AL AL - Lakira Goldsmith, 20, Montgomery, 27 Nov 2018 *asthma*

[EllaMae]

I think there also may be a sky bar in Montgomery in addition to the one discussed in the Aniah Blanchard case. Also, there was the killing and dumping of human trafficking victim Melissa Metcalf. I think that was her name. She was dumped very close to here in an area known as the tysonville loop. Which is basically a right off exit 22 instead of a left where Aniah Blanchard was found.

Sky Bar and Envi Ultra Lounge get six months to make nightclubs safer

 

[jgarris]

I've reached out to the Montgomery PD to see if we could possibly get any information/updates to try to help find Lakira...she's out there somewhere!

 

[TimesEight]

Thank you for doing this!

 

[Southern_Girl]

Are posts from Texas Equusearch FB page allowed??

 

[Dre]

Hoping for some answers and justice for her family, I cannot imagine waiting so long, not knowing or getting anywhere close to closure.
Lakira has a post on her fb that says “justice 4 kenneka” and it always hits me when those who go missing have posts or any interest in some of the cases we might follow, like a reminder this could happen to any of us. Thinking about Lakira and her momma and baby today.

 

[perfectingpink]

Are posts from Texas Equusearch FB page allowed??

Yes, we can link TXEQ's Facebook page. However, we cannot discuss the comments.

 

[jgarris]

No luck with Montgomery PD, yet.

I read through the comments on the TXEQ's Facebook page...they are far too many people that are thinking alike for this to not all be connected...right?

 

[Steph8angels]

I think they are going where the evidence leads them.

Lakira's case is getting some much needed attention.

It's been a year and she deserves to be found.

MOO All cases in and around this district needs to be reopened and followed and if the evidence shows certain people being Career Criminals commiting murder and covering up crimes....THROW THE NET AND BRING THEN IN.

The Community needs safety and justice for all.
We all do

 

[Steph8angels]

If you have seen Lakira Goldsmith or know of her whereabouts, please contact Montgomery Police at 334-625-3846 or Texas EquuSearch at (513) 503-3706. Tips: text: (513) 503-3706 or email: [email protected]

 

[Steph8angels]

Source Information

• NamUs
• Lakira Goldsmith's Facebook Page
• Alabama News
• The Montgomery News

 

[imstilla.grandma]

Makayla sang about the pain their mom was going through. She sang she'd give her own life in exchange for her sister's. Nearly 5,000 people watched the 9-year-old's video, posted to the Finding Lakira "Pigg" Goldsmith Facebook page.

Two months later and another holiday missed, Makayla posted another video. Her 3-year-old nephew, she sang, "He has to live his life without his mom." About 7,000 people listened.

Outside of these video views and the every day reminder posts by Marchelle Goldsmith that her daughter is still gone, Lakira Goldsmith's disappearance a year ago has garnered little attention. It went unreported by Montgomery outlets until recently. Leads reported to Montgomery police have gone nowhere. Until last month, her case information hadn't been uploaded to the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System, known as NamUs, which enables people from around the country to know the circumstances around those deemed missing.
'Every day is a nightmare': The disappearance of Lakira Goldsmith overwhelms her mother

 

[imstilla.grandma]

Just hearing of this. Shame on me! Why isn’t this thread slammed with comments? Is this the only thread? Are you kidding me? The first post is from Dec 2018 and only three pages? I’m in tears after hearing songs and watching the videos.

 

[imstilla.grandma]

Lakira "Pigg" Goldsmith still missing after one year

Texas EquuSearch - TXEQ

The AWARE Foundation, Inc.

Lakira Dajour Goldsmith – The Charley Project

 

[Niner]

I only heard about this lady missing from Aniah's thread....

 

[imstilla.grandma]

I only heard about this lady missing from Aniah's thread....

I had a gap in Aniah’s case. By the time, I was able to return, she had been found. I must have passed by the info trying to catch up. It is a sad and bewildering disappearance.


Lakira, who went missing Nov. 27, 2018, is still not listed on the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency site, although two other Montgomery women, Keyquanna Burton and Donna Calloway, who went missing after Lakira, are.

