Talking Dateline: The Day Akia Disappeared

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🗓️ 18 September 2024

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

Keith Morrison and Josh Mankiewicz sit down to talk about Josh’s episode, “The Day Akia Disappeared.” In May 2017, 22-year-old Akia Eggleston vanished in Baltimore, Maryland. She was eight months pregnant with her second child. When she didn’t show up for her baby shower, Akia’s loved ones grew worried and reported her missing. A thorough investigation of Akia’s life revealed a complicated love triangle and a possible motive for murder. Josh and Keith discuss the evidence that led investigators to Akia’s killer and the battle her family faced to ensure the case got media coverage. Plus, they answer viewer and listener questions about the episode. Read the Black and Missing Foundation’s best practices guide here: https://www.blackandmissinginc.com/law-enforcement-best-practice-guide/ Listen to all three seasons of Josh’s podcast series Dateline: Missing in America here: https://www.nbcnews.com/datelinemissing Read more cases from Dateline’s digital series here: https://www.nbcnews.com/missing-in-america Listen to the full episode of "The Day Akia Disappeared" here: https://link.chtbl.com/dl_thedayakiadisappeared

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0:00.0	Hello, I'm Keith Morris, and I'm here with Josh Manchowitz, and we are talking
0:07.8	Dateline.
0:08.8	Welcome, Josh.
0:10.4	It's usually the other way around.
0:11.6	Hello, how are you?
0:13.0	Good, thank you.
0:14.4	This was a very interesting and worthwhile episode.
0:17.1	The episode is called The Day Achia disappeared.
0:20.1	This story is about the May 2017 disappearance of 8 and a half months pregnant, young mother,
0:26.0	Kia Eggleston, and the efforts by family and investigators to find out what happened to her.
0:32.0	If you haven't listened to the show yet, it's the
0:34.2	episode right below this one on the list of podcasts you just chose from, so go
0:38.2	there, listen to it, or if you want to watch it, you can stream it on peacock and then come back here.
0:44.5	And when you come back, Josh has an extra clip he wants to play for us from
0:48.1	McKia's family.
0:49.2	Later, we're going to answer some of your questions about the show from social media.
0:53.7	So stay tuned for that.
0:55.6	Okay, let's talk Dateline.
0:58.2	Let's start with who knew what about her life at the time she disappeared?
1:04.0	Well, you know, that ended up being sort of the crux of this story.
1:08.5	You know, AKEA Eggleston was not the first and will not be the last 22 year old woman who was in the
1:17.1	eyes of the law certainly an adult and was making adult decisions like I'm going to have kids.
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