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Ep 1: Barbara Jean Dreher (Missing)

Ep 1: Barbara Jean Dreher (Missing)
Sep 12, 2019 · 23m 13s

In 1984, Barbara Jean Dreher, a black woman, was last seen by her family when she dropped her two young boys off at her daughter’s home in Washington, D.C. In...

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In 1984, Barbara Jean Dreher, a black woman, was last seen by her family when she dropped her two young boys off at her daughter’s home in Washington, D.C. In this episode, we talk about the circumstances of her disappearance, the ways in which the police so badly mismanaged her investigation, and how her family was impacted.

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Sources:

Black and Missing Foundation
http://www.blackandmissinginc.com/cdad/stats.htm
Charley Project
http://charleyproject.org/case/barbara-jean-dreher
“D.C. jail seeks homicide leads with cold-case playing cards,” The Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/12/14/AR2009121402472.html?sid=ST2009112502882&tid=a_inl_manual&tidloc=42
The Doe Network
http://www.doenetwork.org/cases/2420dfdc.html
“In 1984 she went missing. Could the skeletal remains found in a D.C. apartment crawl space belong to this mother?”, The Washington Post
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/in-1984-she-went-missing-could-the-skeletal-remains-found-in-a-dc-apartment-crawl-space-in-april-belong-to-this-mother/2018/06/20/37f3955c-68ea-11e8-9e38-24e693b38637_story.html
Missing, Unidentified, and Victims
https://www.missingadultskids.com/find-missing-barbara-jean-dreher/#.XXBq6-hKjIU
“Our Black Women and Girls Have Gone Missing but Few Seem to Care,” Afro.com
https://www.afro.com/our-black-women-and-girls-have-gone-missing-but-few-seem-to-care/
“Police connect remains to three women who vanished in Southeast Washington in 2006”, The Washington Post
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/police-identify-remains-of-three-skeletons-found-buried-in-southeast-washington/2018/08/15/7c1cfe32-a09c-11e8-8e87-c869fe70a721_story.html
“Race and Gender: Media Bias in Coverage of Missing Persons,” The Missing NY
http://themissingny.nycitynewsservice.com/part-two/race/
“To Be Young, Missing, and Black,” HuffPost
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/opinion-todd-missing-black-girls_n_5ab94c9ae4b054d118e5d690
“What We Know (And Don't Know) About 'Missing White Women Syndrome',” NPR
https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2017/04/13/523769303/what-we-know-and-dont-know-about-missing-white-women-syndrome
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