The Disappearance of Shy'Kemmia Pate Part 1: September 4, 1998

The Disappearance of Shy'Kemmia Pate Part 1: September 4, 1998

Author: The Fall Line® June 7, 2023 Duration: 38:53

Part one of our re-release of the Shy'Kemmia Pate series includes a brief update, as well as a remaster of the series. 

On September 4, 1998, 8-year-old Shy'Kemmia Pate vanished from her hometown of Unadilla, Georgia. Her family and local law enforcement have been trying to put together a timeline of what could have happened to her ever since. . . but there was a terrible problem: her loved ones were unable to report her missing when they first called police.

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