You can try, Send us a direct message on Reddit. And it will tell you all this information. Its still early. I discovered a Johnny Whitworth I never knew existed and got mesmerized by Maurice McRae. Amory: She wrote the post, and went to bed. It's likely she never would have gone to prison. Up until a few weeks ago, Monique had been looking for that police report for 15 years, even though she might not have realized it. When 12 year old Monique Watson disappears from home, her father Michael Watson, refuses to give in as the media and police make little effort in solving the case. Josh Crane Twitter Producer, Podcasts & New ProgramsJosh is a producer for podcasts and new programs at WBUR. Ben: The show featuring stories found in the vast ecosystem of online communities called Reddit. She is active on social media. Stay up and watch it with me. And I ended up just falling asleep because I was so tired and just so exhausted and just really confused. Still Here also wants to have its cake and eat it too: It portrays the New York Police Department as racist and corrupt, but the movies entire concept is based on the over-used, racially condescending trope that black people are helpless until a white savior comes along to solve their problems. It's more like, after a while, she has to help herself. They pulled Danielle into a back room and began to question her. Instead of researching this information, like any good journalist would do (and the information would be very easy to find by using The Chronicles address-finding resources), he decides to go to the neighborhood where the Watson family lives, with the hope that someone can tell him which building is the one where the family resides. 323 posts. }); She was born on December 1981. Heads up that some elements (i.e. Im doing everything I can by myself. So I didn't really talk to anyone about this. There are so many things wrong with how the movie shows Christian doing his investigating. For starters, Christian wants to go to the Watson family home unannounced to talk to Moniques parents, but he doesnt know where they live. I thought I was safe, I thought I was in good hands. And it was a huge change from always hopping around to actually being in a set place for about, I want to say five, six years of my life. We were unable to subscribe you to WBUR Today. "There was a letter that she had written about how she claimed to be a Katrina victim," Thornton said. When 12-year-old Monique Watson disappears from home, her father Michael Watson (McRae) refuses to give up even as the media and police make little effort in solving the case. In Oakland, Calif., they knew her as Danielle Jones, the adopted daughter of abusive parents who left her Chicago home with no money or identification. Below are some resources, if needed: We want to hear from you! Michelle took a job at a McDonald's to try to keep up with her bills and talked to her parents about sending her son back to live with them. The rest of the missing money was the result of bad accounting practices that Michael McMullen says were already in place at the Progress-Immanuel church. Monique: When my mom told me she was selling drugs, I knew that I couldn't tell anyone. His face was familiar. But another Redditor reacting to Moniques post, a librarian, found an actual lead. It looks like we don't have any synopsis for this title yet. She made sure I took my medication. They'll give you the case number. } But that's why we didn't even do the Amber Alert until way later, maybe two or three hours after.". Or the other girl. "Still Here" begins with distraught father Michael Watson (played by Maurice McRae) putting up missing-person flyers about his 10-year-old daughter Monique (played by Zariah Singletary) in the New York City neighborhood where they live. Whether you want to call it the projects or the hood, its still a ghetto stereotype. And she's like, "Do you even know who this guy is? Then came the summer of 1992. The V.O. Danielle rang them up, and they left. TV Shows. Her story is a little unconventional from a police perspective. It's something I have to think about because it's still in my memory. Christian Baker, a young New York journalist from The Chronicle, gets assigned to a social story about the disappearance of Monique Watson, a 12 years old African-American girl from Brooklyn. According to the information online. "I was shocked when I heard all these things about her, because these are things I didn't see in her," Topka said. is tony soprano, a narcissist; ted white aretha franklin husband dead; which sentence in the passage contains an allusion? People with a last name Watson live more in California, Georgia and are mostly not married, with a median household income of $284,716. And she was telling me, "I honestly didn't believe that he was gonna do anything. They said she was someone else. "I decided to leave," she wrote in a police confession when she was caught in January. Amory: Ventura County PD did give Monique the original