Best Foot Forward

Forensic Files

HLN

True Crime, Society & Culture

4.4 • 3.2K Ratings

🗓️ 4 June 2020

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

The investigation of an exotic dancer’s disappearance led police to an isolated 75-acre site where someone had been shot and cremated. The destruction of the remains was almost complete... almost, but not quite. Soft tissue attached to a piece of a foot provided enough DNA for a genetic profile, and positive identification of the victim.

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0:00.0	Up next, an exotic dancer vanishes.
0:04.0	It was driving me crazy that she didn't come home.
0:06.0	Was a jealous boyfriend involved?
0:09.0	He was kind of vague.
0:10.0	Or was she simply a runaway?
0:12.0	She could have met someone who had money,
0:14.0	someone who approved her life.
0:16.0	But a police cadaver dog and a burned key point
0:19.0	to a violent confrontation.
0:22.0	I watched forensic files, CSI.
0:24.0	I just feel like there's no hope.
0:28.0	There's no hope.
0:40.0	Instead of finishing high school,
0:42.0	Shemaya Smith dropped out and worked as a dancer
0:45.0	at the Kahoot's Gentleman's club in East Tartford, Connecticut.
0:48.0	I didn't approve of it.
0:51.0	I've always talked to her about getting a job.
0:55.0	It's a lot safer.
0:57.0	One night, Shemaya didn't return home after work.
1:01.0	Concerned, her family called police.
1:05.0	She's a very specter, young lady.
1:07.0	And all we want is her to come home safe and sound.
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