Woman's Body Found, Pants Down, in House Full of Men | The Shiniqua Nickerson Case

0:00 One hand was in the fist and one hand was like this while she was face down. Her face was smashed in. But nobody has answers. Her unit, there is no way. There is no way that you can get in or out this house from her entrance without being seen on camera. So that means that someone had to take a separate entrance. Someone that knows the layout of the house has to take a separate entrance to stay off camera, as well as allegedly there's a piece of drywall that can be moved to get access to her room. I don't know what's going on, but I need to find out. You ain't got nothing to. Do with it I'm showing my face OK? You showing your face, but if you don't know nothing, you're better off not saying that. That's what you say. That's not OK. So what you what if you don't know what you're talking about?

0:41 It was no sign of foul play. Your kids just say, they say we don't know what's going on, but we know that young people your age just don't drop dead every day. But it was no sign of nothing happened to her. That's what the police look me in my face and told me bro they. Probably hop in the back there's. Some shit going on I'm trying to find out for sure. Come on, shit sit. This shit look fishy bro. You got the right to know. Come on bro. What look fishy? There's all them damn cameras in there. Bro and ain't and ain't nobody seeing that. No matter. No matter who say what. You got the edible police? Yeah, I do. They right here The. Police look at the cameras so it don't matter who say what. You're not fooling on motherfucking 3 cameras bro. You can if you're the maintenance man.

1:23 Born on May 29th, 1992 in Cleveland, OH to Nokia Nickerson and Earl Bearden, Shaniqua G Nickerson Mays lived a life dedicated to her family, helping others and fashion. She leaves behind her beloved husband Lawrence Mays, daughters Shania and Shania, and son Sire. Known for her determination, Shaniqua accomplished many milestones, including obtaining her nursing license in home care in 2012 and marrying Lawrence in 2013. Despite facing challenges, she continued to persevere, even earning her GED in 2017. She will always be remembered fondly by those who knew her for her strength, kindness, and love of beauty.

2:11 On August 31st, 2023, Shaniqua's family was devastated by her sudden death. However, her loved ones are determined to keep her memory alive and honor the remarkable woman she was. Her mother, father, siblings, grandmother, aunts, uncles, niece, cousins, and friends all remember her with love and celebrate the impact she had on their lives. Her kind and loving spirit will always be a symbol of hope and positivity for those who knew her. Rest in peace, dear Shaniqua. The tragic circumstances surrounding Shaniqua's death took place at an old boarding house on Algonac Rd.

2:57 Her mother, Nikia, recalls finding her face down with one hand clenched and the other open, as if she had been in a struggle for her life. Despite efforts to uncover the truth about what happened to Shaniqua, the details remain a mystery. According to reports, on August 31st, 2023, Shaniqua's body was discovered by her mother and brother, with severe injuries to her face and bottom. The boarding house where she was found has security cameras, but no one claims to have seen or heard anything that night. On September 11th, Shaniqua was laid to rest in a beautiful ceremony attended by many who loved her.

3:40 She leaves behind three children who will always cherish their memories of their amazing mother. As the investigation into Shaniqua's case unfolds, Antoine Tolbert of New Era Cleveland voices his suspicions about the killer's familiarity with the houses layout and possible use of a hidden entrance. Despite Shaniqua's funeral, her mother remains determined to uncover the truth surrounding her daughter's tragic demise. During an in depth interview at the boarding house where Shaniqua was last seen, New Era Cleveland uncovers a startling revelation. A camera pointed directly at Nickerson's bedroom. This critical piece of evidence could hold the key to identifying the perpetrator responsible for entering Shaniqua's room on that fateful night.

4:26 The search for justice continues as new evidence comes to light. Here is the full interview conducted by New Era Cleveland, Yeah. That's understood. But do you understand our frustration though 'cause I mean. So what I want to tell? You, I'm afraid, cow. Absolutely. OK, What I. Normally come out of my house. OK, what I want to know is who what men lived here while she was here? The. Two lives are upstairs. OK, they upstairs now, can't speak to them. Well, there's both words in a factory down here. Are they here? That Lady is gone for the day. She's at work. She leaves every. Morning. But do they live up here upstairs? Yeah. So how would I get there it? Would be to the side. Are they here OK?

