Track 69: Aniya mack
Summary: On June 24, 2018, Aniya Mack, 24, left her home for a meeting regarding an upcoming performance at her church—Second Baptist Church in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Her boyfriend, Donnovan Lewis, was adamant that this was Aniya's last known location. It had been days since he and Aniya's family heard from Aniya. Now, detectives are working quickly to piece together what really happened to her, as clues start to unravel a secret life. Could this be the missing piece to finding Aniya?
An image of Aniya Mack.
A picture of Donnovan Lewis, convicted murderer of then girlfriend, Aniya Mack.
An image of Loretta Bailey, Aniya’s mother, taken from a news clip.
An image of “The Reverend” (Rev. Strickland) who had close ties to Aniya Mack. He was later convicted in an unrelated sex crime in January 2023.
This episode was made possible because of the below sources:
TV SHOW:
FATAL ATTRACTION: LAST WORDS: The Disappearance of Aniya Mack https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=fFFg3TQ0Y80
https://tvone.tv/video/the-disappearance-of-aniya-mack-fatal-attraction-last-words/
ARTICLES:
https://www.mlive.com/news/kalamazoo/2018/07/woman_found_dead_near_kalamazo.html
https://wwmt.com/news/local/police-report-suspect-blamed-relationship-with-pastor-as-fuel-for-aniya-mack-killing
https://www.thecriminaljournal.com/aniya-mack-the-murder-of-a-24-year-old-woman-whose-body-was-found-in-a-creek-just-days-after-she-went-missing/
https://wwmt.com/news/local/police-video-released-of-donnovan-lewis-capture-in-kalamazoo
https://www.mlive.com/news/kalamazoo/2019/10/man-who-killed-ex-girlfriend-dumped-body-in-river-sentenced-to-25-40-years.html
https://www.fox17online.com/2019/10/28/donnovan-lewis-says-hes-beyond-sorry-during-sentencing-for-murder-of-ex-girlfriend
https://wwmt.com/news/local/family-of-aniya-mack-reacts-to-sentencing-of-donnovan-lewis
https://www.toombsbycrystalfuneralservices.com/obituary/Aniya-Mack
https://wwmt.com/news/local/stricjavvar-strick-strickland-kalamazoo-pastor-sex-crimes-sentence-court-felony-michigan-state-police