Show Notes
On July 25, 2021, Shawtyeria Waites was celebrating her 20th birthday with friends in Houston, Texas. But after meeting a man at a nightclub and accompanying him to an apartment complex, Shawtyeria suddenly vanished. Her friends searched for her, but her phone went straight to voicemail, and no one could explain where she had gone.
That same night, a neighbor reported hearing a woman screaming inside an apartment, prompting a police response that would later raise troubling questions. As Shawtyeria's family desperately searched for answers, investigators began uncovering disturbing evidence that revealed what happened to her on the night she disappeared.
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