"We will get justice; I promise you that"

The Daily Crime

VAULT Studios

True Crime

4.3 • 627 Ratings

🗓️ 30 June 2021

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Ericka Weems, 37, was found shot to death inside her home in November 2020. Police are still looking for a suspect. Investigative reporter Rachel Polansky at 3News WKYC Studios in Cleveland tells us about the case. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Coming up.
0:01.4	Well, want the family to know we haven't forgotten.
0:03.6	We have not forgotten, Erica.
0:05.3	We very much want to solve this homicide
0:06.9	and give this Weems family some closure
0:09.3	and a sense of justice.
0:10.7	I don't want her to be another person
0:14.8	that's just pushed under the rug.
0:17.0	It's somebody that knows her.
0:19.8	For Vault Studios, I'm Will Johnson.
0:21.7	You're listening to The Daily Crime.
0:27.3	A quiet Monday afternoon.
0:30.1	Akron 911 was the location of your emergency.
0:33.1	Unanswered calls and text to Erica Weem's phone only fuel their concerns.
0:38.3	It's buses are bleak.
0:40.3	That silence was about to crack, fracturing so many lives.
0:44.3	Oh my God, my something is wrong.
0:48.3	As family rushed to Erica's West Akron home that November day,
0:52.3	they found her upstairs, slumped on her bed,
0:57.0	partially covered in a bath towel, her cell phone in one hand, a drink in the other.
1:02.0	It was just, like she was swollen and blue and just like cold.
1:13.8	So it was basically like I already knew.
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