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Moms and Mysteries: A True Crime Podcast

MURDERED: Destiny McClain (Revisited)

Moms and Mysteries: A True Crime Podcast

Not Your Mom Media

True Crime, Society & Culture

4.6 • 8.4K Ratings

🗓️ 17 July 2025

⏱️ 41 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

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Summary

With the four-year anniversary of Destiny McClain’s death this week, we wanted to replay this episode to help get the word out. After a night out with friends in July of 2021, 23 year old Destiny McClain was shot as she waited for food at a taco truck outside a nightclub in Phoenix, AZ. 

Ways to help: 

  • Anyone with information is asked to contact Phoenix police at 602-262-6151 or Silent Witness at 480-WITNESS (948-6377) or 480-TESTIGO (837-8446) for Spanish. There is a $2,000 reward available. 

  • Follow FB and Insta pages for Our Destiny Our Future Foundation

  • Facebook group “Justice for Destiny”

 

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Sources:

  1. https://ourdestinyourfuturefoundation.org/about-us-1

  2. https://www.phoenix.gov/policesite/Documents/Media_Advisories/071821_Homicide_1700_E_McDowell.pdf  

  3. https://time.com/6095664/children-killed-in-shootings-pandemic/

  4. https://www.fox10phoenix.com/news/fundraiser-car-wash-held-in-memory-of-woman-who-was-shot-and-killed-outside-phoenix-nightclub?utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=trueanthem&utm_source=facebook&fbclid=IwAR1pHlqU82o5WLmp3mZw39e-qHnkRP8xHtqeRl7AjnWkdT3ZWa7zRu5Uoog

  5. https://www.fox10phoenix.com/news/phoenix-police-announce-big-crackdown-gun-violence?fbclid=IwAR1UtLPZqTqxDZgAA8z2jeTu5vFbhbEvdg6jim5yHG0y85EkvC-XmxxbDcU

  6. https://silentwitness.org/cases/homicide-destiny-mcclain-area-of-1700-e-mcdowell-rd-phoenix/?fbclid=IwAR0NdgLRkq9HOEWJGy_n-ZobQFdPnIcmbiVclZrfm_O31XiZohTd-qA7DvY

  7. https://www.fox10phoenix.com/news/pd-new-video-shows-woman-killed-by-stray-gunfire-while-ordering-from-food-truck-outside-of-phoenix-nightclub

  8. https://www.fox10phoenix.com/news/people-gather-to-remember-woman-killed-outside-phoenix-nightclub

  9. https://www.abc15.com/news/region-phoenix-metro/central-phoenix/family-hopes-surveillance-video-will-help-solve-murder-of-woman-shot-at-phoenix-food-truck

  10. https://www.12news.com/article/news/local/our-destiny-our-future-foundation-destiny-mcclain-family-turns-tragedy-into-a-blessing-for-others/75-da42f5b8-4160-49ae-b991-fc1b6695ca3c

  11. https://www.12news.com/article/news/crime/i-dont-want-my-baby-to-be-a-statistic-after-seemingly-senseless-shooting-in-mesa-family-calls-for-justice/75-836c37c5-ee0b-4d4d-bee6-967795cbf390

  12. https://www.12news.com/article/news/crime/4k-reward-offered-shooting-that-killed-23-year-old-phoenix-food-truck/75-70575bb2-cb01-4583-b5d0-8a860261d047

  13. https://www.12news.com/article/news/local/valley/destiny-mcclain-murder-remains-unsolved/75-a879ac97-f794-4306-adfc-78b3e75377e4

  14. https://www.facebook.com/profile/100064762416668/search/?q=destiny%20mcclain

  15. https://obituaries.westvalleyview.com/obituary/destiny-mcclain-1082863384

  16. https://www.12news.com/video/news/crime/family-searching-for-answers-in-murder-of-destiny-mcclain/75-02e7cc4c-8bdf-4328-a10d-ad9861a0fd18

  17. https://www.phoenix.gov/newsroom/police/2392?fbclid=IwAR0nVGMeiAwh0g28xhTFeQitIGNDLPdbERikJRtWKAgy16nm2eeeULPEXNg

  18. https://sg.news.yahoo.com/video/clue-unsolved-murder-phoenix-001014934.html?guccounter=1

  19. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6SXuh4vDRg

  20. https://youtu.be/80sVPr8AzNA 

  21. https://www.fox10phoenix.com/news/aftermath-murdered-phoenix-destiny-mcclain-david-denogean-itzel-espinoza

  22. Gray, Haley; Interview with Brenda McClain

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hey guys, this week is the four-year anniversary since the murder of Destiny McLean. We are going to

0:06.3

replay her episode this week. We're hoping to get the word out and get more attention on there,

0:10.9

especially with this week being the anniversary. Please check out our show notes and you can find

0:15.1

more ways you can help Destiny's family. After a night out with friends in July of 2021,

0:20.4

23-year-old Destiny McLean was shot as she waited

0:23.2

for food at a taco truck outside of a nightclub in Phoenix, Arizona. Her death left many

0:28.6

questions about whether she was targeted or killed in a random act of violence.

0:56.3

Hey guys, and welcome to the Moms and Mysteries podcast, a true crime podcast featuring myself, Mandy, and my dear friend Melissa. Hi, Melissa. Hi, Mandy. How are you? I am doing great. How are you? I'm doing great as well. We actually already had weather chat before this.

1:09.6

We do. All you guys need to know is it's going to be really pretty here for a few or for a week. It's going to be nice and cool and I'm excited. And lots of stuff going on with the show. Good things. Exciting things. Again, Mandy's watching more television than ever. Than ever.

1:20.0

We're currently watching the Hulu documentary Scamanda. It's four episodes and we are watching it over on our Patreon.

1:26.4

But you can also find it on Apple Podcast subscriptions and now Spotify, which is so exciting.

1:29.8

Yeah. So basically anywhere you want to listen to it, you can.

1:38.4

If you want more interactive stuff, Patreon's great, but if you want to just listen to our bonus episodes, Apple Podcasts and Spotify are available just for you.

1:39.2

I love that.

1:40.0

Me too.

1:46.0

Right from the moment she was born, Destiny Sheenis McLean was someone who really made a statement.

1:52.6

She was born on November 28, 1997, which was the day after Thanksgiving of that year,

1:57.0

and it was almost as if she knew that she herself would be a reason to be grateful.

2:04.6

I love that. Me too. Destiny was born in Phoenix to Brenda and Corey McLean and was the third of four sisters. We were actually lucky enough to be able to work with Brenda to create this episode.

2:10.9

Destiny was someone who was bold, she was hilarious, and she was really full of life, but one of her

2:15.9

very best qualities was that she was

2:17.9

deeply loyal to those she loved, especially her family. Her mom and her sisters were her

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