5:07 No, they're at work. OK. And they both work at the factory downstairs. I'm sorry. I'm Patrick. How you doing? Sorry. He's my roommate. OK, was he here too? Yeah, he's the one that called the police while I was paid for the video from the front window. He thought that big incident that happened 2 weeks. Ago, Yeah, understood. Can he? Come on later, tell him to come on. And I just saw I just got sent an article this morning from someone. They said, they said she was beaten, right? And then her pants were poured down. So that's the cause. That's the cause for concern. So that's why we're here. What's, what's your name? Sorry, Patrick. Would you hear when the lady was what happened? Yeah.

5:52 We don't know when that happened. We just did what when it was. Reported. Nobody heard anything. Y'all just saw an article who called the police? Well, Bobby, who is the? Proxy, you just said he called the police. I called the police on the incident. Oh. When they were fighting, yeah, right. But who called the police? Who found her in the room? Who called the police? Guy being Bobby, he's the maintenance guy. The maintenance guy found her. When do we? When is here? You could probably call Kerry. He we don't see Bobby. We'll text him and say we need. Something OK, what's his number? I need to speak to Bobby. I can give your number to him. No. OK. Could you call him now? You can call him, of course. Please. Yeah, but. I don't give.

6:33 Anybody. Yeah. We're not asking for his number. We just want you to call him. All right. Thank you. I don't have his number on my. Phone. We appreciate it. Sit down and. Have a seat. No, I'm OK. Thank you, guys. Appreciate you brothers. Because he won't like you. You know Bobby's lesbian. Oh, only that begins with an R. Robert, Rick. Rick something. Rick, old baby. So you know, just for clarification, none of you all heard anything the night that this incident allegedly happened. Y'all didn't see anything you were in. My unit, you don't hear anything unless it's from this room right up.

7:16 To this OK, OK, so and she and she lived upstairs. With two. With two other men, she she lived in the back there are. 4:00 rooms upstairs, two in the back, one in the front, and then there's one in the middle and she lives in the one in the middle. That's what the maintenance guy told. Me OK. And all, all units are sobriety units from the same company, right? Yeah, she. Same organization, yeah. And then do you have anyone maybe? Can you call them? And y'all have no cameras here, No outside cameras, no ring bell, no. So there's stairs. There are cameras on all the stairs and down the hallway so. What happened to the? Cameras As far as the police came and took the photos, they downloaded the hard. Drive so so so I all together let's get ahead kind of all together all the people that live here it's how many downstairs.

8:10 You and I2 Berto and four of us four man. Four downstairs. How many upstairs? Anthony Angelo. And and this woman hold on and. Then there's a lady, what's her name? Cherish. Yeah, cherish. No, I'm saying when she was here. When? When the woman, the lady. Cherish was. Here. OK, so let's see, was this 5-6 people? There's 1234 8. 9/9. People, and that's included. Yeah, OK, so it's eight people including her. She had bruises on her face. She had bruises on her face.

8:51 That means she. Was hit. When a woman get hit in the face, she screamed. Eight people didn't hear her. Screaming. Listen. We could test the acoustics, we could do that. But what I'm saying is they should. They should. I don't know how anyone didn't hear if there was a disturbance. So realistically, so realistically, somebody's lying about not hearing the scream, right? Can we agree on that? Come on now, I will agree. Come. On let's be real. Hold on somebody. No, sorry young brother. I'm going to. Be honest. Listen, let me tell you, this young brother is 18, right? This is his cousin, right? His woman was beating and her parents were pulled down. There's a mother of three terms.

9:36 So no, I'm not accusing you of anything. So what I want to say yes, Sir. We got to be concerned. Listen, listen. So. I live here. I told the police and detective what I know and I lived downstairs. Whether you believe me, I could care less. I want for that young lady. There we go and guess what? And guess what are you? Fonder right? No, I said Bobby. And you said you're? Not listening. Hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on. So, so listen, listen, Sir, so since that day the police have not been back here.

10:17 They got the footage and they never came back, right. But on this footage, if somebody was to come in and out this house from any interest, back door, side door, front door, it would be captured on camera, right it. Could only be come through the side door. They can only come through the side door. This is a private OK this is to my. Room right, right, right. Even this front door they is. To the room right above. So. So from this door they would have no access to her room? Nope, only from that side door. Yup. And their. Fingerprints are in that door. So so. Did the police print? Did the police? No, I don't know if they. So the two brothers, hold on. Hold on, my man, Go ahead. That you have to put your finger in for the door to unlock. OK, I'll say it again. Walk in.

