The Murder of Velecia “Lisa” Lewis: Unsolved Homicides, Part 3

The Fall Line: True Crime

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True Crime, Society & Culture

4.6 • 4.4K Ratings

🗓️ 22 May 2024

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

In January of 1999, 27-year-old college senior and expectant mother Velecia “Lisa” Lewis was living in a South Memphis apartment with her mother, Bea; she was looking forward to spring because she’d be graduating, and her daughter was due to be born.

But just after New Year's, Lisa’s mother arrived home from work and discovered Lisa had been murdered. And now, Lisa’s cousin—who worked in law enforcement departments for years—is trying to solve her cold homicide case.

Season 18 covers four unsolved homicides in four states and across three decades: all are in need of local and national attention to be resolved.

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Angela’s Facebook page for Lisa: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61555374294770

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0:00.0	This is our first episode in a two-part series, and part of our season covering unsolved homicides.
0:05.7	This series includes discussion of violence and graphic description of murder and of crime scenes.
0:11.2	Listener discretion is strongly advised. This is the fall line.
0:25.0	In early 2024, a Seattle woman named Angela turned to the internet for help.
0:31.0	She made a Facebook page called Justice for Alicia Lewis and Velvet Franklin.
0:36.0	Angela felt like she had to do something. The 25th anniversary of a tragic event was just days
0:42.2	away and she'd hit roadblock after roadblock.
0:46.0	Maybe someone on social media, they'd see her page and they'd care.
0:50.9	Like many family members we featured on the fall line, Angela was facing another year of a cold case, her cousin's homicide, without any answers.
1:00.0	She tried to post as much archival material as she could on the new Facebook page,
1:05.0	but there was little to share, just an article or two and The Obituary from January of 1999.
1:12.0	Angela wasn't able to find any contemporary coverage either.
1:16.0	No anniversary pieces or fresh calls for tips or leads.
1:20.2	And we haven't found those either.
1:22.0	Valisha, who went by Lisa, died on Wednesday, January 6, 1999.
1:28.0	She was just 27 years old.
1:30.0	Lisa was a college senior at the University of Memphis where she majored in biology with plans to become a veterinarian.
1:37.0	Lisa was also almost nine months pregnant at the time of her death.
1:41.0	She'd found out the baby was a girl,
1:44.0	and she planned to name her velvet.
1:46.1	They both died when Lisa was attacked in her apartment
1:48.8	on South Lauderdale Street and South Memphis.
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