What happened to Relisha Rudd?
In 2014, the second grader disappeared from D.C. General, a former hospital turned homeless shelter where she had been living with her family. By the time the city formally declared Relisha “missing,” 18 days had passed since the last time she’d been seen at school or in the shelter.
She has never been found.
In the first season of WAMU and PRX podcast “Through the Cracks”, host Jonquilyn Hill investigates whether Relisha’s disappearance was, as the city later claimed, “unpreventable.”
We look back at how the police investigation and media response played out, and speak with Jonquilyn and Black & Missing Co-Founder Natalie Wilson about the systemic issues that compromise our networks of safety, and widen the cracks through which the vulnerable fall.
Produced by Julie Depenbrock
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