police report from the day she was abducted. The material on this site may not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, cached or otherwise used, except with the prior written permission of Advance Local. In Martinsburg, hotel manager Bipin Patel made sure she had clothing and a place to stay. She's excellent. Danielle was handcuffed and taken to the police station for fingerprinting to prove who she was. Monique Watson, as Michelle called herself, scurried to a back room, told employees she had to deliver a message to a housekeeper and vanished as the family friend called the McMullen family.. if ('' == 'left') YouTubes privacy policy is available here and YouTubes terms of service is available here. append_element({ I felt it was missing something not sure what it was but something was missing.i felt it tried to hard.good attempt though. Amory: After processing this new information, and her own new memories about the incident, Monique wanted justice. } Many people who run from crimes run from really big ones, such as murder or rape. ; 31.08% are married and 44.60% are homeowners And he just got off with child endangerment, a misdemeanor. Superb acting from a largely unknown (by me, anyway) cast. Refine Your Search Results All Filters 1 Monique Yvonne Watson, 50 Resides in Downey, CA Lived In Hawthorne CA, Los Angeles CA, Lynwood CA, Gardena CA jQuery(wrapper).find('a').removeAttr('href'); A timely film. So they were all going through similar things. She has 3 different addresses, her most recent of which is in Indianapolis, Indiana. var popupParams = { I left the little amount of money I had with this girl for my son, and I drove my car until I ran out of gas. Monique Watson is on Facebook. And it's not only to prove em wrong, but it's also for myself as well. And because this is an apartment in the ghetto, of course the elevators dont work, so Christian has to walk up to the fourth-floor apartment by using the stairs. Includes Address (11) Phone (1) Email (1) See Results. It only has my name. "They were checking her, but I had no clue," Topka said. And since the memories are traumatic, digging into them has also been really scary. Cookie Settings/Do Not Sell My Personal Information. Monique: I always knew about the kidnapping. She recognized him, too. This nightclub scenes only purpose is to establish that Christian is sexually interested in women, so that viewers know that Christian is the prototypical good-looking, straight white male who usually gets to be the hero in movies like this one. "You never know how people react under sudden stress and pressure. A New York journalist who gets assigned the story of a missing African-American young girl, risks his career and takes the matter into his own hands trying to find her. She is a family to me. He finds out the name of the taxi driver and tells his editor boss Jerry that this taxi driver is probably the suspect that the police have overlooked. "I cried for her, and that's why I really opened up my heart to her," Tokpa said. Robot). Amory: The title of her post reads, I was abducted as a child. It was posted to the Reddit Bureau of Investigation community, which is described as quote using the power of the internet to solve real world problems., Ben: Moniques post was just a few paragraphs, describing the town she was in when it happened, some other vague details. } var append_element = append_element || function(e){if(void 0==e)return!1;if(! And she immediately turned the bike around, started chasing after us, yelling. We have to go to your mom. And, you know, I was a little kid, I'd seen this guy before. Watch the exclusive interview below and let us know what you think. She works odd jobs to make ends meet. Jerry tells Christian about the disappearance of Monique Watson: The cops arent pursuing it. captainform_create_form_popup(popupParams); Eating meals with Tokpa's kids. I said OK.". The next time that Still Here director Feier makes a movie, lets hope he makes an attempt to tell the story in a more authentic way. He gets a clue and runs a story claiming the police are not doing their job. Find Latasha Watson's phone number, address, and email on Spokeo, the leading people search directory for contact information and public records. So in addition to offering emotional support and advice, she also helped Monique take some immediate next steps. Johnny Whitworth, Maurice McRae, Afton Williamson, Jeremy Holm, Zazie Beetz, Larry Pine, 2021 Blue Fox Entertainment LLC. Culture Representation:Taking place in New York City, the dramatic film Still Here has a racially diverse cast (African American and white) representing the middle-class and working-class. Michelle caught a train to Washington, D.C., the night she was spotted in Martinsburg, but it wasn't long before she came back to the Maryland-West Virginia line area to stay with a guy she had met. Ben: Monique says she and her mom stayed in Iowa, picking up work wherever they could, from kindergarten up until just before 