In this episode of Huntinf 4 Answers: She was a Cornell-educated chemist with a bright future—until she vanished. After cutting ties with loved ones and moving across the country, Jahnay Bryan disappeared from a busy Los Angeles street in October 2024. Rumors of human trafficking, delayed alerts, and a haunting lack of urgency from police have left her family searching for answers years later. Anyone with information about this case should contact the LAPD Missing Person's Unit at 213-996-1800. You can also leave an anonymous tip at 800-222-8477, or use the Black and Missing Foundation's anonymous tip line on their website.

This is the story of Jahnay Bryan.

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In this episode of Hunting 4 Answers: In October 2014, she vanished without a warning, with no goodbyes and with no signs of trouble. In Part Two of Nina Cook’s story, her family's growing concern turns to horror when her remains are discovered inside an abandoned Memphis church. As detectives dig for answers, a tangled timeline, unanswered calls, and haunting final memories raise a chilling question: what really happened to Nina between summer and fall of 2014? Anyone with information about this case should contact the Memphis Police Department at 901-545-2677 or Crime Stoppers at 901-528-CASH.

This is the story of Nina Cook.

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In this episode of Hunting 4 Answers: In the summer of 2016, 25-year-old Taylor Hayden traveled to Atlanta for a celebratory weekend with friends. But just before dawn, outside a Buckhead lounge with a troubled past, her life was cut short by a deadly shootout between two rival groups. Taylor wasn’t part of the fight. She wasn’t even from Atlanta. She was an innocent bystander—caught in the crossfire of someone else’s war. Nearly a decade later, no arrests have been made, and her family is still searching for answers. Who fired the fatal shots—and why has justice never come? Anyone with information about this case should contact the Atlanta Police Department at 404-614-6544.

This is the story of Taylor Hayden.

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