True Crime in Color

True Crime in Color

By Briana CollinsNewsTrue Crime
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True Crime in Color episodes

  • True Crime in Color: Pravin Varughese

    19-year-old Pravin Varughese had dreams of becoming a police officer. But after one fateful college party, Pravin's dreams were never realized. The Southern Illinois University student was found dead in the woods days after that party.

    The biggest question surrounding Pravin's case: how did he die? Was it hypothermia? Or blunt force trauma?

    45 min
  • True Crime in Color: Jelani Day

    Jelani Day was a graduate student at Illinois State University. The 25-year-old had dreams of becoming a doctor. He was considered a missing person for about a month. His body found in the Illinois River September 4, 2021. It wasn't identified until almost 20 days later. Jelani's family wants to know what happened to him.

    24 min
  • True Crime in Color: Jaylan Butler

    Jaylan Butler is a swimmer at Eastern Illinois University in Charleston, Illinois. On the way back from a swim meet, Jaylan says he was detained, put in handcuffs, thrown in the back of a police car and his life was threatened. But police got it wrong. They weren't looking for Jaylan, but someone else. 

    34 min
  • True Crime in Color: Tionda & Diamond Bradley
    Ten-year-old Tionda Bradley and her three-year-old sister Diamond went missing from their South Side Chicago home on July 6, 2001. The girls haven't been seen since.Anyone with information is asked to call Chicago police at 312-745-6007 or the FBI at 312-431-1333. You can also call the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children at 1-800-843-5678. The family is still offering a $30,000 reward.
    27 min

About True Crime in Color

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A true-crime podcast featuring stories of victims of color in the state of Illinois.