Twenty-year-old Jade 'Sage' McKissic was a University of Houston junior with everything to live for—orientation team leader, strategic communications student, beloved daughter and friend. On September 11, 2025, she walked a familiar route from Third Ward bars toward campus, stopping at a gas station for a slushie before disappearing into the darkness near Brays Bayou. Four days later, the water gave her back. Police found no signs of trauma, but her family demands answers that go deeper than "no immediate foul play."

This episode examines the dangerous intersection of student life and urban geography, where late-night corridors become crime scenes and surveillance cameras capture everything except the truth. With at least thirteen bodies recovered from Houston's bayous in 2025, we explore whether Jade's death is an isolated tragedy or part of a larger pattern the city refuses to acknowledge. We center her story—not the speculation, not the fear—but the life of a young Black woman whose walk home became a family's worst nightmare and a campus community's wake-up call about safety after midnight.