Black, Brown, & Unsolved

In today’s unfiltered conversation, I sit down with Jackie Rodriguez — the former family spokesperson for Dulce Maria Alavez’s case.

Jackie once stood by Noema Alavez Perez’s side. She helped her face cameras, speak to reporters, and navigate the media storm after Dulce vanished from a Bridgeton, New Jersey park in 2019.

But over time, Jackie started asking hard questions — and getting answers that didn’t sit right.

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In today’s episode, I sit down with the one person whose name has never left the center of this case — Noema Alavez Perez, the mother of missing 5-year-old Dulce Maria Alavez.

It’s been nearly five years since Dulce vanished from a park in Bridgeton, New Jersey. And while the search has gone cold, the questions haven’t. From her initial reaction… to what she remembered Dulce was wearing… to that infamous 911 call — the public h...

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18-year-old Cleashindra “Clea” Hall vanished on May 9, 1994 — just two weeks before graduation. She was last seen at the home of her employer, Dr. Larry Amos, only three blocks away from her house in Pine Bluff, Arkansas.

But her story didn’t make national headlines.

And her case remains unsolved.

This episode breaks down everything:

• What happened that day

• The final phone call with her mother

• The suspicious behavior of he...

In this raw and exclusive bonus episode of Straight No Chaser, I sit down virtually with Michelle Graves — Tamla Horsford’s close friend and a key figure in her life and her kids’ lives. Michelle was with Tamla on the day she died. She was one of the first to sound the alarm when things didn’t add up. And now, she’s sharing what really happened the night Tamla died… and what happened next.

From the silence she was met with, to ...

Tamla Horsford attended a birthday sleepover in an upscale Georgia neighborhood.

By morning, she was dead — facedown in the backyard.

Authorities said it was an accident.

But what came next revealed something far more disturbing.

In Part 2 of Tamla’s story, we delve into the redacted 911 call, conflicting autopsy reports, gift cards given to investigators, and the disturbing way this case was mishandled from day one. We exami...

A mother of five attends an all-women’s sleepover in an upscale Georgia neighborhood.

By morning, she’s found face-down in the backyard.

And the story they tell?

It doesn’t add up.

Was it a fall… or a cover-up?

In this episode of Black, Brown, & Unsolved, we dig deep into the mysterious death of Tamla Horsford—the only Black woman at a party that would end in tragedy, silence, and more questions than answers.

Because when it com...

What happens when the lives of Black, Brown, and Indigenous people go missing… and the media barely notices?

This is the uncomfortable truth behind Black, Brown & Unsolved.

In this introductory episode, host Amberly shares the personal reason behind the podcast, the frustration that sparked it, and the stories that demand to be heard.

You’ll learn what to expect each week, why these cases are too often overlooked, and how this sho...