Episode 25: The Vanishing of Cherryl Lamont Pearson

Nothing about Cherryl’s day on Friday January 4th, 2002 foretold the trouble awaiting her. The 37-year-old pediatrician lived in Bartlett, Tennessee; a city located northeast of Memphis with a population of more than 50,000 people.

That evening, she attended a Memphis Grizzlies game at the Pyramid Arena in Memphis. Cherryl had season tickets and as a former basketball player herself, it was a sport she enjoyed. She went to the game alone, which was not unusual. After the game, around 10:30pm Cherryl returned to her brick home located across the street from a golf course on Daybreak Drive in Bartlett Tennessee. Her close friend Andrea Fox and another girlfriend came over to hang out for a while leaving around 1 a.m.

These friends would be the last known people to ever see Cherryl Pearson.

Show sources:

Local Memphis 24: Part One: The Disappearance Of Dr. Cherryl Pearson

Charley Project: Cherryl Lamont Pearson

Our Black Girls: Cherryl Lamont Pearson Vanished After Taking Early Morning Phone Call

NBC News: Four Years Later Grief Continues

WMC5 Action News: Missing doctor Bartlett's only cold case

Newspaper Archives:

The Jackson Sun, 1/22/2002, Police Continue Search for Doctor.

The Jaclson Sun, 2/20/1980. JCM.

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