WANTED: Justice for Hassani Campbell and Tianna Kirchner
Five-year-old Hassani Campbell disappears without a trace, leaving behind a community desperate for answers. No one knew four-year-old Tianna Kirchner was missing for four years, until a chilling phone call shocks law enforcement and the public. Though not connected in life, one thing is clear: they both deserve justice.
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Hassani Cambell (left) and Tianna Kirchner (right)
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An age progressed photo of Hassani, predicting what he may have looked like at 16 years old
Please contact the authorities If you have any information about the following cases:
Hassani Campbell
If you have any information about what happened to Hassani Campbell, you are asked to contact Oakland Crime Stoppers at 510-777-8572.
Tianna Kirchner
If you have any information about the death of Tianna Kirchner, you can reach out to Snohomish County Sheriff’s office at 425-388-3845.
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Episode Source Material
- Oakland North (Oakland, CA): Child last seen in North Oakland still missing, by Alexia Underwood
- NBC Bay Area (California): Search Intensifies for Missing 5-Year-Old, by Jessica Green
- Oakland North (Oakland, CA): F.B.I join search for missing child, by Alexia Underwood
- Nancy Grace: Hassani Campbell
- CNN: Missing 5-year-old last seen in store parking lot, caretaker says, by Phillip Rosenbaum.
- SFGate (San Francisco, CA): Missing boy’s parents plead for his return, by Jaxon Van Derbeken
- Oakland North (Oakland, CA): Missing boy’s foster father says child can walk without braces, by Alexia Underwood
- East Bay Times (Walnut Creek, CA): Drummond: Five years later still no sign of missing 5-year-old, by Tammerlin Drummond
- ABC 7 News (San Francisco, CA): Missing boy’s foster father talks to ABC7, by Cecilia Vega and Alan Wong
- SFGate (San Francisco, CA): Missing boy’s foster dad pleads for his return, by Jaxon Van Derbeken.
- NBC Bay Area (California): Foster Father: Hasanni Not Just a Paycheck, by Jessica Greene
- SFGate (San Francisco, CA): Foster parents arrested in boy’s killing, by Jaxon Van Derbeken and Meredith May
- SFGate (San Francisco, CA): Murder case to be built even though boy missing, by Henry K. Lee
- NBC Bay Area (California): Hasanni Campbell’s Foster Mom Released, by Bay City News
- SFGate (San Francisco, CA): Hasanni’s foster mom says couple are innocent, by Kevin Fagan and Henry K. Lee
- SFGate (San Francisco, CA): Missing boy’s foster dad released – no charges, by Henry K. Lee
- Oakland North (Oakland, CA): Keeper of memories: Campbell search organizer known for memorializing missing youth, by S. Howard Bransford
- Oakland North (Oakland, CA): No signs of boy found in Lake Elizabeth: Search galvanizes community but reveals no clues, S. Howard Bransford
- Oakland North (Oakland, CA): Three-month anniversary of Hassani Campbell disappearance marked by thin vigil crowd, by S. Howard Bransford
- SFGate (San Francisco, CA): Volunteers renew search for Hasanni Campbell, by Justin Berton
- NBC Bay Area (California): Strange Tip Leads to New Search for Hasanni, by Lori Preuitt
- Oakland North (Oakland, CA): North Oakland Now: No breakthrough in Campbell search, by John Grennan
- Oakland North (Oakland, CA); Wine party planned to fund search for missing boy, by S. Howard Bransford
- Oakland North (Oakland, CA): No new information on Hasanni Campbell one year after disappearance, by Anrica Deb
- Oakland North (Oakland, CA): Supporters rally on the anniversary of Hasanni Campbell’s disappearance, by Dara Kerr
- Snohomish County (Snohomish County, WA): Detectives Recover Child’s Remains from Storage Tote, by Snohomish County Sheriff’s Office
- KOMO News (Seattle, WA): Remains of 4-year-old girl missing for years found encased in concrete, by KOMO News
- King 5 (Seattle, WA): Child’s remains recovered from storage bin in Everett, by Liza Javier
- One America News Network (San Diego, CA): Body of 4 year old Washington State Girl Found in Plastic Storage Container in Mother’s Home
- King 5 (Seattle, WA): Timeline surrounding death of child found in storage bin, by Cynde Wise
- King 5 (Seattle, WA): Child found in storage bin had troubled life, documents show, by Dan Cassuto
- KOMO News (Seattle, WA): Grandmother wants answers after grandchild’s remains found in Everett, by Kristen Drew
- People: Parents Under Investigation After Missing 4-Year-Old’s Remains Found Encased in Concrete, by Harriet Sokmensuer
- KOMO News (Seattle, WA): Mother of child whose remains were found in plastic tote breaks her silence, by Kristen Drew
- King 5 (Seattle, WA): Investigation into missing girl’s death painstakingly slow, by KING Staff
- Washington State Department of Social and Health Services: records on Tricia Kirchner, CPS Case Notes
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