MISSING: The Disapperance Of Shy'Kemmia Pate

Black Girl Gone: A True Crime Podcast

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True Crime

4.7 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 29 January 2026

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

On September 4, 1998, eight-year-old Shy’Kemmia Pate disappeared from her neighborhood in Unadilla, Georgia. She was last seen on a quiet Friday night, just steps from her home, as summer came to an end. By the time an official search began, the most critical hours were already gone. What followed was an investigation shaped by delays, limited timelines, and years of unanswered questions. Despite extensive searches, multiple persons of interest, and renewed attention decades later, Shy’Kemmia was never found. Her disappearance remains one of Unadilla’s most troubling unsolved cases a story defined not by what is known, but by what has never been explained. SUPPORT OUR SPONSOR BILT Visit JoinBilt.com/girlgone Shopify Visit Shopify.com/girlgone Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:59.9	On this episode of Black Girl Gone, I tell the story of Shaquemia Pate,
2:03.6	an eight-year-old girl who disappeared from her neighborhood in Unidilla, Georgia, on September 4, 1998.
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