6th grade. . Christian introduces himself and tells Michael that hes from The Chronicle and wants to help with the investigation into Moniques disappearance. I always knew that it happened to me. So I was like, Okay, yeah, he's a friend. We got in his car. I have to say I'm always more compelled to watch movies based on true events. If her family wont talk, the other girl who was abducted might be the only person left. if(typeof cfJsHost != 'undefined'){ We just realized like, oh, they were probably doing drugs together. They liked it. When she got back to Dauphin County in March, Michelle told Detective Michael Thornton that she hadn't shared her real story with anyone while on the lam. It is heartbreaking (and very reveling) to live a story like this through the perspective of real people, specially in a time where this is a reality for so many others in the world. This story of human trafficking will change everything you thought you knew about it: This movie is filled with raw emotion and symbolism that will have your eyes watering throughout. In February 2010, the Disappeared episode featuring Michelle McMullen's story aired. Christian obviously thinks that easy puff pieces are beneath him and hes bored with the assignments that hes been getting lately. Michelle told police she spent every day with knots in her stomach, worried about being caught. Maurice McRae, although theatrical at times, brings heartbreak and despair to a very tough role. 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This false and limited perspective is damaging and ego driven with the "intention" of supporting Black stories. captainform_preload_form_popup(popupParams); Do think he's in California still? Amory: Monique got a lot of love and support. Reggie then tells Christian something thats pure gossip and speculation: He says that a taxi driver who lives in the same cluster of buildings used to park in a certain area every day at a certain time of day, but the taxi driver wasnt parked there on the day that Monique disappeared and the taxi driver hasnt been seen since. They say and do things that are hard to take back. It comes across as another excuse to push the agenda of the unhelpful law and its big bad white guy type policingoffering little more than supposition to back up its accusations. Amory: Dead end. "I'm so hurt, and I'm crying for her, and I wish she could come back to me. Michelle McMullen of Harrisburg is charged with theft by deception, accused of stealing $20,000 from a Susquehanna Township church where she worked and using the money to pay for school, authorities said. There are cases of white-collar theft for far more money in which defendants are sentenced to probation as long as they pay back the money. Her father said the family is fielding interest from national media and for book deals. Eventually, the final battle of an addict often becomes a very lonely one. One of the searches led police to West Virginia, where they said she was living and working at a bargain motel using the alias Monique Watson. Martin said he was unaware if she was using a false identification in California. On January 17, . As for the corrupt and racist NYPD cops, theres a scene where the cases chief investigator Captain Hardwick (played by Steven Hauck) tells a white subordinate cop what he thinks about the media attention over the case: Im not losing my job because some black little bitch got lost on the way home. Captain Hardwick essentially tells his underlings to find and arrest a suspect, even if theres no real evidence against that person. ", The family is refusing to dwell on what happened but is instead focusing on helping Michelle rebuild. I'm still gonna prove them wrong. The lead investigator in the case, Detective Michael Thornton, said he believed she would be living within 100 miles of Harrisburg. He said she never stole a cent. I think I left my car in Maryland. I would have really vivid dreams. Virtual Crunchyroll Expo Wrapped Up This Weekend with Huge Announcements and More! "I felt sorry for her," he said. Christian goes to the building and looks at the mailboxes to find out which one is for the Watsons apartment. "I tried to check on her, but the name I had was different," Topka said. And I just read through the bits and pieces that they had available and one of them sounded just like her. When 12 year old Monique Watson disappears from home, her father Michael Watson, refuses to give in as the media and police make little effort in solving the case. Its Christian Baker (played by Johnny Whitworth), a somewhat cocky journalist who works for the fictional New York City daily newspaper The Chronicle. She goes home, maybe a little more school work. When twelve-year-old African-American Monique Watson goes missing in Brooklyn, the police are apathetic and her father Michael is distraught. Or maybe her mom wanted to get them both away from this guy, who abducted her. "Sure he missed his mother and had genuine concerns, but he's always believed