Atlanta's Longest Wait: The Nacole Smith Story

Atlanta, 1995. A 14-year-old honor student named Nacole Smith leaves for school on a June morning in the last week of eighth grade, turns back for a forgotten school project, and never makes it home. What happened in the woods off Campbellton Road would haunt southwest Atlanta for 26 years, outlast four homicide detectives, and become one of Georgia's most infamous unsolved cold cases.This week, The Black Docket takes you inside the decades-long hunt for her killer: the DNA evidence that sat waiting on science to catch up, the survivor whose memory gave the case its only face, the mother who refused to let her daughter's name fade, and the groundbreaking genetic genealogy technology that changed everything. Some answers take 26 years. Some come at a price no family should pay.A true crime deep dive into the Nacole Smith case, told the way only The Black Docket tells it: completely, and centered on the victims and the community that never stopped fighting.Listen to The Black Docket Podcast🎧 Spotify: The Black Docket on Spotify🍎 Apple Podcasts: The Black Docket on Apple Podcast💛 iHeartRadio Podcasts: The Black Docket on iHeartRadio Podcast🎙️ Amazon Music: The Black Docket on AmazonJoin the Investigation🔔 Hit the bell to never miss an episode.💬 Comment your theories, we read every one.🕵️‍♀️ Follow me on social media for behind-the-scenes updates, case breakdowns, and my occasional rants about why the justice system needs a makeover:📸 Instagram: The_black_docket🎥 TikTok: TheBlackDocketPodcast🐦 Twitter: TheBlackDocket