Black Girl Gone: A True Crime Podcast

On February 20, 2023, 23-year-old Tyeasha Starks went to pick up her young son in Jackson, Tennessee. What should have been a routine custody exchange ended with Tyeasha being shot and killed.

Tyeasha was a devoted mother and college student whose family says she was trying to navigate an increasingly strained co-parenting relationship. In the years since her death, no criminal charges have been filed, and her loved ones continue to seek answers.

On this episode of Black Girl Gone, I tell the story of Tyeasha Starks and the circumstances surrounding her murder.

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This week on Afterthoughts, Jason and I discuss the murders of Angela Clay and her daughters, Latoya and Lakeisha. We talk about the warning signs that preceded the murders, the investigation that ultimately connected the case to Byron Lewis Black, and the piece of evidence that may have changed everything. We also discuss the decades of appeals that followed and what justice looked like for the Clay family more than 37 years later.
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On March 28, 1988, police responding to a Nashville apartment made a horrifying discovery. Inside the home, Angela Clay and her two young daughters, 9-year-old Latoya and 6-year-old Lakeisha, had been murdered.

As investigators pieced together the family’s final hours, they uncovered a history of escalating tension, violence, and threats that would eventually lead them to a man Angela once trusted. On this episode of Black Girl Gone, I tell the story of the Clay family murders and the investigation that followed.

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When Trukita Scott disappeared in June 2014, her family immediately suspected they knew who was responsible. But despite years of questions, investigators never made an arrest, and Trukita remained missing.

For more than a decade, her loved ones searched for answers. Then, in May 2026, a major break in the case finally revealed what happened to the young mother who never came home.

In this revisited episode, we examine Trukita's disappearance, the suspicions that followed for years, and the discovery that brought Trukita's family long-awaited answers after nearly twelve years of uncertainty.

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In August 1987, 26-year-old Selonia Reed disappeared after leaving her home in Hammond, Louisiana, for what was supposed to be a simple night out. Within hours, she was found brutally murdered inside her car. As investigators searched for answers, a troubling picture of Selonia’s marriage began to emerge, but despite growing suspicions, the case remained unsolved for decades. In this episode of Black Girl Gone, we examine the murder of Selonia Reed and the long road to justice that followed.

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