Shamonica Brown disappeared around 6:00 p.m. on September 18, 1992. The search for Shamonica was conducted in her hometown of Saginaw Michigan. Unfortunately, four days after Shamonica went missing there was a discovery that uncovered the tragic ending of a bright young girl, Shamonica.

Missing white women syndrome is a phrase that was coined by the late journalist Gwen Ifill, to bring to light the biases of media coverage as it relates to missing person cases. In history and unfortunately even today, you have media outlets that will only cover cases that involve white missing persons rather than black/colored persons. Gwen Ifill wanted to bring awareness to this fact in the hopes that media outlets would make attempts to show equality when it comes to their coverage of missing persons cases.

Ketamine, a dissociative anesthetic that has hallucinogenic effects, has shown benefits for usage within the mental health and pain management sector of medicine. Ketamine’s properties distort perception of sight and sound by making the user feel disconnected and not in control. It works directly on the brain to aid the healing of past injures or illnesses, showing positive results with individuals suffering from:

The Cleveland Kia Boys is the name of a group of teenagers who allegedly carjack people at gunpoint for their Hyundais or Kias. Their victims are mostly women, teen drivers, and the elderly who own or drive a Hyundai or Kia.

On July 25, 2023, at about 12:40 a.m., a group of juveniles, ages ranging from 12 years old to 16 years old, arrived at a Shell Gas Station near St. Clair Avenue and East 140th Street in Cleveland, Ohio. The juveniles, it was later discovered, arrived at the gas station in three (verified) stolen vehicles: a 2020 Hyundai Tucson, a 2020 Kia Sportage, and a 2015 Hyundai Sonata.

Protonitazene (Nitazene) is quickly replacing fentanyl as the most potent synthetic drug on the streets. Protonitazene is a synthetic opioid structured similarly to Etonitazene, which is a controlled synthetic opioid. Protonitazene comes in powder or tablets, and it has also been found in syringes.

In 2019 between September 7 and September 21; two men and two women was found inside a residence near East 144th Street and Kinsman Road in Cleveland, Ohio. Sources reported that the residence on East 144th Street and Kinsman Road was abandoned and was frequently used for drug activity. It is noted that the four victims were staying at the residence. Later the victims were identified as 19-year-old Aiyanna Quitman, 18-year-old Jazmyne Lawson, 23-year-old Christopher Monroe, and 20-year-old Dejuan Willis. It was discovered that Lawson was five and a half months pregnant at the time of her death. As of today, Terrell Silver, a 34-year-old man, has been indicted for the murders of the four victims found in the abandoned residence. It is alleged that Terrell Silver shot all four victims multiple times as they were lying down on two mattresses on the floor, Silver later fled the scene. The grand jury indicted Silver on fifteen counts of aggravated murder, one count of aggravated robbery, one count of having a weapon under disability, and one count of tampering with evidence. The indictment states that Silver committed the murders while attempting or committing a theft. One of the aggravated murder charges is for the unlawful termination of Lawson’s pregnancy. The Cleveland Homicide Initiative, a group composed of other law enforcement agencies, used previously gathered information, DNA, and other resources to link Silver to the crime. Terrell Silver will be arraigned at the Cuyahoga County Justice Center at a later date. Please follow this platform to learn the latest news on this case. If you have any comments regarding this article or any other articles please email tawanawatson@outlook.com Please check out these other platforms; The Darker Side of Mental Health podcast and YouTube channel Sources https://www.news5cleveland.com/news/local-news/cleveland-metro/man-indicted-for-murders-of-4-people-including-pregnant-woman-found-dead-in-abandoned-cleveland-home-in-2019#:~:text=Man%20indicted%20for%20murders%20of%204%20people%2C%20including%20pregnant%20woman,abandoned%20Cleveland%20home%20in%202019&text=A%2034%2Dyear%2Dold%20man,Cleveland%20in%20September%20of%202019.

The above data is based on when an indicator is reported and will match data in other COVID-19 dashboards provided by the Ohio Department of Health. Mortality data is verified by coded death certificate information received from the National Center for Health Statistics and can take some time to receive.

A shooting early today, Monday July 24, 2023, where one person was injured and another person was left dead, happen Downtown Cleveland. According to police the first shooting happened around 1 am on July 24, 2023, near East 9th Street and Bolivar Road, a 25-year-old man was shot and killed inside his car. At this time the identity of the victim has not been released. The second shooting happened about an hour later on East 9th Street and Prospect Avenue. The victim was taken to a local hospital, identification is unknown, and the individual is currently listed in critical condition.

