Twenty-year-old Jade 'Sage' McKissic was a University of Houston junior with everything to live for—orientation team leader, strategic communications student, beloved daughter and friend. On September 11, 2025, she walked a familiar route from Third Ward bars toward campus, stopping at a gas station for a slushie before disappearing into the darkness near Brays Bayou. Four days later, the water gave her back. Police found no signs of trauma, but her family demands answers that go deeper than "no immediate foul play."

This episode examines the dangerous intersection of student life and urban geography, where late-night corridors become crime scenes and surveillance cameras capture everything except the truth. With at least thirteen bodies recovered from Houston's bayous in 2025, we explore whether Jade's death is an isolated tragedy or part of a larger pattern the city refuses to acknowledge. We center her story—not the speculation, not the fear—but the life of a young Black woman whose walk home became a family's worst nightmare and a campus community's wake-up call about safety after midnight.

In September 2025, Reading, Pennsylvania became the scene of one of the most horrific family annihilation in recent memory. Three bodies.Three locations. One devil's work.

Geraldina Peguero Mancebo was a 31-year-old Dominican immigrant trying to keep her family afloat in one of America's poorest cities.Working a warehouse job while supporting four children, she made a choice that millions of desperate women make every day—she accepted financial help from an older man who wanted something in return.

Jose Luis Rodriguez was 61 years old. Thirty years her senior. He rented her an apartment. He gave her money. And he believed that money bought him ownership of her life.

When Geraldina refused to leave her husband, Rodriguez's"generosity" revealed itself as something far more sinister. Within 48 hours, he would execute her husband Junior with a shot to the back of the head, murder Geraldina the same way while she held their baby, and throw one-year-old Jeyden face down into a muddy pond—alive—leaving him to drown.

The autopsy would later confirm mud in the baby's lungs. Hewas conscious. He struggled. He drowned.

This is the story of what happens when male entitlement meets financial desperation. When a woman's "no" becomes a death sentence. When poverty forces impossible choices that end in tragedy.

This is a story about the hidden dangers of sugar daddy culture, the systems that fail women of color, and three orphaned children left behind to make sense of the senseless.

Content Warning: This episode contains detailed descriptions of violence against women and children, murder, and drowning.Listener discretion is strongly advised.

Resources:

• National Domestic Violence Hotline: 1-800-799-7233
• National Sexual Assault Hotline: 1-800-656-4673
• Financial Abuse Resources: www.nnedv.org/content/about-financial-abuse

No Tears For Black Girls tells these stories because silence protects predators. We tell them because Black and brown women's lives matter. We tell them because there should be tears—and action—for every woman whose survival choices lead to tragedy.

Thanks for tuning back in to "No Tears For Black Girls." Samantha Paul here, and do I have a treat for y'all today! We're diving deep into J.C. Reedburg's latest masterpiece, "No Tears For Black Girls: Prison Pimp'd," available now for free on Amazon Kindle. But act fast, 'cause after today, it's Kindle exclusive. As always, we've switched up some deets to keep things on the DL, but trust, this story is as real as it gets.

Picture this: Gwinnett County, Georgia, just a stone's throw from the A. Inside Phillips State, it ain't about how hard you can throw a punch, but how slick you can play the game. And Dejuan Rivers? This man's got manipulation down to a science. From his tiny cell, he's pulling the strings on a criminal empire that stretches way past the barbed wire.

With nothing but smooth words, black market smokes, and a PhD in mind games, Dejuan's got a whole crew of desperate women wrapped around his finger. Sandra's sending money orders, Keisha's wiring cash no questions asked, Patricia's smuggling in burners, and Valerie's begging him to find her missing kid. They each think they're his one and only, but the gag is, they don't even know about each other.

It's a fragile operation, and when the ladies start getting too curious and the COs start sniffing around, Dejuan's world is on the verge of imploding. In a place where every move is calculated and trust can get you killed, one wrong step could send everything he's built tumbling down like a house of cards.

Tonya Walker, a 51-year-old Black mother, vanished in Sacramento on November 2, 2023. Her family searched for seven months to learn her body lay unclaimed at Mercy Hospital, where she’d died of cardiac arrest. The hospital delayed her death certificate by five months and stored her at an off-site morgue that allegedly harvested her organs without consent. Similar cases of missing Black bodies have emerged, fueling accusations of systemic neglect, organ trafficking, and medical racism.

