Relisha Rudd | |
|---|---|
 Missing poster | |
| Born | Relisha Tenau Rudd October 29, 2005 Washington |
| Disappeared | March 1, 2014 (aged 8) |
| Status | Missing for 10 years, 8 months and 22 days |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Student |
| Height | 4 ft 0 in (1.22 m) |
| Mother | Shamika Young |
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Relisha Tenau Rudd[1] (October 29, 2005 – disappeared March 1, 2014) was an 8-year-old girl who went missing in Washington, D.C., in February 2014 and has not been found. Rudd had been living in the D.C. General Shelter with her mother, when she was befriended by janitor Kahlil Tatum, a former felon. Rudd stopped attending school, but it was 30 days before her absence was reported to police. Investigation revealed that the last sighting of her had been weeks prior when she was caught on camera with Tatum at an area hotel. Tatum's wife was found shot dead in a hotel in Prince George's County, Maryland in mid-March, and at the end of March, searchers found Tatum's body in a shed in the Kenilworth Park and Aquatic Gardens, shot in an apparent suicide.[2]
The case of Relisha Rudd received little coverage outside of the Washington, D.C., area, leading to criticism that her case receives little attention due to her marginalization as a black girl from an impoverished family.[3]
- ^ "Relisha Tenau Rudd – The Charley Project". charleyproject.org. Retrieved November 5, 2018.
- ^ Bentz, Leslie (April 1, 2014). "Body found in D.C. park is suspected abductor of Relisha Rudd, 8, police say". CNN. Retrieved January 19, 2024.
- ^ Venus E. Evans Winters; Magaela C. Bethune (December 3, 2014). (Re)Teaching Trayvon: Education for Racial Justice and Human Freedom. Springer. pp. 82–. ISBN 978-94-6209-785-8.