The Point of No Return Podcast with Amanda Washington & Michelai Graham

On March 18, 2014, eight-year-old Relisha Rudd was reported missing in DC. The last person she was seen with was Kahlil Tatum, a janitor at the DC General Shelter where her family lived. It's been eight years since her disappearance, and Relisha has never been found. What happened to Relisha Rudd? What was Kahlil's involvement, and where is he at today?

On March 11, 2011, Brittany Norwood and her coworker, Jayna Murray, were found in the back of Bethesda's Lululemon storefront. Both women had been attacked, and Jayna had been brutally murdered. According to Brittany, the women had been assaulted and left for dead! But this story wasn't exactly true... tap in to see what really went down at Lululemon that day!

Stephen W. Kelley was found shot to death in a running car on December 28, 2005. He was on his way to purchase some drugs but ultimately, he lost his life. There was no murder weapon, DNA, or witnesses in this case apparently, but the man who murdered Stephen is still behind bars.

In today's episode, Mandy and Mich explore the murders of who is believed to be D.C.'s first serial killer: The Freeway Phantom. This case involves murder, abduction, sexual assault, and the worst part of it all, the Freeway Phantom has never been caught. D.C.'s first serial killer took the lives of six young Black girls spanning the ages of ten to 18. Listen with caution. 

Timothy Spencer, also known as the "Southside Strangler," raped, burglarized, and murdered several women between 1984 and 1987 in Northern and Central Virginia. He was a spree killer that committed most of his crimes over the course of 11 weeks in 1987. No victim survived to identify him, no fingerprints were found, and no one confessed. The DNA tests used linked semen from the crime scenes with his blood. This was the first test of its kind in the United States. Until 1987, no murderer had ever been convicted of a crime based on crime scene DNA.

A middle-aged married couple in Fallston, Maryland, had a fiery burning love that eventually fizzled out. Lara Crockett was shot four times by her husband Ricardo Muscolino in their home while their three children were present on August 31, 2016. The couple dealt with infidelity and money problems that eventually led them down a path of ghosts, murder, and scandal. As Rose Royce said in the 1978 hit song… “Love don’t live here, anymore.”

This case explores the crimes and murders committed by The Black Sisters. These three siblings killed numerous family members for one evil reason. The Black Sisters all had professional educational backgrounds, and they all wound up working at The Montgomery Female College in Christiansburg, Virginia, in the early 1900s. Here is the story of their lives and their ultimate demise. 

This case explores the deaths of Ronzay Green, Armani Nico Coles, and Kerrice Lewis on December 28, 2017. Their murders involved shootings, vehicles, and to no surprise, former D.C. Police Chief Peter Newsham said detectives found evidence that they all knew each other in some way. A group of suspects has been arrested, but their trials aren't done yet. What really happened that day? 

In March 2000, Joseph "Joby" Palczynski killed multiple people and held his ex-girlfriend's family hostage during a four-day standoff with police in Dundalk, Maryland. The standoff resulted in police shooting Joby 27 times. Joby was no stranger to the legal system or dating underaged women. Kick back and listen to how this wild story unfolds.

Savvas and Amy Savopoulos, their 10-year-old son Philip, and their housekeeper Vera Figueroa were held captive for 19 hours before being brutally murdered in their Woodley Park home in May 2015. Daron Wint was convicted of the quadruple homicide in 2018, and he's currently serving four consecutive life sentences. In this episode, we talk about what went down during the family's captivity, a $40,000 ransom, potential other suspects, and where the case stands today.