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…
India Thomas had a close bond with her mother, who called her her best friend and described her as a "spoiled, cute little curly head girl with big old eyes" who had a "sassy personality." Thomas was looking forward to traveling from Maryland to Texas and then to Miami to…
In the dangerous world of Brooklyn's housing projects, Shatavia Walls was a skilled player, maneuvering between rival gangs to survive. But when she faced two bullet wounds and a drug charge, she made the fateful decision to cooperate with law enforcement - a decision that ultimately led to her untimely…
In the dangerous world of Brooklyn's housing projects, Shatavia Walls was a skilled player, maneuvering between rival gangs to survive. But when she faced two bullet wounds and a drug charge, she made the fateful decision to cooperate with law enforcement - a decision that ultimately led to her untimely…
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…
A woman is going viral after claiming doctors let her friend die because he was listed as an organ donor — saying they prioritized harvesting his organs over saving his life. She's now urging everyone to remove "organ donor" from their license immediately. Whether this is true or a tragic…
She went on a birthday trip to Sint Maarten. Days later, her family was planning a funeral. Denisha Delancy was 29. #DenishaDelancy #JusticeForDenisha #NoTearsForBlackGirls #BlackTrueCrime #BlackWomenMatter #MissingBlackWomen #DomesticViolenceAwareness #SayTheirNames ---------------------------------- No Tears For Black Girls is a Black true crime and justice channel telling the stories of Black women, Black…
She was 27 years old. A mother of two. And all she wanted was to celebrate her birthday. India Thomas flew from Maryland to Houston on February 27th, 2026 — birthday trip planned, Miami next on the itinerary. She touched down. She never left. That night, India and her boyfriend…
In 1996 a South Carolina court convicted a man of promoting the prostitution of a child and sent him home with a suspended sentence. Over the next twenty-three years he filed flyers, built a DJ reputation, and accessed hundreds of Black girls and women across Florence County while law enforcement…
#NoTearsForBlackGirls #BlackTrueCrime #BlackWomenMatter #MissingBlackWomen #DomesticViolenceAwareness #SayTheirNames ---------------------------------- No Tears For Black Girls is a Black true crime and justice channel telling the stories of Black women, Black girls, and Black families failed by the system. Created, Written & Produced by John Reedburg Narrated by Samantha Paul Production Company: John Reedburg…
Today on No Tears For Black Girls we are doing something we have never done before on this show. We are reading to you. Death Apnea is a book written by J.C. Reedburg, part of the No Tears For Black Girls Case Files series, and it lives inside the same…
She was fifteen years old when her stepfather assaulted her. She reported it. She gave up his illegal guns. She documented his death threats in a police report. And the Clark County District Attorney's office let him walk out of custody three days later. Eleven days after that, Leonard Woods…
Daneshia Heller, a 30-year-old mother of three from Fort Lauderdale, was found dead on February 18, 2026, behind an apartment complex on Northwest 15th Avenue. Police say 34-year-old Altavious Powell has now been indicted on first-degree murder charges and is being held without bond. Investigators also say he is connected…
On December 1st, 2025, seventeen-year-old T'Neya Tovar left and never came home. Her mother knew immediately something was wrong. Law enforcement had a different word for it. Runaway. And that one word changed everything about how fast the world moved for her daughter. In this episode of No Tears For…
No one kicks your door in. No one holds a gun. But one filing—one line of paperwork—can freeze your home, your future, and everything you built. In this debut episode of JC's INBOX, J.C. Reedburg—award-winning author of the No Tears For Black Girls book series and creator of this podcast—breaks…
On October 14, 2024, Baltimore police responded to a home on Aiken Street in Baltimore, Maryland, where five-year-old Zona Byrd was found unresponsive and cold to the touch. What investigators described next is difficult to shake: cupboards reported as empty, food reportedly kept out of children’s reach, and surviving siblings…
She did everything she was supposed to do. She ended the relationship. She set the boundary. She said the words. And on a quiet Wednesday afternoon in Washington, D.C., in front of her three children, that boundary became the trigger. This week on No Tears For Black Girls: The Cases…
A 6-week-old preemie dies at a Texas NICU after parents say they were denied access during a 'sterile procedure.' Days later, the funeral home makes a shocking discovery. The family is demanding answers. Full story on No Tears For Black Girls podcast. #JusticeForSamaria #notearsforblackgirls #BlackTrueCrime #BlackWomenMatter #MissingBlackWomen #DomesticViolenceAwareness #SayTheirNames ----------------------------------…
A premature infant dies after weeks in a Fort Worth NICU, and her family says her body was returned without organs and without clear consent—now they’re demanding answers, accountability, and justice for Baby Samaria Sauls. #notearsforblackgirls #samariasauls #bodyharvesting
Gladys Johnson, a 22-year-old Milwaukee woman who was five months pregnant with a baby boy, was tragically found dead in her family home on Monday night, January 5, 2026. She was also the devoted mother of a 3-year-old daughter. Johnson was discovered unresponsive in an upstairs bedroom of the residence…
The DM That Changed Everything: Dubai Nights Chapter 1 She was 23, drowning in student debt, desperate for a way out. Then the DM arrived—a luxury modeling contract in Dubai. All expenses paid. Designer clothes. Infinity pools. Everything she'd ever dreamed of. Destiny Clarke boarded that plane believing she was…
Imagine watching a murder unfold through a phone screen—and doing nothing. In this episode of No Tears For Black Girls, host Samantha Paul unpacks the connected stories of three women whose lives were stolen by men who believed their rage mattered more than women’s right to live: dancer and actress…
Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs and Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes are the state’s top leaders for public safety and accountability, and on January 9, 2026, the Stone family marks a milestone no family should ever have to count: 728 days since three boys went missing in Arizona—Winston Stone, Timothy Paul…
Cincinnati, Ohio: A 36-year-old mother, LaKeisha Malone, was found dead inside a home on Hewitt Avenue. Andre Redmond, 40, has been charged with murder. Prosecutors allege she was attacked while asleep and that children were in the home. He was arrested Dec. 30, held on a $2 million bond, and…
