder-of-Special-Needs-Daughter

https://nypost.com/2024/11/04/us-news/south-carolina-family-neglected-disabled-daughter-whose-rotted-legs-looked-like-raw-meat-so-severely-she-died/

https://public.doc.state.sc.us/scdc-public/

https://public.doc.state.sc.us/scdc-public/inmateDetails.do?id=%2000395666

https://public.doc.state.sc.us/scdc-public/inmateDetails.do?id=%2000395603

https://public.doc.state.sc.us/scdc-public/inmateDetails.do?id=%2000395584

https://www.foxcarolina.com/2024/10/31/upstate-family-found-guilty-murder-worst-case-child-neglect/

https://local12.com/news/nation-world/worst-case-neglect-seen-family-sentenced-murder-teen-with-disabilities-disabled-heather-baynard-mother-father-horrific-brutal-conditions-garbage-infested-roaches-animal-urine-feces-cerebral-palsy-life-prison-malnourished-medical-care-south-carolina

https://lawandcrime.com/crime/extreme-signs-of-disintegration-mother-father-and-son-allowed-severely-disabled-14-year-old-girl-to-waste-away-in-a-crib-where-she-was-covered-in-urine-and-feces/

https://www.wspa.com/news/local-news/3-sentenced-in-cherokee-co-murder-of-teen-with-disabilities/

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqrYU439rF4

https://www.foxcarolina.com/2023/08/01/new-lawsuit-reveals-deplorable-conditions-child-abuse-case/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YH5_uKTzlc

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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Lacey_Fletcher

https://www.wafb.com/2024/03/20/parents-lacey-fletcher-sentenced-daughters-death/

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This week, Drewby and Yergy head back over to Detroit to discuss a case that's been heavily requested here in 2025, and that's the case of 13-year-old Na'Ziyah Harris. Na'Ziyah was a beautiful little girl who was failed by quite literally all of the adults in her life. This led her directly into the path of Jarvis Butts, a 42-year-old known child predator. As of the date of release in May of 2025, Na'Ziyah has never been found, but is believed to be deceased. The only suspect? Jarvis Butts. 

⭐If you have any information regarding the whereabouts of Na’Ziyah Harris, please contact the Detroit Police Department’s Major Crimes Division at 313-596-2260 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-SPEAK-UP. Tips can be made anonymously and can be submitted online⭐

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Source Material:

https://www.waynecounty.com/elected/prosecutor/charges-issue-in-the-homicide-of-na-ziyah-harris.aspx

https://www.clickondetroit.com/news/local/2024/02/14/detroit-police-want-help-finding-missing-13-year-old-girl/

https://www.clickondetroit.com/news/local/2024/02/14/detroit-police-launch-search-for-missing-13-year-old-last-seen-jan-9/

https://www.clickondetroit.com/news/local/2024/03/06/detroit-police-search-macomb-county-pond-for-missing-13-year-old-girl/

https://www.clickondetroit.com/news/local/2024/03/21/detroit-family-holds-onto-hope-for-missing-13-year-old-after-10-weeks-of-searching/

https://www.clickondetroit.com/news/local/2024/08/18/what-we-learned-this-week-in-case-of-missing-girl-who-got-off-bus-7-months-ago-in-detroit/

https://www.clickondetroit.com/news/local/2024/09/26/groomer-pedophile-charged-in-death-of-13-year-old-detroit-girl-last-seen-in-january/

https://www.clickondetroit.com/news/local/2024/09/27/breaking-down-charges-groomer-pedophile-faces-in-death-of-detroit-girl-additional-victims-2/

https://www.clickondetroit.com/news/local/2024/09/27/serial-child-rapist-denied-bond-in-murder-abuse-case-of-13-year-old-detroit-girl/

https://www.clickondetroit.com/news/local/2024/11/01/serial-child-rapist-accused-of-killing-detroit-teen-bound-over-for-trial/

https://www.clickondetroit.com/news/local/2025/01/08/timeline-what-we-learned-in-naziyah-harris-disappearance-nearly-1-year-later/

https://www.clickondetroit.com/news/local/2025/01/08/hearing-to-decide-if-serial-child-rapist-will-stand-trial-in-murder-of-naziyah-harris-continues/

https://www.clickondetroit.com/news/local/2025/01/09/testimonies-to-resume-in-hearing-to-decide-if-man-will-stand-trial-in-murder-of-naziyah-harris/

https://www.fox2detroit.com/news/naziyah-harris-family-charges-against-jarvis-butts-we-suspected-him-from-beginning

https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/detroit-city/2024/08/15/wayne-prosecutors-weigh-charges-13-year-old-detroit-girls-naziyah-harris-january-disappearance/74813310007/

https://www.fox2detroit.com/news/naziyah-harris-murder-more-details-expected-prelim-jarvis-butts-continues

https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/detroit-city/2024/03/20/police-classmates-stymied-probe-of-detroit-teenager-disappearance-naziyah-harris/73042957007/

https://www.clickondetroit.com/news/local/2025/01/19/read-disturbing-text-messages-sent-to-detroit-teen-naziyah-harris-before-she-went-missing-2/

https://www.wxyz.com/news/local-news/investigations/years-before-naziyah-harris-murder-case-cps-warned-repeatedly-about-alleged-killer

https://www.wxyz.com/news/local-news/investigations/dpd-never-investigated-2022-claim-involving-naziyah-harris-and-alleged-killer

https://www.youtube.com/@7mileradio/search?query=Na%27Ziyah%20harris

https://www.instagram.com/theneighborhoodtalk/p/DE3B0PLv5W2/?hl=en&img_index=1

https://www.facebook.com/roxy.jackson.180

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1C3FB5Cs4M/

https://www.facebook.com/shannontwinb.harris

https://www.facebook.com/@7MileRadioMarcD/

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1A4VUkaNfi/

https://www.facebook.com/MarcDLive

https://www.missingkids.org/poster/NCMC/2011548/1

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/275131364/na'ziyah-harris

https://www.change.org/p/protect-our-children-enforce-strict-measures-against-known-violators-of-cps-rules

https://www.change.org/p/demand-justice-for-na-ziyah-harris-arrest-annette-shannon-harris-for-neglect-and-accessory

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=35JpcZIeP8w

https://www.cbsnews.com/detroit/news/naziyah-harris-murder-detroit-man-charged-court-appearance/

https://www.youtube.com/live/atPRCz5lGeQ?si=2Fk784YXCyGFtv3a

https://www.facebook.com/kenyetta.harris.7

This week, Drewby and Yergy head to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, to discuss the case of Canny Ong, a beautiful young woman who returned to her home country with her husband, Brandon, after her father was seeking treatment for cancer. But what should have been a a trip filled with memories of family and friends quickly turned into a case of mistaken identity that turned deadly...

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Source Material:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muar_%28town%29

https://gempak.com/rojakdaily/news/6-chilling-crime-cases-malaysia-shook-us-core-97136

https://iluminasi.com/bm/5-pembunuhan-paling-kejam-yang-pernah-berlaku-di-malaysia.html

https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/legacyremembers/canny-ong-obituary?id=27698344

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahmad_Najib_Aris

https://sfx.com.my/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_48aRfiDos

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADauJqzC2P4

https://www.scmp.com/article/429145/trial-fails-clear-mystery-gruesome-murder-rape

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kajang_Prison

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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mona_Fandey

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_48aRfiDos&t=215s

https://www.amazon.com/Crime-Scene-Asia-Forensic-Evidence/dp/9814634328

https://www.reddit.com/r/TrueCrime/comments/qeuiml/kidnapper_and_victim_escape_police_chase_victims/