069 - The Disappearance of Brandy Hanna

Trace Evidence

Steven Pacheco

True Crime, Documentary, Society & Culture, History

4.7 • 4.2K Ratings

🗓️ 29 January 2019

⏱️ 83 minutes

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Summary

Thirty-two year old Brandy Hanna had recently gotten out of a six year long relationship. Having lived with her fiancé, Ray McAdams, she couldn't help but develop feelings for a friend, Zeke Lankford. The situation became complicated and ultimately Brandy moved out, choosing to find an apartment to rent with Zeke.

Just weeks after leaving Ray, Zeke told Brandy that he was leaving her. The young woman was now living alone, in an apartment in a bad part of town that her mother, Donna, didn't want her staying in. Brandy decided to use this alone time to put her head straight and figure out what she wanted to do.

On Friday, May 20th, 2005, Brandy worked the morning shift at Alex's restaurant. When her mother arrived that afternoon, she headed home and planned to go out to the beach for the weekend. Brandy would never make it to the beach and instead would vanish under bizarre circumstances.

The investigation would find a witness who described the man and vehicle who had arrived to pick up Brandy the night she disappeared. The only problem was the vehicle and description fit two men: Zeke Lankford and Ray McAdams.

For the next fourteen years, the investigation will grow cold and heat up. Lies will be uncovered and alibis destroyed. A suspect will die prematurely and another will admit to trying to frame him. A dedicated investigator will uncover a shoe believed to have belonged to Brandy and charges will be filed for obstruction of justice, and yet, all these years later, the truth of what happened to Brandy remains concealed.

Join host Steven Pacheco as he examines this difficult and heartbreaking case.

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0:00.0	Brandi Renee Hannah had gone through a difficult breakup.
0:12.3	She had chosen to leave her fiancee of six years and to strike out with another man who
0:17.3	had captured her attention and her heart.
0:20.8	Leaving behind the comfort of her home, Brandi and her new boyfriend decided to get an
0:25.1	apartment together in the Chakora Cherokee neighborhood of North Charleston, South Carolina.
0:31.9	It wasn't a great area, but it was close to the restaurant where Brandi worked as a
0:36.5	waitress alongside her mother, Donna.
0:40.1	Her new boyfriend, Zeke, had other plans though and left Brandi just shortly after
0:45.9	moving in together.
0:47.7	Hart broken and on her own, Brandi planned to make the best of things.
0:52.2	She stayed in touch with Zeke, who she believed would come back to her while also fielding
0:56.9	calls from her previous ex, Ray McAdams, who was desperate to get her back into his life.
1:03.9	On the afternoon of Friday, May 20th, Brandi left her job in the early afternoon with
1:09.2	plans of spending the weekend at the beach and clearing her head.
1:14.0	When no one heard from Brandi for the next few days, there was concern, but it was
1:18.6	believed she was at the beach and just trying to take some time for herself.
1:23.0	However, when she failed to arrive at work the following Monday morning and her apartment
1:28.1	was quiet and dark, friends and family knew something was wrong.
1:34.0	Over the next 14 years, investigators will receive tips and clues, find themselves caught
1:39.6	in the middle of a love triangle, and ultimately lose one suspect to a heart attack while compiling
1:45.6	evidence against another.
1:48.0	All logs reveal lies told by a suspect and charges of obstruction of justice will be levied
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