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The Driver - The Abduction of Nalani Johnson

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True Crime

4.75.7K Ratings

🗓️ 15 February 2021

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

A rideshare driver, $10,000, and a car seat.

For photos and maps pertaining to this case, check out Nalani’s highlight at the top of my Instagram profile at http://www.instagram.com/TheHeatherAshley

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Holly and Cheneyce are prepping for a big weekend away and it needs to go exactly to plan

0:05.5

so they need to know exactly what they get in, like the choice of over 800 hotels.

0:09.9

Yes! Right in the centre!

0:12.1

So there are only moments away from where they want to be, with a super comfy bed waiting

0:16.8

for them at the end of the night. And with checkout by 12pm they can even hit snooze.

0:21.9

Enjoy the same feeling whatever the trip, premier in, rest easy, only available to book at premierin.com.

0:30.1

Hey everyone and welcome back to Big Mad True Crime where we get Big Mad over True Crime.

0:36.2

I'm your host Heather Ashley and today's case is out of Pennsylvania.

0:40.6

Small talk sucks so let's dive in.

0:56.5

On the evening of August 31st 2009, phones all over Pennsylvania started going off.

1:03.9

I mean it was all at the same time and all with the same unfamiliar ring.

1:09.3

People were in meetings, hanging out with friends, in the middle of eating dinner,

1:14.4

and they were all looking around at each other wondering what in the hell would be making all

1:18.7

of their phones go off at the exact same time. Naturally everyone goes to check their phones,

1:26.0

only to find that the ring heard all around Pennsylvania was an amber alert.

1:32.8

Police were looking for a 23 month old little girl named Nalani Johnson.

1:37.9

She's described as a black female with a light complexion, short curly black hair and brown eyes,

1:44.8

and it says she's wearing a matching black and floral shirt and skirt with black sandals.

1:50.3

They include a photo of Nalani and she's honestly one of the most beautiful children I have ever seen,

1:56.6

and I think it was at that second that the entire state of Pennsylvania fell in love with her.

2:02.1

Now a lot of people think that amber alerts are just blanket alerts for any missing children in the

2:08.5

area, but it's actually more specific than that. They're designed to alert the public to

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