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#353: Kennedi High & Pam Butler | "Black & Missing" - Part 5

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Real Crime Profile / Wondery

True Crime, Society & Culture, Exhibit C, Documentary

4.210.5K Ratings

🗓️ 26 January 2022

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

Jim and Laura analyze the cases of Kennedi High, Pam Butler and Tamika Huston. 16 year old Kennedi High went missing after being lured away from home by men who took advantage of her vulnerability due to her autism. When Pam Butler and Tamika Huston went missing, their families desperately searched for them, and tried to get the national media's attention to help them get the word out -- to no avail. Police had strong suspicions about who was responsible in each case-- but needed the public's help to find answers. You won't believe the twists and turns these cases took.

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0:00.0

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0:08.0

Search continues tonight for 16 year old Kennedy high. She was last seen on March 8th at Western High School.

0:14.0

Her mother last spoke to her when she was in route to school and hasn't heard from her since.

0:18.5

ABC 2 news Nadia Singh is live at police headquarters with the latest on this investigation. Hey Nadia.

0:23.6

Hey Skylar police are asking for the public's help to find Kennedy high tonight. Just a couple of hours ago.

0:30.2

They held a press conference with her mother who's also pleading for her daughter's safe return.

0:34.8

Here is a picture of Kennedy high. This picture has been distributed to authorities nationwide.

0:40.1

It's also been entered into the national missing persons database. The Center for Missing and Exploited Children also involved in this case.

0:47.3

Police searched the area near her school but turned up nothing. There's no immediate indication of foul play or that this was an abduction.

0:55.1

But police are exploring the sex trafficking angle which is normal in these kinds of cases.

1:00.1

They say her age is a target demographic for that but at this point there is no indication of that scenario.

1:06.8

Her mother says hi is autistic but she's high functioning and is worried because this kind of behavior is just out of character for Kennedy.

1:14.2

She's unsure how or when her daughter left school on March 8th right now she's relying on the public to bring her home.

1:21.4

I just wanted to reiterate what Chief Smith said in regards to Kennedy having autism.

1:26.8

She does not have the sense of discernment like you and I and I don't think she believes that she's in danger but she really is.

1:33.4

So whoever has her I kindly ask that you please please bring her back home.

1:48.4

They wanted to hear from the Spartanburg Public Safety Department that this was an active investigation.

2:06.5

They were looking for a missing person before they kind of went full court press on their coverage.

2:11.8

So while they told me that they certainly received my press release but we really just need that to come from the public safety department.

2:23.5

So I was insisting I said I really in order for me to get her on the news here this is something that I really need you to do.

2:29.5

I'm telling you my niece would not go this many number of days without responding to my phone call.

2:36.0

Would not you know ignore her mother there is something wrong we don't know where her vehicle is.

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