she would come back one day and be reunited, which she did. var captainformDomReady = captainformDomReady || function(e){var t=!1,n=function(){document.addEventListener? And I did keep it a secret, but I really had nothing else to compare it to. captainform_create_form_popup(popupParams); The 2 main detectives were horrible actors. But that Friday, Sept. 26, 2008, when Michelle got an unexpected day off from work at McDonald's, she made a decision to pack up her boy and secretly drive 18 hours through the night to the midstate. Zazie Beetz shares top billing in this movie, probably because she has a red-hot career right now, but her headlining status for this movie is misleading. I had to be really careful what I said, how I expressed my emotions and how I just carried myself. }, 10); I have a lot of plans, I have a lot of dreams. It's Boston local news in one concise, fun and informative email. Monique: I don't have good communication with my family. All of them were so supportive. } police say McMullen was a thief, and that's why she has been missing since September 2008. captainformDomReady(function() { She was really depressed. I'm not prejudiced at all but I can see this same thing happens a lot in real life. McMullens car was found in Hagerstown, Md., with her personal possessions inside a little more than a week after she disappeared. Monique: I was born in Oxnard, California. We didn't really trust each other. Latasha Watson in Texas. I enjoyed the story and the beautiful acting. It was not like work," Topka said. "We were together like family. But police were developing a different theory. When viewers first see Christian, he tells his editor boss Jerry Hoffman (played by Larry Pine) that he doesnt want to cover a charity event because its not hard news. More drugs. It wasn't until Dec. 15, 2008, when a McMullen family friend walked into the Knight's Inn in Martinsburg, W.Va., and spotted a familiar face working behind the counter. She gets out at three. And so, the next day, The Chronicle runs a front-page article, written by Christian, with the headline Taxi Driver, Yann Abellard, Overlooked by Investigators in Monique Watsons Disappearance. Christian is both smug and excited about this article. captainformCustomVars['772606'] = ''; That's not fair. This movie is about a missing girl. She stayed with her other aunt in Las Vegas. Its all part of her ending a cycle of pain created by generations of abuse and neglect in her family. Community Rules apply to all content you upload or otherwise submit to this site. Including a private message from a Redditor who related to parts of Moniques story. "I don't like to think about it. textContent: 'var frmRef=""; try { frmRef=window.top.location.href; } catch(err) {}; var captainform_servicedomain="app.captainform.com";var cfJsHost = "https://";', But this is how black people are treated in this country and it's so sad that the victims are victimized over and over again. Please don't talk to him.' The question of whether she was ever abducted, as her parents believe, or simply ran away to avoid charges, as police believe, might be settled in a courtroom. And by me talking to her and having a conversation with her, you know, it could trigger things that just might have been better off not addressed for her because, you know, everyone's different. It should also be noted that Christian, who likes to wear scarves and designer coats, is always dressed as if hes about to have drinks at a trendy cocktail lounge, instead of going to some of the run-down seedy areas where he has to go during the course of his investigation.. Jerry tells Christian: You havent been delivering for too long. clearInterval(captainForm772605PreloadInterval63fffe99d7859); clearInterval(captainForm772606PreloadInterval63fffe99d76c9); Monique: It wasn't until after Reddit that I was able to actually go to my godmother. The ending which might have saved the film instead was like letting the air out of a tire. } "I love her.". He developed and directed several short films in the past, including The Intruder and Lamentables. And this inaccuracy is what often happens when people from certain communities are written and directed in a problematic way by people who dont come from those communities. All rights reserved (About Us). We didn't really care about anything. And when I actually searched his name and I saw his picture, my body started shaking. The routine of a college kid. The friend who had been watching Michelle's son turned over a note scribbled from Michelle that said she needed time to think. A 14-year-old girl who was reported missing in 2021 has been found pregnant in the closet of a Michigan home. Topka said. It was never brought up unless I brought it up. Amory: Which begs the question: what exactly was her mom's relationship to this guy? Christian with guilt decides to finally do his work properly finding himself in a race against time to help the family find the girl. If you purchase a product or register for an