What does a boy hold on to when he realizes his mother is gone? The ways she taught him to survive - and the creation of falsehoods, omissions, and a version of the truth he’s created to make it through each day. In this episode of She Has A Name, Tonya discovers something about Antonio’s past she never knew before - one that mirrors his mother's life in the years before she disappeared. The discovery opens up insights into the depths of Antonio’s pain and the life he yearns to create as he moves toward healing. We want to hear what you think about She Has A Name. Please help us out by filling out a short audience survey: https://www.apmstudios.org/survey
A warning.
We talk about some heavy topics, including murder and other acts of violence.
Listener discretion is advised.
Previously on she Has a Name.
In the summer of 1987, 14 year old Antonio asked his mom, Anita, if he could sleep over at his cousin's house for the weekend.
She was like, yeah, it's fine.
But then, you know, kind of gave.
Me the talk before I left.
What was the talk?
Oh, she loves me.
And like, we all we got.
That was the last time Antonio saw his mother.
And for three decades, he's been haunted by the unknown and driven by the need to find answers.
What happened to Anita?
After my mother died, it was just a whole different world.
And thank God we're so advanced, Know the streets, knew about drugs, and she knew good people.
Even though they were drug dealers, they were good people and they took care of her.
None of us kind of liked him, but she loved him.
But we're looking back now.
That was the point of tension in.