Kaelin Moore

But unlike Teresa, she did have a safe place to stay.

So after some time in jail, Elisa met a reverend named Inuka Monguzi, who took in women who were struggling with substance use disorders.

And Elisa loved this reverend.

She even referred to her as mom.

And the reverend really worked with Elisa.

She kept counseling her.

She was hoping that she would find her way with some time.

But Elisa would continue to kind of backslide.

She kept using cocaine.

She kept doing sex work.

One quote that we have from Reverend Monguzi about this is, she felt trapped, you know, and she knew that what was happening with her was wrong.

It was not good for her.

She knew all of this.

What she didn't know was how to get out of it.

And on the night of March 31st, 2001, things took a turn.

That evening, Elisa called the Reverend from a customer's house, saying that she was going to spend the night there.

And to the Reverend's surprise, Elisa actually put the man on the phone.

And then she calmly explained that they had just met and she was going to spend the night at his place.

After some small talk, Reverend Monguzi let the man know, quote, She even said that people would look for Elisa if she didn't come home.

And this man told her, quote,