Bereneisha Lightfoot’s body has been found in Slavic Village, a neighborhood in Cleveland, Ohio. Bereneisha a.k.a Ahlotta, was an up-and-coming rap artist who had 23,000 Instagram followers that she frequently interacted with by sharing videos of her performing and debuting her new singles.

The murder of Jessica Currin, which allegedly occurred on July 30, 2000, in Mayfield, Kentucky, is still surrounded by questions without answers. As of 2008, Quincy Omar Cross was convicted of the murder of Jessica Currin. Quincy’s conviction came after a noticeably flawed investigation led by Patrolman Tim Fortner.

A suspect has been charged in the Gilgo Beach serial killings cold case. On Friday, it was announced that a suspect has been detained. According to reports, a New York architect, Rex Heuermann, 59, was arrested in connection to the murders of three of the four women, known as the “Gilgo Four.” Heuermann was taken into custody Thursday night, indicted on one count of first-degree murder and one count of second-degree murder in each of the three cases.

Incels, short for, “involuntary celibates,” describes someone (usually a male) who does not have much sexual experience with females. On the internet, incels are usually heterosexual males that blame women and society for their lack of sexual experiences with females. These males usually have misogynistic viewpoints or behaviors.

Canada is combatting more than 400 fires that have left at least 20,000 people displaced. The wildfires have covered major cities, like New York, in a haze. Per reports, New York City’s skyline has been an orange color.

Twenty-seven children have been reported missing between May 2, 2023, and May 16, 2023, in the city of Cleveland, Ohio. According to sources the majority of these cases are classified as runaways, however, no information regarding the children’s gender, race, and area that they live in was provided in the report. These factors are important because, according to a 2022 article in USA Today, it was stated that black children that are missing are usually classified as having run away, and because of that no efforts to locate them (issuing of the Amber Alert) are made for those children.

On August 10, 2020, in Durham, NC, an 18-year-old black male, Syncere Kalif Burrell, was found unresponsive in a Honda Accord at Lincoln Street near Linwood Avenue. Syncere was transported to the hospital where he later died. Syncere’s death was the 3rd deadly shooting within 15 hours in Durham, North Carolina. Joshua Lindsey, 21 years old, was found dead next to a crashed SUV about a mile west of downtown in the early morning hours, and at 6 am 48-year-old Reginald Bowling was found dead near Liberty and Elm Streets.

May is Mental Health Awareness Month. Mental Health Awareness Month has been observed in the United States since 1949 and was started by the Mental Health America (MHA) Organization. Each year since the conception of the campaign a theme has been created for the month of May. This year’s, 2023, theme is “More Than Enough.” The National Alliance on Mental Illness states that this year’s Mental Health Awareness Month theme is the opportunity for everyone to come together and remember the inherent value each individual holds regardless of diagnosis, appearance, socio-economic status, background and ability.

Schizoaffective disorder is a mental disorder where the person experience psychosis as well as mood swings. The prefix, schizo-, refers to symptoms of psychosis, while the suffix, -affective, refers to mood symptoms. Schizoaffective disorder is less well known than some of the other mental health disorders, and because of the lack of knowledge centered around schizoaffective disorder, individuals who believe that they have the disorder or believe someone they know might have the disorder, find out that obtaining accurate information regarding the disorder is hard and difficult. Unfortunately, due to the lack of knowledge, schizoaffective disorder is usually spoken about (when it is referred to) in a negative light with an emphasis on misconceptions concerning the disorder.

On Mother’s Day 2021, Tabitha Queen disappeared in Bastrop, Louisiana. Tabitha was last seen heading to the Save-U-More grocery store, where she was spotted on the store’s surveillance camera. At the time of Tabitha’s disappearance, she stood 5 feet 4 inches tall weighing 230 pounds. She had black/dark brown hair and brown eyes. Tabitha has several tattoos, according to a trusted source:

Xylazine or known on the streets as “Tranq” is rapidly spreading in Ohio, seen mixed along with other drugs such as heroin and fentanyl. The United States Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) reported that there has been a sudden increase of xylazine being found mixed with the deadly opioid, fentanyl. According to reports xylazine makes fentanyl and heroin deadlier. Xylazine is being used as a cutting agent /adulterant, often mixed with fentanyl and heroin.