Episode Description
From our friends at WAMU and PRX. When 8 year old Relisha Rudd disappeared
from a homeless shelter in Washington, D.C. in 2014, nobody noticed. By the time
authorities formally declared Relisha “missing,” 18 days had passed since she’d been
spotted at school or the shelter where her family lived. Seven years later, Relisha
has never been found. Through The Cracks investigates gaps in our society and the
people who fall through them, and in this first season, host Jonquilyn Hill asks if
Relisha’s disappearance was, as the city later claimed, unpreventable
from a homeless shelter in Washington, D.C. in 2014, nobody noticed. By the time
authorities formally declared Relisha “missing,” 18 days had passed since she’d been
spotted at school or the shelter where her family lived. Seven years later, Relisha
has never been found. Through The Cracks investigates gaps in our society and the
people who fall through them, and in this first season, host Jonquilyn Hill asks if
Relisha’s disappearance was, as the city later claimed, unpreventable