Crime Stories with Nancy Grace
HELP BRING MISSING CHILDREN HOME: Genesis Reid and Jacob Pritchett
17 Feb 2026
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Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
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Breaking news. A three-year-old little girl, Genesis Reed, missing from Enterprise, Alabama. Enterprise. Where is that? Enterprise is near Hay Cody. It is near Op... I'm trying to give you a good connection. It's along the Panhandle, veering toward Florida. A three-year-old little girl missing.
Chapter 2: What happened to Genesis Reid, the missing three-year-old girl?
Genesis Reed. Not only that, Jacob Pritchett, an autistic boy just 11 years old, is missing out of Brooklyn. His mom says he never existed. Really? Then why do you have his name tattooed on your body, woman? Good evening. I'm Nancy Grace. This is Crime Stories. I want to thank you for being with us. Straight out to Dave Mack, Crime Stories investigative reporter.
I want to start with the little three-year-old girl, Genesis Reed, out of Enterprise, Alabama. First of all, where's Enterprise? Explain. I'm sure you'll do a better job than I did.
You mentioned the panhandle of Florida. If you're going from the beach, like Panama City Beach to Montgomery, Alabama, it's a halfway point. Very southern part of Alabama, northern Florida, in that general vicinity. Enterprise, Alabama... Not a big city, but you mentioned Op and other areas. It's called the Wiregrass area.
But, Nancy, we have a three-year-old, okay, that mom says she woke up at 3 o'clock in the morning, her toddler is gone, and the front door is open. We've heard this before in other stories. I don't know what her mother, Adrienne Reed, expects us to believe. But she claims in a 911 call that she woke up, baby's missing.
Now she said that she wasn't in her bed, but other reports are that Adrian slept with Genesis in the same bed. So we've got to get that squared away. But right now, Genesis Reed missing at three years old.
Enterprise Alabama police desperately searching for Genesis Nova Reed, turning three next month. The toddler reported missing Monday when her mom wakes in the early morning hours to find Genesis's bed empty and the front door open. Neighbors fear Genesis missing longer, having last seen her more than a month ago.
Genesis light-skinned African-American with black hair and brown eyes, 2 feet 5 inches tall, 30 pounds, last seen wearing pink Minnie Mouse pajamas. Anyone with info, call Enterprise PD at 334-347-2222.
Now joining us, in addition to Dave Mack from Crime Stories, a real expert in finding missing people, it's Brian Fitzgibbons. He is Director of Operations, USPA Nationwide Security. He leads a team of investigators that go worldwide trying to find missing people. He is at USPASecurity.com. Brian, thank you for being with us. Brian, I don't like it. It stinks. You know why it stinks?
For many reasons. But first of all, neighbors state they have not seen Genesis Reid in two weeks.
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Chapter 3: What details do we know about Genesis's last seen moments?
Who were they with? And could she be staying there with a friend or a family member as a part of a greater custody battle? So, you know, that's a point of hope for the public here and a point of hope for Genesis that that could be the case.
Well let me ask you this, along those same lines Brian Fitzgibbons, what does it tell you that the FBI has been brought in in the search for Genesis? Maybe cross state lines for custody issues?
Correct, yeah, cross state lines. And you have to understand the FBI can be called in to assist. They're gonna have greater resources, tracking cell phones and things like that. So the local law enforcement enterprise may have well just called them in.
And we've been up since four o'clock this morning, literally standing outside with the police. Four o'clock this morning, ain't nobody went to sleep. Ain't nobody went, we all been standing out here.
Neighbors say Genesis is a familiar face, seen walking with her mom on Apache Drive almost daily, up until about a month ago, when Adrian suddenly stops the practice. Vanessa Marana, whose daughter frequently plays with Genesis, says she hasn't seen the toddler since Christmas. Another neighbor says he runs into Adrian shopping alone on Valentine's Day.
When he asks where her daughter is, Adrian replies, I don't know, and abruptly walks away.
I ain't seen that baby since Christmas, but that's my friend, so I would never, you know, go against what she said. My biggest concern is getting that baby home.
That from our friends at WDHN. Okay, I can't tell you how devastating the blow will be if Genesis has been missing since Christmas. That's according to her neighbors. So... Brian Fitzgibbons, we've lost a lot of time, if that's true. And you know, in some jurisdictions, not reporting your child missing is in fact a crime.
Oh, certainly. Yeah. And, you know, investigators, when you see State Bureau of Investigation, FBI, along with the local law enforcement involved here, I'm going to guarantee you that answers are going to come here for Genesis. They're going to be downloading all sorts of communications, location data for the mother to try to unwind the last time they were indeed together.
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Chapter 4: Who are the key guests discussing Genesis's case?
I don't even know who uses that word anymore. I think it's in the Old Testament, New Testament. I don't know. But that said, how dare she? She's got his name tattooed on her body, Fitz.
Yeah, and what we've learned about the mother, Nancy, is that she's suffering from some severe mental health issues. Since October, NYPD, when they found out about Jacob being missing, has actually done quite a bit here. They've sent dogs into the apartment in Brooklyn, cadaver dogs that actually did hit and find the presence of blood. So that's very concerning.
On top of that, NYPD has excavated over 3 million pounds of trash in Rochester, New York at a landfill that services that apartment complex. So no Jacob, no answers. All signs have to lead to this mother and for these questions to be answered.
I know she gets taken back and forth to Rikers because she won't tell anyone about the child. And just most recently, another judge there in Brooklyn sprang her from behind bars and dismissed the case. Is that true, Dave Mack?
100% true, Nancy. So Jackal and Pritchett is back out on the loose again. But hey, one thing to point out about the searches, early on in the investigation, we're talking October here, as investigators were getting into this very, very quickly, they brought out cadaver dogs and brought them to the apartment of Jackal and Pritchett. That's where dogs hit on blood on the refrigerator and
Blood on a mattress that was found by the dumpster outside. It is that mattress, blood and dumpster that led law enforcement to searching nearly three million pounds of raw garbage at the dump in search of this child. Anything they can find.
The last confirmed sighting of Jacob was April 2. A property manager saw him. And earlier in 2025, he waved from a window, early 2025. He waved to his aunt who was speaking to his mother outside. Now, we also know that according to NYPD, Jacob never went to public school and was being homeschooled. Now, right there, it reminds me of the Turpin children. There was no record of them.
They were being horribly abused in the home. And when a child is taken out of regular school and is being homeschooled, and I'm not knocking homeschooling. I'm saying that that's one less barrier to a child being mistreated because teachers and school employees are are under a duty, a duty to report if they suspect mistreatment or abuse.
So when you take that safety net out of the equation, you have more children being abused. What about it, Fitzgibbons? I mean, I would think that school teachers would notice he's not in school anymore.
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