By staff, June
18, 2020
“We did everything we could with the resources we had to Put Tarasha’s case in front of the media until we got put out, the case was headed back to the national press”. Henderson said.
(Atlanta, Ga) for ten years now, Selma teenager Tarasha Benjamin has been missing and there is no sign the case is even been investigated. But, for investigative journalist Lawyer Henderson who was apart of the case between 2011-2018, it appears that case will never be solved.
Benjamin went missing on June 26, 2010 headed to the local flea market with her neighborhood friend Telisha Gihvan. The grey Mazda tribute truck she left in was later abandon and found on the Cecil Jackson bypass which leads to the Flea Market and Benjamin was no where to be found.
The family call the Selma Pd and there where Assistance from the National center for missing exploited children who did several searches for the missing teen which came up empty.
Henderson said he got in the case hoping to do a documentary and to assist in the investigation where he met with family members and police. “I really thought I could help and assist, I really thought that, and when you believe in something, you try your best to succeed, and that’s what I was accomplishing in Tarasha’s case”. Henderson said.
“We did everything we could with the resources we had to put Tarasha’s case in front of the media until we got put out, the case was headed back to the national press”. He added.
Henderson goes on to say that the recent killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and Amaud Arbery cases would have given some light to Tarasha’s case because this is the time everybody see the police corruption that’s going on around the country.
“Facing the 10 years she been missing (Tarasha), with protest here in Atlanta, I could educate hundreds of thousands of people about her case in a matter of seconds, it was the perfect time. But, when you have family members who throw there two cents in, and feed off negativity, and bring confusion into the mix, and then the whole thing shuts down, the only one who suffers as results of that, is the victim, Tarasha”.
Henderson said the latest update he got from the case was in 2019, where they took the lead detective off the case and now no one is investigating it now.
The entire two hour special on “The Lawyer henderson Show” starts at 6pm est. on June 25, 1 day before the tenth anniversary will take a look back at the case. You can listen live on Facebook and even call into the show at 516-418-5867.
Go to Blogtalkradio.com/thelawyerhenderson show for further details.
