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We covered over 90 missing person stories in 2024, mostly cases with very little media coverage, or those needing more exposure.
While most remain missing persons as we begin 2025, four cases from our previous episodes have come to a sad ending in 2024. It is with broken hearts we report these findings, but we know it has at least brought closure and (some) answers to families and loved ones.
JAYLEN GRIFFIN.
Jaylen was just 12 years old in 2020. He was living with his family in Buffalo, New York, and was a likable kid. He spent his summer days walking to the nearby grocery store and offering to help carry groceries and load cars for spare change. The patrons of the store loved Jaylen and his hard-working, positive attitude.
They knew Jaylen would help them even if they had little or nothing to give.
On August 4, 2020, Jaylen left his home on Warren Avenue to do just that- walk to the grocery store and see what he could do.
That was the last time his family saw him.
Sadly, just three months later, Jaylen’s 18-year-old brother was murdered, marking…