10:57 So she would have had to let them in or they would have had to be fingerprinted in. Exactly. She had to let them in or they had a fingerprint in the door. Do the maintenance man he it's. I'm sure his fingerprint worked to get in right? Oh, he. Yeah, absolutely, because he was. On the third, 'cause he lived here, he lived here. OK, so. So where's Bobby? So that means he's probably here now, right? We don't he live. Here, he's here right now calling for us. He's. Here, right now. Can you call him? He's here right now. I'm telling you. He's calling. Well, how? If he works. Here you. Know what I'm saying if he work here and he live here, he's here right now so him. And what about the other three properties? I don't know, but he handles all of them. But do he live there or do he live here? My man, he's calling, calling him right now, actually. Calling.

11:39 I'm not liking the way you approached me. Who? Hey, that's a kid, that's a child, that's a kid. Ignore, ignore that. That's his kid, and that's his cousin his. Cousin died in here. So you're saying you aren't like how he approached me and his cousin died in here? He wants to. Tell me. Yeah. In the house full of men. Hold on, are any of y'all? Have any of y'all been convicted for sexual charges? No. Have you ever been convicted of sexual charges? California. I. Don't care where you from. No, I'm going to. Call the police. Call. Bobby. Call Bobby. Call Bobby. Where Bobby at? Call him. They should have been here. Yeah, go see a Bobby here. And he is telling us people there and you can film all you want.

12:26 I'm not crazy. You is crazy. Yeah, go get him, man. So you lied to us? No. You lied. You lied to us. No, you did lie to us. You said Bobby wasn't here. Yeah, I think you know something. Can I have the Police Department? I didn't think you know, Police dispatched Cleveland. What's his name? I'm Bob. Bob, there's a lot of bobs here, a whole lot of bobs. What's her last name? And the police came here. I'll give you anything you want. What's the now? You've made me uncomfortable. What's your last? Name. I bet I. Don't care. Dude. A woman died of your building and you uncomfortable? Come on. Man. Police and I need them to 1778 Algonac there was an article. That I so so a black woman died in this house full of men, full of white dudes.

13:21 Young black girl, her pants down. She got bruises in her face. Ain't nobody hearing nothing. Ain't nobody hearing nothing. They lying for saying the maintenance man ain't here. Man. The camera's right here. We on camera right here. We on camera right here. No, Bobby. Bobby, the camera right here. Ain't nobody. Why ain't nobody see nothing? Why ain't nobody see nothing? We on camera right here. Anybody came through this door Should be on camera. Anybody came through this door should be on camera. He on the phone with 12.

14:14 He on the phone with 12. The maintenance man up there probably hiding evidence. How the police ain't been back since it happened. Yeah, it was hell of people in the house. It was. It was eight. It was eight people in the house. It was eight people in the house. One woman. She did. Ain't nobody hear nothing. He acting like it. Come on. We out, bro. No, we standing right here. Bobby coming down, man. Anybody talking to you? Come on. Bro he. Quiet Why? You keep talking about the police, you seem guilty. You keep talking about the police, you seem guilty. Tell. You right now. You. Hey, listen. Hey. Listen man, we ain't did nothing wrong.

14:54 We ain't committed no crime. You. Better shut up bro. Because you seem because everything you say could be used against you in the court of law. close your mouth. You seem guilty. You seem guilty. In this house they killed a black. Woman, ain't nobody hearing nothing, OK, OK y'all, y'all got the right ones. She was yelling too. She. No, apparently she was. No, you don't know. Come on man, now you don't know. That's all pressure, bro. Yeah, you sound that's something somebody guilty say that that's something somebody guilty say and. Somebody came in the house through that door, my man.

15:36 Man, you just walked out here. You just walked out here. You heard her screaming. Yeah, that's cool. You talking about what? You ain't here. It's one. Are you a coward man You. A coward, you a coward and you a rapist. You a rapist? They killed a black woman. They killed a black woman in his house. You a coward? You a rapist? You a coward? Really. Yeah, I can't have sex. Yeah, they ain't say somebody had sex with her. They said her pants was down. You just said rape. Yeah, that's rape too. Rape ain't just sex, Bob. Let me holler at you, Bob.

16:19 Oh, yeah? Oh, yeah. What's your last name? Bob Who? Brickel. Bob Brickel. Or is it Robert Brickel? Robert Brickel. Did you? You. You. Did you know that Lady who lived here in Shaniqua? Y'all was friends? Yeah. Did you? Was you here when she was killed? Don't think about it, man. Was you here when she was killed? You found her. You found her. You found her. So you walked. In and found her, Yeah. Her mom asked me to go. Find her, Yeah. And. You didn't hear anything? And you ain't hear nothing and. You didn't have nothing to do with. It all right, look, I'm going to explain the whole story. Go ahead, we listening all. Right. So me and her, we smoked, we smoked weed every night, every night.