On September 10th, 2025, the conservative movement was rocked when Charlie Kirk, founder of Turning Point USA, was murdered at Utah Valley University. Tyler Robinson, his killer, claimed he acted because Kirk "spreads too much hate." But Kirk's death may have triggered something far more sinister.

Just five days later, on September 15th, 21-year-old Demartravion "Trey" Reed was found hanging from an oak tree at Delta State University in Mississippi. What authorities initially called a suicide has sparked a chilling theory that's dividing the nation.

Was Trey Reed's death connected to Charlie Kirk's murder? Are we looking at a white supremacist revenge killing - where extremists, enraged by Kirk's assassination, targeted an innocent Black college student in retaliation?

In this episode, we examine the disturbing timeline, the evidence that's emerged, and the questions authorities don't want to answer. From Utah to Mississippi, from political assassination to racial violence - this is the story of two deaths that may be more connected than anyone wants to admit.

⚠️ This episode contains mature themes including discussion of racial violence, murder, and hate crimes. Listener discretion is advised.

🔍 What do you think? Coincidence or conspiracy? Let us know in the comments.

In this powerful episode of No Tears For Black Girls, we explore the chilling case of Rebecca "Becky" Bliefnick, whose appearance on Family Feud with her husband became tragically prophetic. When Becky jokingly told Steve Harvey that her biggest mistake was "saying yes to my husband," she had no idea those words would foreshadow her own murder just months later.

On February 23rd, 2023, Becky was found shot to death in her Quincy, Illinois home by her estranged husband Timothy Bliefnick - the same man who smiled on national television while claiming "I love my wife." We dive deep into the investigation that revealed Tim's calculated plan to stalk and murder the mother of his three children, and examine how the system failed to protect Becky despite her desperate pleas for help.

But this episode goes beyond one tragic case. We also tell the story of Korryn Gaines, a 23-year-old Black mother from Baltimore who was killed by police in 2016 while trying to protect herself from an abusive partner. Despite facing similar domestic violence and systemic failures, Korryn's story received a fraction of the media attention that Becky's case generated.

Through these parallel stories, we examine the stark disparity in how our society responds to violence against women - and ask the difficult question: whose tears matter most? Why do some victims become household names while others are forgotten?

Join host Samantha Paul as we demand justice for ALL women and challenge the media's selective empathy. Because every woman deserves to have her story told with dignity, compassion, and the demand for justice - regardless of the color of her skin.

Featured Music: "No Tears For Black Girls" by Datzhott & Jayda Truth

In this exclusive bonus episode, we're stepping away from our usual true crime format to bring you something extraordinary - a complete reading of Chapter 1 from our creator J.C. Reedburg's powerful new novelette "God's Hands: A No TearsFor Black Girls Story."

Follow Jasmine, a young Black woman surviving on the streets of Oakland, as she faces a life-or-death moment that will change everything. When a desperate robbery goes wrong, divine intervention appears in the most unexpected form - proving that sometimes God's hands work through the most unlikely people.

This raw, authentic street fiction explores themes of survival, mercy, and transformation that align perfectly with our podcast's mission of celebrating Black women's resilience. Host Samantha Paul delivers a gripping narration that will leaveyou breathless.

BONUS: Stay until the end for an exclusive preview of "God's Hands" by Datzhott featuring Jayda Truth - the song inspired by this powerful story.

FREE DOWNLOAD: Get"God's Hands: A No Tears For Black Girls Story" absolutely free on Amazon Kindle until September 10th, then free with Kindle Unlimited. Links in bio.

Content Warning: This episode contains mature themes including street violence, survival situations, and strong language.

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A 19-year-old chasing a modeling dream in Atlanta is found at dawn in Oakland City Park—shot with specialty ammo and left to send a message. We trace her final hours from a Memorial Drive Shell station to a car abandoned near Stone Mountain, and unpack the larger system around her: LA-origin crews embedded in Atlanta’s nightlife, the blurred lines between “security” and control, and why leaving can be treated like treason. Featuring timeline breakdowns, forensics (the Sprite bottle DNA), and voices from advocates and family. Say her name. See the pattern.

Content note: violence, exploitation.Resources for help and exit support are listed in the show notes.