Black & Cold

The cases of two women remain unsolved... leaving their families with so many unanswered questions.
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• Patch.com
• Investigation Discovery’s - Still A Mystery “She Gave No Warning”
• News 5 Cleveland Interview - Camilla
• Reward Increased to $10,000 in Cold Case Murder of 19 Year Old Woman
• Legacy
• Cadaver Dog Used In Search for Missing Teen
• Akron Beacon Journal
• The Charley Project - LaQuanta Nachelle Riley
• AL.com
• Alabama News Net - Reward Increased
• Alabama News Net - Family Continues Searching
• Alabama News Net - 15 Years Later
• LaQuanta Riley Missing But Not Forgotten - Facebook
• The Doe Network

On the morning of August 29th, 2014 17-year old Lennon Lacy was found hanging from a swing set in Bladenboro, North Carolina. Five days after he was found investigators ruled his death as a suicide, but his family believes that something else may have happened to him.
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National Suicide Prevention Hotline - 1-800-273-8255
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• Teen's mysterious death evokes painful imagery in NC
• The Death of Lennon Lacy
• NC teen's death a lynching, mother says
• Lennon Lacy - Records
• Autopsy Report
• One year later, still no answers
• Was Lennon Lacy a victim of lynching?
• 911 Call Released in Lennon Lacy death
• Federal officials close investigation into death of Bladen teen
• Pathologist Report - NAACP
• D.A Office - Statement
• Always In Season - Film
• Lennon Lacy FBI File: How Authorities Determined Suicide, Not Lynching
• Data USA

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16 year old Shania Gray tragically lost her life after speaking out against her abuser.
According to RAINN: "Every 73 seconds an American is sexually assaulted."
If you or someone you know has been a victim, you can reach out to The National Sexual Assault Hotline at 800-656-HOPE
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• TheCinemaholic Shania Gray Murder: Where is Franklin Davis Now?
• David Schechter, of WFAA-TV, interviews Franklin Davis from prison
• Investigation Discovery's - "Web of Lies: D is for Deadly"
• WFAA: Trial begins in murder of Carrollton teen killed before sexual assault trial
• WFAA: Frankin Davis speaks out
• Dallas News: Franklin Davis sentenced to death
• Davis v. State
• Carrollton Leader: Police, judge help get headstone for murdered teen's grave
• Affidavit
• NBCDFW 5: Suspect in Teen's Slaying She "Took Away All My Dreams"

In September of 2016 29-year old Keila Ashford Freeman went missing after she was last seen at her home in Memphis, Tennessee. When an investigation into her disappearance began authorities quickly figured out who the suspected perpetrator was... but where was Keila?
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• Affidavit: Missing woman's keys were still in ignition of car
• 10K reward offered in Keila Freeman case
• Memphis Police Dig Up Area
• Husband of missing woman indicted for firebombing incident
• Plea Deal Offered
• Body found believed to be Keila Freeman
• Keila Ashford Freeman's remains identified by Memphis PD
• Commercial Appeal | Guilty Plea for Disappearance of Keila Freeman
• WREG Memphis | Randall Freeman pleads guilty
• TV One

20-year old IU student Joseph Smedley went missing in September of 2015. His body was found just a few days later in a lake minutes from his campus. Law enforcement deemed Smedley’s death as a suicide, but his loved ones dispute that. They question many of the circumstances around his death, and continue to fight for answers.

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Petition- Justice for Joseph | Facebook Page - Justice for Joseph

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• Indiana University Student Reported Missing
• Case of Missing IU Student Found Dead Now a Death Investigation
• WRTV - Body found in lake near Bloomington
• Indiana Daily Student - Friends Remember Smedley
• Indiana Daily Student - Smedley Details Released
• Coroner rules IU student's death suicide
• Indiana Daily Student - Joseph Smedley's sister speaks up about brother's death
• Family of former IU student seeking new death investigation
• Petition to re open the 2015 case of IU students suicide case get thousands of signatures
• The Death of Joseph Smedley: How IU Went Wrong
• Reddit Entry
• Cold Case Chronicles
• Twitter Page
• Vivianne's GoFundMe Page