May 12, 2020
18 year- old Abdi Sharif lived with his family in Des Moines, Iowa. He and his sister both worked at a local Target store to help support the struggling household. By all accounts a happy, friendly kid, Abdi intended to spend some time with his friends on a snowy night at the mall where the Target Store is located on a snowy January 17, 2020. He was last seen walking on a road near the mall, and then - nothing. Nothing for three-and-a-half months, until Saturday May 2, when Abdi Sharif's remains were found near the north bank of the Des Moines River, some four miles away from where he was last seen. Melissa is joined on the phone this episode by Private Investigator Stephanie Kinney, who was brought into the case by Abdi's family when it became clear that police were treating the case, more or less, as an instance of someone simply walking away from his life - this despite the fact that Abdi was happy, showed no signs of depression, desperation or even frustration, and had never indicated to anyone that he intended to do anything like abandon his family. A tireless seeker of facts and truth, Stephanie spent every spare hour of her time searching for Abdi - and now that his body has been found, she intends to work just as hard to seek the truth about his death - and make sure law enforcement doesn't push the case aside as a suicide or accidental death. If you have information on the death of Abdi Sharif, you can contact the Des Moines Police Department at (515) 223-1400 or Stephanie Kinney at C.R.O.W.N. Investigation Services at (563) 206-4778.