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Anaiah Walker -- 16-Year-Old Unsolved Murder Victim in AZ -- Was Key Trial Witness for Two Jailed Pimps Who May Have Used Street Connections to Murder Her

March 30, 2021 by Alissa Fleck

Anaiah Walker, 16, was murdered, with her body dumped along an Arizona interstate median in May 2020. It took police a month to identify her remains. At the time she was murdered, Anaiah was supposed to serve as a key trial witness in the prosecution of two violent pimps — Jamal King Pennington and Kamil Pennington. Her murder remains unsolved.

Missing Texas Girl, Thalia Macias, 16, Was Abducted by Wife of Gang Member Fabian "Joker" Moya, A Wannabe Rapper Who Brags of Houston PD Connections

January 13, 2021 by Alissa Fleck

Thalia Macias, now 16, was abducted on December 16, 2019, in Houston, TX, by child trafficker Norma Lopez, her husband Fabian “Joker” Moya and members of the “Money Gang” offshoot of the Crips, who boast of ties to local law enforcement. Thalia Macias is missing and endangered.

An Arizona Morgue Kept a Mother From Identifying Her Deceased Daughter’s Body for Over a Year. Now She — and the FBI — Want Answers.

December 04, 2020 by Alissa Fleck

When an American woman’s 15-year-old daughter is murdered in Rocky Point, Mexico, in 2019, it takes more than a year — and the intervention of the FBI — for her to even be allowed to identify her own daughter’s remains.

Doctor Predator: Eric DeWarren, MD, Watches Child Porn, Has Harmed Kids in His Care, Court Documents Reveal

October 02, 2020 by Alissa Fleck

Eric DeWarren, MD, continues to practice family medicine in Covington Township, Pennsylvania, despite overwhelming court documentation revealing that he has physically, emotionally and sexually abused children in his care, and despite his own confessions to watching child pornography.

Could Alicia Navarro's Abductor(s) Have Used an Event Like Comic-Con to Lure Her From Home?

August 20, 2020 by Alissa Fleck

Alicia Navarro was 14-years-old when she was extracted from her Glendale, Arizona home in the middle of the night nearly one year ago. The comic book Alicia brought with her when she vanished, past mentions of wanting to attend Comic-Con, and other details around her disappearance could offer up clues to how she was lured away.

Who's Looking for Arizona's Missing Girls?

August 06, 2020 by Alissa Fleck

In 2019, more than 30 teenage girls went missing across Arizona, who are still missing to this day. So far, in 2020, at least 55 girls have been reported missing out of the state. Arizona’s epidemic of missing girls is a crisis that authorities can no longer afford to ignore.

“De-prioritized”: A Pandemic, Police Pushback and One Mother’s Tireless Crusade to Find Her Missing Daughter

August 01, 2020 by Alissa Fleck

Today marks almost 11 months since Jessica’s daughter Alicia went missing from her home in the middle of the night. As the one-year milestone of Alicia’s disappearance draws closer, Jessica has been told by local law enforcement that her daughter’s case has been “de-prioritized.”