Nine months, several holidays and both their birthdays later, Makayla is still waiting on the day when the words in her songs are no longer true. Other children at school have bullied her, enduring the taunts that her big sister is no longer alive. Goldsmith has endured the same claims, in the forms of recordings and messages from various people sent to her inbox.

The recent abduction and subsequent murder of Aniah Blanchard has intensified her pain, and her confusion. Why aren't more people looking for her daughter? Both young, African American women deeply loved by their families — albeit one a college student from a middle class home and the other a teen mom who dropped out of high school.

Though, Blanchard's family's tragedy might help bring Goldsmith's need for answers to an end.

During the search for Blanchard, the Texas EquuSearch Mounted Search and Recovery Team learned about Lakira's case. They now want to help in the search for her.

"In light of information we received, while assisting in the search efforts to find precious Aniah, our Texas Equusearch Midwest/Ohio Team, will be returning to Alabama shortly, to now assist Law Enforcement, in the search efforts to help locate Lakira “Pigg” Goldsmith," an EquuSearch employee posted.

The nonprofit was founded by the father of Laura Miller following her abduction and murder in 1984.

Dave Rader, director for the Midwest chapter of EquuSearch, whose team searched for Blanchard for 13 days and came within a quarter mile of her remains, said he has been working with MPD investigators to identify a time and place to search for Lakira.

At this point, however, Montgomery Police Capt. Regina Duckett said, “There have been no new leads or developments that would define a search area.”

Despite the lack of Lakira's listing in databases accessible to the public, Duckett said she was listed as a missing person in the National Crime Information Center and the department has requested information regarding her whereabouts through Crime Stoppers twice.

"MPD has investigated and will continue to investigate any and all leads but at this time her whereabouts remain unknown," Duckett said.
https://www.usnews.com/news/best-st...nce-of-lakira-goldsmith-overwhelms-her-mother

 

[Darling136]

Her case was created in Namus mid Nov
The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

 

[JanesGirl]

I feel like Lakira Goldsmith (vanished 11/27/18), Keyquanna Burton (vanished 3/6/19)and Donna Calloway's (vanished 8/28/19)cases are related. All 3 from Montgomery, all 3 left home and never returned without any indication they were leaving for an extended period, all 3 are young black girls missing within 3-4 months of each other from the same city. I wonder if the police have thought about this?

 

[Steph8angels]

Updated
Lakira Dajour Goldsmith – The Charley Project
Details of Disappearance
Goldsmith disappeared from Montgomery, Alabama. On November 27, 2018, she went out with her boyfriend, and he picked her up at home in the 4500 block of Narrow Lane Road and then dropped her off there later. Her grandmother saw her getting out the car, but she apparently never arrived back inside.

A maintenance man at the apartment complex told Goldsmith's family that he let her use his home at 2:00 a.m. on November 28. He left her talking on his phone outside, and when he came back she was gone and his phone was sitting on the steps. She has never been heard from again.

It's uncharacteristic of her to leave without warning or to go very long without using her social media accounts. She left behind a two-year-old son, and her family doesn't think she would have abandoned him. Few details are available in her case.
Investigating Agency

• Montgomery Police Department 334-625-2810

 

[Dre]

Lakira Dajour Goldsmith – The Charley Project
“A maintenance man at the apartment complex told Goldsmith's family that he let her use his home at 2:00 a.m. on November 28. He left her talking on his phone outside, and when he came back she was gone and his phone was sitting on the steps. She has never been heard from again.”

well, either the maintenance man, or the person she called from the maintenance man’s phone definitely know exactly where she is... why is this taking so long
MOO

 

[PommyMommy]

MAR 7, 2020
Family of Missing Woman Pleading for Help - Alabama News
On Saturday, Lakira Goldsmith’s family held a press conference on the State Capitol steps in order to raise more awareness.

[...]

Goldsmith’s family says more resources are needed in the search for the missing woman and are asking that anyone with information about Goldsmith’s disappearance would come forward.

“When you get a penny, and you get another penny, it keeps growing from there. A little bit helps. That’s how you start getting anything done. With a little bit, so it doesn’t matter, you don’t even have to say your name,” press conference organizer Patricia Holliday June said.

[...]