1980s
The teen was seen by witnesses waiting for her school bus.
A baby boy was found unharmed in a Detroit alley. His grandmother recognized him from a news broadcast.
Her mother was cleaning inside their home and took her eyes off of Tanisha for just a few minutes.
Paula’s daughter, Monique, asked if I could write about her mother. Monique was only 2-years-old when her mother went missing.
Police classified them as runaways & only changed their case to “endangered missing” 20 years later.
James Michael Brown claimed he murdered his wife and their three children. Their remains have never been located.
She got into a vehicle and was never seen again.
He claims they parted ways blocks away from her home. Police initially classified her as a runaway.
Her mother chatted with a nice woman who offered to change the baby’s diaper. The woman took the child.
She went to the store to pick up food and never returned.
Her young daughters woke up in the morning to find her gone.
Her death was classified as an “accidental drowning,” but she has gone unidentified.
How she died and why she ended up in the Mississippi River remains a mystery.
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