Black And Missing

Black & Missing : Brianna Stewart missing after heated confrontation

Brianna Stewart, 15, was last seen Sunday morning at her grandmother’s house. She’d been staying there after the confrontation.

Published

11 years ago

October 22, 2013

Unheard Voices Staff

Authorities are searching for a Virginia teen who went missing one day after a confrontation involving her mother and a group of boys turned violent, leading her mother to shoot a gun into the air.

Brianna Stewart, 15, was last seen Sunday morning at her grandmother’s house. She’d been staying there after the confrontation.

Reported from NBC:

Stewart’s mother, Lakisha Gaither, 35, told News4 that her daughter had been involved in an argument with other teens in their Woodbridge, Va., neighborhood Saturday. She said a teenage girl who appeared to be angry with Stewart showed up to the family’s home, along with a group of boys.

Later that night, Gaither decided to speak with the girl’s mother. When she arrived at an apartment complex in the 1900 block of Gable Ridge Turn, she said the group of boys who had come to her home earlier that day had returned — and this time, one of the boys punched her daughter in the face.

“He didn’t walk away. He hit her and kept coming for her,” Gaither said.

After seeing her daughter get punched repeatedly, Gaither said she took things into her own hands.

“I was in the parking lot, not near anybody, the buildings or anything,” Gaither said. “I unholstered my weapon and shot straight in the air, one shot to get him off of my child and to break this group up.”

Police were quickly called to the scene, and Gaither, a registered gun owner, was charged with reckless handling of a firearm, a misdemeanor. No one was injured and Gaither was later released from jail, a police report states.

Several hours after the incident and fearing for her daughter’s life, Gaither asked her mother to take Stewart for the night.

“I just wanted the situation to calm down,” Gaither said. “I didn’t want them retaliating.”

Sunday around 8:30 a.m., Gaither said her mother called her and told her Stewart was nowhere to be found. No one has seen or heard from Stewart since that morning.

“I don’t know where she [is],” Gaither said, fighting back tears. “I don’t know if she’s OK; I don’t know if she’s safe; I don’t know if she’s hurt. There’s been no activity on her Facebook.”

Brianna Stewart is 5’9″, weighs 160 pounds and has dimples on her cheeks.

Source : NBC
Photo Credit : NBC

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Black And Missing

Update: Missing 12-year-old Maryland girl found

Tayzha Alona Warren, of Pikesville Md., disappeared June 20.

Published

4 months ago

June 26, 2024

Unheard Voices Staff

Baltimore County police announced they’ve found missing 12-year-old Tayzha Alona Warren.

Tayzha, of Pikesville Md., disappeared June 20.

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What happened to Tayzha Alona Warren?

Tayzha’s mother told WBALT 11 News that the girl’s family has been doing everything manageable to find her, saying they believe she possibly met an older person online and communicated with him until she disappeared.

According to Tayzha’s family, her friends mentioned a man in his 20s, but so far, no one has been able to give any more details.

Tayzha is described as 4 feet, 10 inches tall, weighing 117 pounds and she has short brown hair and brown eyes.

Investigation

Tayzha’s family and the community had put up flyers in hopes someone has answers.

The Black and Missing Foundation posted information on its website. Under the circumstances of this disappearance, the group said it suspects Tayzha is trying to travel to Pennsylvania to meet an unidentified man and that she was last seen wearing red sparkling Crocs. Information about Tayzha was also posted by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.

Baltimore County police said an investigation into Tayzha’s disappearance is ongoing.

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Black And Missing

Navy vet Jarvis McIntyre, 26, reportedly found dead in Texas after telling 911 he was running from someone

Jarvis McIntyre, 26, was reportedly last seen running in John James Park on June 8 — and he was heard in a 911 call saying he was being chased by a “racist.”

Published

5 months ago

June 17, 2024

Unheard Voices Staff

Jarvis McIntyre, 26, was reportedly last seen running in John James Park on June 8 — and he was overheard in a 911 calling someone chasing him a “racist.”

Javis McIntyre (Photo : Facebook)

The body of Navy veteran Jarvis McIntyre has been reportedly found in a Texas park after he was reported missing two weeks ago.

McIntyre, 26, was reportedly last seen running in John James Park on June 8 and he was heard in a 911 call saying he was being chased by a “racist”, his mother told local outlet KENS5.

McIntyre’s mother, Monikki Williams Tippet, told the outlet that a body found days later at the San Antonio park had tattoos resembling those on her missing son.

Tippet says she and her family believes someone hurt her son because he was Black and gay.

“I want answers now. I want this person found,” she said, adding that her son “didn’t deserve this. They took my baby’s life for no reason.”

McIntyre is from St. Louis, Texas and had flown to San Antonio to visit his two sisters during his birthday weekend.

He was supposed to return home on Sunday 9 June, but he tragically never made it home.

The family said they want the San Antonio Police Department to do more to help find the person responsible.

“They are treating this like a murder case,” Tippet said. “It is being treated like a murder case.”

Anyone who knows any information about this case is asked to contact the San Antonio Police Department at (210) 207-7660.

Note: This article was updated June 21, to reflect new revelations in the case and McIntyre’s body has been confirmed as the body found in the park.

Black And Missing

Marine from Massachusetts goes missing off coast in Puerto Rico

A family is holding out hope after U.S. Marine Samuel Muturi Wanjiru went missing on March 27 off the coast in Puerto Rico.

Published

7 months ago

April 7, 2024

Unheard Voices Staff

Natasha Castillo-Vargas and Corporal Samuel Muturi Wanjiru (Photo Source: GoFundMe)

A family is holding out hope after U.S. Marine Samuel Muturi Wanjiru went missing on March 27 off the coast in Puerto Rico.

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Missing details for Marine Samuel Muturi Wanjiru

Corporal Samuel Wanjiru, 26, of Worcester, Mass., was swept away by ocean currents while being in the water at La Pared beach in Luquillo.

The Coast Guard launched helicopters and aircraft to look for Wanjiru, but those search efforts were unsuccessful. The active search was called off on April 1.

At the time of his disappearance, Wanjiru was vacationing with his partner of five years, Natasha Castillo-Vargas.

Castillo-Vargas, her father, and Wanjiru’s mother are still in Puerto Rico, returning to the beach daily where Wanjiru went missing, continuing to look for him.

GoFundMe

She has since started a GoFundMe campaign to help the family with expenses and search efforts while they remain in Puerto Rico.

“Samuel’s mother and I are trying to get as much resources and help as we can because we will not give up hope in finding our Samuel. Please, anything anyone can help with would be most appreciated.”

In addition to donations, the family asks the public for prayers and love during this “devastating and heart aching time.”

“We are firm believers in God as Samuel is too and we have faith that he will be found. Thank you for your support!”