True Crime in Color: Recent Episodes
Briana Collins
19-year-old Pravin Varughese had dreams of becoming a police officer. But after one fateful college party, Pravin's dreams were never realized. The Southern Illinois University student was found dead in the woods days after that party.
The biggest question surrounding Pravin's case: how did he die? Was it hypothermia? Or blunt force trauma?
Jelani Day was a graduate student at Illinois State University. The 25-year-old had dreams of becoming a doctor. He was considered a missing person for about a month. His body found in the Illinois River September 4, 2021. It wasn't identified until almost 20 days later. Jelani's family wants to know what happened to him.
Jaylan Butler is a swimmer at Eastern Illinois University in Charleston, Illinois. On the way back from a swim meet, Jaylan says he was detained, put in handcuffs, thrown in the back of a police car and his life was threatened. But police got it wrong. They weren't looking for Jaylan, but someone else.
Selena Reyes-Hernandez was murdered in Chicago in 2020. Allegedly by a man who was upset because she was transgender.
Ten-year-old Tionda Bradley and her three-year-old sister Diamond went missing from their South Side Chicago home on July 6, 2001. The girls haven't been seen since.Anyone with information is asked to call Chicago police at 312-745-6007 or the FBI at 312-431-1333. You can also call the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children at 1-800-843-5678. The family is still offering a $30,000 reward.
I'm Briana Collins and this is True Crime in Color. The first episode is available on 8/25. Listen to a preview now.