Real Name: Relisha Tanau Rudd
Nicknames Lil'Mama.
Location: Washington, D.C.
Date: March 1, 2014
Bio[]
Date of Birth October 29, 2005
Height: 4'
Weight: 80 lbs.
Characteristics Black female with black hair and brown eyes. Relisha may be in need of medication.
Case[]
Details: Eight-year-old Relisha Rudd lived with her mother and siblings at a homeless shelter in Washington D.C. Her family was befriended by Kahlil Tatum, a janitor at the shelter. Relisha's mother placed her daughter in Kahlil's case. Relisha was last seen on March 1, 2014 on a security video footage. Relisha was reported missing on March 20 and an AMBER alert was soon afterwards when police searching for her found the body of Kahlil's wife, Andrea. Kahlil was later found dead from an apparent suicide on April 1.
Suspects: Kahlil Tatum
Extra Notes
- This case was uploaded to the Unsolved Mysteries Facebook account on May 25, 2021 as a part of a post about "National Missing Children's Day", along with Kyron Horman, Faloma and Maleina Luhk, Aranza Ochoa-Lopez, and Mark Himebaugh.
- It was also profiled on Missing.
- Her middle name may be also spelled as Tinau.
Results: Unsolved
Links:
- Relisha Rudd on Wikipedia
- Relisha Rudd on the Charley Project
- Relisha Rudd on the FBI website
- Relisha Rudd on Uncovered
- Man Possibly With Missing Girl Wanted for Wife's Murder - March 20, 2014
- Body found in D.C. park is suspected abductor of Relisha Rudd, 8, police say - April 1, 2014
- Before Relisha Rudd went missing, the 8-year-old longed to escape D.C.'s homeless shelter - April 5, 2014
- An 8-year-old girl in the District tragically disappeared. What happened to her? - October 7, 2016
- It's been 4 years since Relisha Rudd was reported missing - March 1, 2018
- Aunt of Girl, 8, Who Vanished From Shelter Thinks Janitor Took Answers to Grave With Suicide - November 20, 2019
- Search for Relisha Rudd Continues 7 Years After Disappearance - March 1, 2021
- Remembering Relisha Rudd: 10 Years Missing - March 1, 2024
- At age 8, Relisha vanished. A decade later, she haunts a changed city. - March 3, 2024