17:05 That's what we did. Like at the end of the day when I got done with work, I asked her. She didn't. She had no money. I'm listening. No, I'm he. He recorded me. I'm listening. I'm listening. No, we listening. We being peaceful. Go ahead. We. Listening to you bro come. On y'all smoke weed every night? What else then? That day after that I said hey, I'm cooking, if you want something to eat, hit cut, hit me up. Nothing. But I could hear her phone going off in her room that night so I was like fuck. Well each day her mom would text me and be like hey have you seen my? Daughter, pause.

17:49 Let me stop you there. You heard her phone going off in her room that night. Yeah. Come. On bro but ain't nobody hear her screaming when she was getting hit in her face. But you can. But you can hear her phone. I didn't. Hear. I didn't hear nothing from her. Bro, you just told me you heard. We all just heard. You say you heard her phone going off, you heard her phone, but it didn't hear nothing from her. How you hear her phone? So if so, you so you know she had bruises on her face, right? So I'm telling you she had bruises on her face. I'm telling you that she had bruises on her face. So we all know women, if you punch a woman in her face, I didn't say you did, but I'm saying if a woman get hit in her face, she's going to scream, right?

18:39 So what you think, hold on. What you think is louder, A woman screaming from getting hit in her face or a cell phone ring, what do? What do you think is louder? A human being would be louder. But you heard her phone, but you didn't hear her screaming. So she got hit in her face and killed without a sound. But you heard her phone ringing. And your name is your name is Robert Brickell. Do you have any history of sexual assault? None. And you And you kicked it with her every night. You kicked it with her every night. You live here. You live here. Nobody know what happened to her. You know one of y'all going to jail for this, right? No, I didn't say you.

19:25 I said one of y'all is going to jail for this, right? I'm listening. I go. To work. Right. Yeah. We go to a junkyard, me and the boss go to the junkyard all the way on West 1:30 pulling parts off all my mom texted me like can you go find my daughter? She said yes. Still you still ain't heard nothing from me. So me and my boss come here. We slide that that that wall over. You know what I'm talking about, right? You know what I'm talking about. It's like a divider it. It was just a piece of drywall that blocked off from her in. The kitchen, OK. So we slide that over and I see her. I start screaming.

20:09 Sheniqua, Sheniqua. My. Dude says hold on stop stop stop and we're just looking. He's like she's gone man. So I then turn her and call. I call her mom. What? Happened to your hand, she's crushed. Yeah, I was in the hospital. How did? That happen drunk and fell on it. You was drunk and fell on your hand. Yeah, and fuck. What did you? Fall on? Where did you? What did it for? What did you fall on? So Labor Day weekend, I fucking got drunk and fucking fell on my hand. When did she? When? Did she die before labor? Day, like two days before Labor Day, so. This had this was happened before she died.

20:50 No this. Happened after this happened. After what? And your fingers are swollen and but you but you said this happened from you just falling on your hand. Yeah. When I was drunk, yes. So you just. Fell on your head and and and you got damn near gangrene. They're going. To cut my thumb off. Just from falling on it, yeah. Because I I have complications with my health. OK. OK. I'm sorry to hear that. All right. So. Look. Look, you're not going to get no aggressive with me because now you're on my property. Am I being? Aggressive with you, Emma? I'm not. I'm not being aggressive with you. I don't have to. I'm not a bully, OK? I just want to know what happened to this black woman. I want to know what happened to her but my. My my concern with you is listen to me. Hear me clearly.

21:37 My man, my concern with you is that hold on, hold on, hold on, listen to me. I want you to hear me clearly. My concern is that if you can hear this woman's cell phone game, but you didn't hear a scuffle, no, you didn't hear a scream that don't make. Sense, bro? That doesn't make sense. That don't make sense bro. My concern that you know you know that don't make sense though you. Have the. Surveillance. We, we don't. Have anything we don't have? Anything the police. Took it, yes. And they haven't been back since. So the police. Know who came in here that night? The police know. They they have the surveillance. So hold on. So, so the police had a surveillance. Chances are the only people they have coming in and out of here is the people who live here.

22:19 Chances are, and there's. A There was literally a camera on her door. And they have that footage. OK. So going down the hallway, going down the hallway, there was 3 bedrooms in that on that hallway. We wanted to have a camera on all going down that hallway, so if someone broke into a room or something happened, we knew what. So what you're telling us is that if the police have that footage, they have that camera footage, then they can see who's coming in and out that room, Yes, but. But if it's only the people that live here, that wouldn't seem odd, would it? That's true story. But they would know. They would know what happened. They would be able to and they haven't. Been whether they know. Or not, that don't mean they care because clearly y'all don't care and y'all live here.