account through one of the links on our site, we may receive compensation. music, sound effects, tone) are harder to translate to text. Hes an African immigrant whos scared out of his mind, and he vehemently proclaims that hes innocent. The assignment lands in the hands of journalist Christian Baker (Johnny Whitworth), who at first pursues a false lead, turning the entire case upside down. We're going to go to the beach." jQuery(wrapper).css('top', jQuery(window).height() * 0.4 + wrapper.width() + wrapper.css('padding').replace('px', '') * 2); And most who run get caught sooner than this. At this point in the story, Monique has been missing for eight days, and Michael is getting increasingly stressed-out because the police havent made any progress in the investigation. She told no one about her two loving parents. Her memories are incomplete, she was only five when she was kidnapped. Some of the performances are over the top and there are slight technical issues, (i.e. And it's still stuck with me for 15 years. Amory: This Mary Poppins of libraries known as Pseudonymph on Reddit also had a useful tool at her disposal: access to pay-walled newspaper databases. I want to go to different countries. Our clothes were soaking wet and it was getting later. else if ('' == 'right') And that's why they were in that room and we weren't allowed to talk to them. At first, he had plans for a documentary about missing and exploited children. In January 2009, she booked an Amtrak ticket to Emeryville, Calif., and went west. Even if we knocked on the door being hungry, it was, Were busy right now. Monique: We were so hungry, we ended up going to Carl's Jr. and they gave us these kids meals, the star-shaped nuggets, and that's kind of useless information because I don't remember anything else but I remember those star-shaped nuggets. Susquehanna Twp. "This really sucks. Just asking me questions that no one really asked me before. I hope to see all these actors again. Monique: So I was five years old and we were living in Saticoy and I used to play with this little girl that would come over once in a while. Use of and/or registration on any portion of this site constitutes acceptance of our User Agreement, Privacy Policy and Cookie Statement, and Your Privacy Choices and Rights (each updated 1/26/2023). Ben: Legal matters aside, theres something else Monique is focused on right now. But she was silently having money problems. var popupTrigger = jQuery("#captainformForm772605EmbedPopup63fffe99d7859"); There were just certain triggers that would remind me of my kidnapping. Not searchable in the newspapers own archives. And it closed with this statement: Im hoping that finding out more about this case will bring me peace and help with my healing, I hope that one day I could be reunited with the girl who was abducted with me, but that may never happen. It just makes you feel not worthy of that love and affection and like you need to search for it elsewhere. Then one morning in January, police came and took her away. Friends shes made in recent years who have supported her through tough times. Its just an incredibly lazy and culturally tone-deaf film that offers nothing thats impressively creative. Monique L Watson , 41 Lives in Texarkana, TX AKA: Monique James Related to: Mariah Carol Williams, Lacamry Williams, Neyamia A Watson +18 more Places Lived: Brooklyn NY, De Kalb TX Work: texas department of criminal justice , walmart - cake decorator View Reputation Profile Monique Carina Watson , 27 Lives in Macomb, MI elementType: "script", Monique: We ended up going to the beach and spending quite a lot of time there. Shes got a boyfriend. "She is a sweet person. Shes a student. function resize77260563fffe99d7859(wrapper){ I think I looked up Amber Alert, I looked up the city she was in at the time and a date range. "She avoided the police," Thornton said. Its something shes changing. Reggie has noticed that Christian is wearing an expensive watch, so its no surprise that Reggie tells Christian that he wont reveal any more information until Christian gives Reggie the watch, which Christian reluctantly and foolishly does. When you buy through links on our site, we may earn an commission. She decided to ask her god-mother for more information. Ben: What Monique does know is that right after this happened, her mom made a big move. But they said once the case is reopened there's a possibility that I might get to talk to this other girl who was with me. The material on this site may not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, cached or otherwise used, except with the prior written permission of Advance Local. So I was just really confused. She goes to work one of her part time jobs at 6pm until about 11. Orange-Osceola State Attorney Monique Worrell pushed back on recent criticisms of her office by Gov. Amory: This story, awful as it is, is incomplete. She actually told me, Oh, you're gonna be on the news. 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