She Said She Was Scared at 2 AM. By 11:46 AM, Hannah Toby-Dean Was Dead.
Hannah “Khadija” Toby-Dean was 25 years old. A Navy veteran. A Muslim woman. A rapper known as Hannah Bandz. On June 13, 2025, she told a family member she was afraid for her safety. Less than ten hours later, her mother got the call that Hannah was dead. Then came the details that made the case even harder to ignore: a disabled GPS tracker, an empty suitcase, and credit cards hidden under a spare tire.
In this episode of No Tears For Black Girls: The Cases They Ignored, Samantha Paul walks through the documented timeline, the family’s account, and the questions the Greenville Police Department still has not answered.
This is Black true crime rooted in Black women stories the system too often leaves behind.
If this episode stayed with you, continue the journey with Death Apnea by J.C. Reedburg, a haunting No Tears For Black Girls: Case Files novel about institutional erasure, Black bodies, and the systems that look the other way.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GSP5845P
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SHOW NOTES
In this episode, Samantha Paul examines the death of Hannah “Khadija” Toby-Dean, a 25-year-old Navy veteran, Muslim woman, and rapper known as Hannah Bandz. Using the family’s documented timeline and publicly available context, this episode walks through Hannah’s final days, the unanswered questions surrounding her death, and the disturbing details that continue to raise concern.
Topics discussed include Hannah’s final calls to family, the delayed and limited public answers in the case, the returned vehicle with a disabled GPS tracker, the empty suitcase, and the credit cards found hidden beneath the spare tire. The episode also examines the broader pattern of how Black women’s stories are too often minimized, delayed, or ignored.
This case remains open.
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Read next:
Death Apnea by J.C. Reedburg
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GSP5845P
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No Tears For Black Girls: The Cases They Ignored
Justice for Hannah Bandz campaign on social media
CREDITS:
Created, Written, & Produced by John Reedburg
Hosted & Narrated by Samantha Paul
Production Company: John Reedburg Media
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