Murder In America
EP. 193: WASHINGTON D.C. - She Gave Her Child To A Pedophile: The Disappearance of Relisha Rudd
14 Mar 2025
In 2014, a young girl named Relisha Rudd disappeared from a homeless shelter in the Washington D.C. area, and the story of what happened afterwards will shock you to your very core. You’re listening to MURDER IN AMERICA. - Listen to our new show, "THE CONSPIRACY FILES"!: -Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/5IY9nWD2MYDzlSYP48nRPl -Apple Podcasts - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-conspiracy-files/id1752719844 -Amazon/Audible - https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/ab1ade99-740c-46ae-8028-b2cf41eabf58/the-conspiracy-files -Pandora - https://www.pandora.com/podcast/the-conspiracy-files/PC:1001089101 -iHeart - https://iheart.com/podcast/186907423/ -PocketCast - https://pca.st/dpdyrcca -CastBox - https://castbox.fm/channel/id6193084?country=us - Stay Connected: Join the Murder in America fam in our free Facebook Community for a behind-the-scenes look, more insights and current events in the true crime world: https://www.facebook.com/groups/4365229996855701 If you want even more Murder in America bonus content, including ad-free episodes, come join us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/murderinamerica Instagram: http://instagram.com/murderinamerica/ Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/people/Murder-in-America-Podcast/100086268848682/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/MurderInAmerica TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@theparanormalfiles and https://www.tiktok.com/@courtneybrowen Feeling spooky? Follow Colin as he travels state to state (and even country to country!) investigating claims of extreme paranormal activity and visiting famous haunted locations on The Paranormal Files Official Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/TheParanormalFilesOfficialChannel - (c) BLOOD IN THE SINK PRODUCTIONS 2025 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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If my daughter is watching this right now, I would say, I love you. And come back home to your mother safely and unharmed. And I love you. And when you do return back, and if you do return back unharmed, you will never, ever go with anybody else. You will be next to my side at all times.
In today's story, we are going to tell you about the Rudd family. In 2014, Shamika and Antonio, along with their four children, were living in a Washington, D.C. homeless shelter called the D.C. General Family Shelter. But this was no place to raise a child. It was dirty and filled with bedbugs.
The rooms and hallways were lined with drug addicts, vagrants, and drifters who were down on their luck. And for the children who lived there, there wasn't even a place for them to play. So for eight-year-old Relisha Rudd, it was not a happy place to spend her childhood. However, there was one person there who helped make things better, the shelter's janitor, 51-year-old Khalil Tatum.
He would often buy Relisha gifts. He would take her out to get her nails done and buy her new clothing. To an eight-year-old little girl living in a homeless shelter, these acts of kindness were everything, especially because she didn't have much. But in reality, Khalil Tatum was not doing this because he wanted to help her out. Relisha Rudd was being groomed.
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