A Father’s Search for Truth, Justice, and a Son Who Never Came Home

Host: Jacob Newsome
Guest: Willie Smith
Production: Power of the Narrative (in partnership with Texas Center for the Missing)
Recorded & Mixed by: Jacob Newsome and Riverside.fm
Full Video Episode: Coming soon

On January 12, 2018, 19-year-old Jared Chavis got into a black Ford Fusion in Houston, Texas—and was never seen again. Seven years later, his father, Willie Smith, is still searching for answers.

In this raw and unfiltered conversation, Jacob sits down with Mr. Smith to revisit the night Jared vanished, the botched investigation, the heartbreak of unanswered questions, and the love of a father who refuses to give up.

Together they discuss:

• The events surrounding Jared’s disappearance

• The silence and negligence of law enforcement

• The emotional toll on Jared’s son and sister

• What it means to seek justice in a system designed to forget

• A direct call to those who were there that night

This episode is more than a podcast. It’s a plea. A demand. A sacred record.
And we won’t stop until justice speaks.

Crime Stoppers Tip Line:
$10,000 REWARD for information leading to Jared’s location and the arrest of those responsible.
Contact Houston Crime Stoppers or call 713-222-TIPS

https://crime-stoppers.org/solve-crime/unsolved-crime/5611318

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Host: Jacob Newsome
Guest: Wayne Cella
Production: Power of the Narrative
Recorded & Mixed by: Jacob Newsome and Riverside.fm
Full Youtube Video Episode: Coming soon

What if the trauma we survive becomes the raw material for the art we create?

In this brave and soul-deep conversation, Jacob sits down with filmmaker and actor Wayne Cella to explore what it means to live and create after childhood sexual abuse, queer erasure, and years of silencing. With searing honesty and poetic clarity, Wayne reflects on healing as a nonlinear process, filmmaking as exorcism, and friendship as both mirror and medicine.

Together, they unpack:

• Surviving priest-perpetrated abuse in childhood

• Making art from grief, rage, and queer becoming

• Trauma responses vs. true desire in intimacy

• Why stories save us and why silence kills

• How chosen family heals what bloodlines could not

Wayne’s films Insignificant, Talisman, and Mercury aren’t just projects. They’re ritual containers for reclaiming voice, queerness, and power.
This is a conversation about the ache of memory, the genius of inner children, and the courage it takes to stay alive when the world tells you you shouldn’t be.

If you’ve ever felt like your softness was unsafe or like your rage had nowhere to go this one’s for you.

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In this devastating and urgent episode of Power of the Narrative, Jacob Newsome sits with Alejandro Carrillo and advocates to share the story of Mayolo Carrillo—a father, grandfather, and beloved brother who vanished near Eagle Pass after trying to cross the U.S.-Mexico border to say goodbye to his dying mother.

Mayolo's family opens up about their heartbreak, the systemic failures they’ve faced, and the haunting silence from investigators. They are doing what law enforcement refuses to: searching every day, following every clue, and demanding the dignity Maolo deserves.

This is not just one family's grief, it's a mirror reflecting how immigrant lives are treated as disposable.

• “He risked his life to say goodbye.”

• “We’re doing the police’s job.”

• “To them, he’s just another person. To us, he’s everything.”

Featuring: Alex Carrillo

Host: Jacob Newsome

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https://crimesolverscentral.com/blog/post?name=a-sons-final-journey-the-disappearance-of-mayolo-23084

https://namus.nij.ojp.gov/missing-person-namus-mp143114