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Already Gone Podcast

The murder of Jessica Phelps

Already Gone Podcast

Nina Innsted

True Crime, Mystery, Missing, History, Murder, Truecrime, Unsolved

4.64K Ratings

🗓️ 15 July 2025

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

Jessica Phelps was 4 years old when she was taken from outside her Flint home.

Thanks to her cousin, Angie, for her support in creating this episode.

https://www.facebook.com/JusticeforJessicaPhelps

Written by Charity Dodd. Audio production by Bill Bert.

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#Unsolved #Murder #Flint #Mystery

Transcript

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0:00.0

Jennifer vanished sometime in the overnight hours.

0:04.0

Right now there is no trace.

0:06.0

Investigators say evidence lead them to believe that she's dead.

0:09.0

Stick my nose back on the trail. That's all I can do.

0:13.0

This is already gone.

0:15.0

Already gone.

0:17.0

Already.

0:18.0

All ready. All right. All right. All right. Come with me. Come with me to Flint, Michigan. To understand Jessica's story,

0:41.0

we must first understand the city she called home, a place marked by both immense hardship

0:47.0

and remarkable strength. Flint, situated about an hour north of Detroit, once stood as a powerful symbol of American industrial

0:56.4

might. It was the proud birthplace of General Motors, and for many decades, the city and surrounding

1:03.9

communities thrived, its prosperity largely built on the backbone of the booming auto industry.

1:12.6

But as the calendar turned into the 1980s, the landscape of Flint began to shift dramatically. The city faced a steep

1:19.2

economic decline. In the years since Jessica's disappearance, Flint has sadly become known nationally for another

1:28.9

profound tragedy, the infamous water crisis. In 2014, to cut costs, the city's water source was

1:37.7

devastatingly switched, a decision that exposed residents, including thousands of innocent children,

1:46.0

to lead contaminated water. This became one of the most widely recognized environmental justice failures in modern American history.

1:53.0

Despite it all, Flint remains, at its core, a city of remarkable strength.

1:59.0

It's a place where neighbors consistently show up for

2:02.7

each other, where families faced with unimaginable grief and injustice, never stop fighting for what is

2:09.3

right. And it's a place where stories like Jessica still matter. Not just to those who knew and loved her, but to anyone who holds the

2:19.8

unwavering belief that every child, everywhere, deserves to be safe. Now let's turn our attention to the heart of our story, Jessica.

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