July 26, 1988. Jackson, Mississippi. After getting into an argument with her mother, seven-year old Daffany Tullos leaves her grandparents’ residence and is last seen walking down the street by neighbours before she disappears. Suspicion turns towards Ernest Lee Epps, the boyfriend of Daffany’s mother, who was charged with sexual battery for allegedly molesting Daffany and released from jail on bond the same day she went missing. However, there is no evidence to implicate Ernest and even though a shirt belonging to Daffany is found in a neighbour’s yard a year-and-a-half later, no trace of her is ever found. On this week’s episode of “The Trail Went Cold”, we explore a missing children’s case which has gone unsolved for nearly 38 years.

If you have any information about this case, please contact the Jackson Police Department at (601) 960-1234.

Additional Reading:

https://charleyproject.org/case/daffany-sherika-tullos

https://www.newspapers.com/image/184041774/

https://www.newspapers.com/image/184088100/

https://www.newspapers.com/image/181320487/

https://www.newspapers.com/image/1039872199/

https://www.newspapers.com/image/183694584/

https://www.wlbt.com/story/11276708/jackson-police-re-open-cold-case-from-1988/

https://www.wlbt.com/story/36360572/3-on-your-side-investigates-the-disappearance-of-daffany-tullos/

https://www.clarionledger.com/story/news/2018/07/26/30-years-later-daffany-tullos-family-still-believes-she-found/807547002/

https://www.wjtv.com/news/in-depth-reports/missing-daffany-tullos-last-seen-in-jackson-in-1988/

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The Trail Went Cold is produced and edited by Magill Foote.

All music is composed by Vince Nitro.