Re-Release: Sage Smith Part 2
And Then They Were Gone
Little Monster Productions
4.3 • 971 Ratings
🗓️ 23 November 2022
⏱️ 56 minutes
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Summary
When a black, transgender woman went missing from Charlottesville, Virginia on November 20, 2012, her family was appalled by the lack of a police investigation, despite having a solid person of interest. In Part 2 of our look into Sage Smith's disappearance, we talk about the investigative timeline, Erik McFadden, the main person of interest, as well as some other possible suspects. Sage Smith has received a fraction of the coverage of white women who went missing from the same area at the same time, but her story deserves to be told. Sage Smith has a family who loves her, and they deserve answers and accountability.
If you have any information about the disappearances of Sage Smith or Erik McFadden, please contact Charlottesville Police Detective Regine Wright at (434) 977-3381, or the anonymous CrimeStoppers tip line at (434) 977-4000. A $10,000 reward is being offered through CrimeStoppers, and an additional $10,000 is being matched by the City of Charlottesville for information leading to an arrest in Smith’s case.
Si tiene alguna información sobre las desapariciones de Sage Smith o Erik McFadden, comuníquese con la detective de la policía de Charlottesville, Regine Wright, al (434) 977-3381, o con la línea de información anónima de CrimeStoppers al (434) 977-4000. Se ofrece una recompensa de $ 10,000 a través de CrimeStoppers, y la ciudad de Charlottesville iguala $ 10,000 adicionales por información que conduzca a un arresto en el caso de Smith.
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| 1:34.3 | Last week, we brought you the story of 19-year-old Sage Smith, a transgendered woman who went missing from Charlottesville, |
| 1:45.5 | Virginia in 2012. On the night of November 20th, Sage was supposed to meet a man she'd been seeing |
| 1:51.6 | and then go to her family's house for Thanksgiving the next day. But when she never returned to |
| 1:56.8 | her apartment that night or showed up for the holiday, her family knew something was wrong. |
| 2:02.0 | Did Sage meet foul play at the hands of Eric McFadden the man she was supposed to meet? Or did |
| 2:07.3 | someone else cause her disappearance? Eight years later, those are the questions her family is |
| 2:13.1 | still trying to answer. When a person goes missing, there's a special kind of pain in the not knowing. |
| 2:20.2 | I want to tell the stories of those who never came home. |
| 2:22.9 | I want to tell you the story of Sage Smith. |
| 2:26.2 | I'm Conan Gallagher. |
| 2:27.4 | And I'm Ethan Flick. |
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