23:04 The fuck I don't I'm about. To show you huh what you mean? People. Don't care, you clearly. Don't care, you already said I don't give a fuck. No, actually rewind it. On your tape and. Let's hear where I man. It's all on camera bro. If y'all ain't trying to figure out who killed her, y'all don't give a fuck. We don't live here. Why are we here? Why are you? Here because we. Care clearly y'all don't, huh? Where the? Police, I don't give a fuck. Listen, I don't give a fuck about the police. Of course you. Don't give a fuck. And what were your voice when you say that I don't give a? Fuck about the police here. We go man, how? You doing bro? What up, G? You stay here. Yeah, OK. You knew. You knew Shaniqua.

23:46 Lucy stayed here, man, that's about it. Did you? You were in the room right next to. Mine OK. Was you here that night? The night that they. Found her, yeah. The night. That something allegedly happened with you. I mean, listen. So this. Was going on. Right now with me. The Cleveland Remembrance. Page post that shit's saying that I don't know if the police just trying not to tell what really went down or what wasn't trying to disclose what was going on, what happened that day, but the Cleveland remembrance page is saying that she had bruises all on her face and her pants was pulled down. But. To my knowledge. She was. She was found by the maintenance.

24:29 Yeah, right, right. She wasn't even found. By nobody that could have told the remembrance page Nothing and the next people to see her after him. So my knowledge was the police. When you found her, what condition was her buddy in? It's my. First time hearing about bruises or or anything I'm saying was. You here that night, though. I'm here all the time. You ain't hear nothing. You ain't hear nothing. I mean, but you. Know I left how I went to the store you was in. And out you. Was in and out. I don't feel like I was. Gone long enough for nobody to get murdered on those shit like that, you feel me? And another thing is.

25:14 If. Is trying to say that's what happened like somebody somebody did something to her then need to hold the investigation or something. See the first 48. I mean that shit TV, but it's real. If it's a homicide. It's supposed to be invested. If a frog had a glass ass hit a break every time it jumped, we ain't talking about ifs. I'm just saying. Though when there's a murder, when there's a homicide, there's an investigation all the time, right? They ain't. Investigating. We investigating. Right now we doing it I. Really want to I really want to try to clarify with y'all brothers. Come on, let's. Go so. In the city of Cleveland, black women are missing at a disproportionate rate, right? And ain't nobody looking for black women. Right, nobody looking for.

25:58 Black women, we got women that's been missing for years. I get that. I get that. What? I'm saying is that don't make sense. What I'm saying is bro. It don't seem like y'all can't go. What's my concern you? Live here bro, you should be. Trying to figure out. What the fuck going on? You said it's. Cameras and. Ain't. Nobody. Moving bro, you stay. Here to show. House. How she say but but the other one would say no. Go ask her bro, Go ask the people that let her stay here. My bad.

26:49 We. Asked her neighbor. What about my bad, we asked her neighbor. You said your room next to hers, right 200? Other people that came from everybody hold on, you said. Your room, you said. Your room next to hers, right? Hold on, you said her room next to hers, right. My y'all. Y'all she gonna talk to her family? No. We talking where she still, we talking with to her neighbor, we talking to her roommate. It's pressure on. Everybody, bro, you're here. Yeah, we gonna. We gonna talk to everybody, bro. Let's see what. Y'all find out, it's pressure on. Everybody not right? Now we found it out. Right now you better off not saying nothing if you don't know nothing. But you better off not saying nothing if you don't know nothing if you don't know nothing if you. Don't know nothing. If you don't know nothing, I'm better. Off not saying nothing. If you don't know nothing. If you don't know nothing. If you don't know nothing, you don't. Know nothing if you don't know, nothing if you don't know nothing if you.

27:30 Don't know nothing. You don't know nothing. You don't know nothing. You don't know nothing if you don't know. OK, so. What you what if you don't know now what you talking about? I'm trying to figure. It out just like y'all is. Thank you for tuning in to No Tears for Black Girls. This series is skillfully crafted by acclaimed writer and producer Jon Reedberg with the guidance of unapologetic host Samantha Paul. Catch new episodes every Tuesday and Thursday on all major podcast platforms. You can listen anywhere, anytime and if you truly enjoy our content, please leave a 5 star rating and positive review. Remember to stay loved, stay blessed, and stay safe.