Upcoming on In Pursuit- Season 5- 2024

Excellent episode of In Pursuit tonight. Two new cases were a missing child segment (which was actually an unidentified doe segment- this may have been the first time ever on the show?) that has some details and a 15 SOS fugitive that I've never heard of and can't find anything about online to hopefully post tomorrow once I can hopefully get some more information but it's getting late (damn you ID for pushing it back to 10 and not letting us watch earlier on Max or Discovery Plus anymore lol) so I'll post those cases tomorrow (well the missing child one at least- but the 15 sos fugitive frustratingly at the moment has no details) good night everyone !

I was able to watch the episode, and the segment for a John Doe is a great addition. Hopefully they'll add more John/Jane Doe(s) in the future

I will officially be in Europe and miss the last episode lol but hey five out of six isn’t bad haha

Ok turns out the Chicago segment was two unsolved cases- 18-year-old Christian Beamon- the brother of Fox News analyst Gianno Caldwell along with the drive-by-shooting death of 5-year-old Cecelia Thomas back in 2022.

I'm going to be honest though- and I hope I'm cut some slack as I don't think I've ever criticized In Pursuit in such a way in five years- but the segment felt a little too political for me as opposed to the matter-of-fact way In Pursuit usually presents cases- and using Chicago as the trendy example for issues with gun violence and crime when it is or was an issue in many major cities- along with the fact crime has actually went down in Chicago this year among many other major cities (Washington D.C. is one of the rare exceptions of large cities where crime has went up this year- if anywhere they should have chosen them). Also, 2022 was still somewhat of a covid world as opposed to now when it comes to crime and inefficiencies in that year. Unfortunately, perception does not match reality and the average person is likely under the impression crime has gotten worse lately when it actually hasn't. I know John as much as I love him may feel differently but I respectfully disagree with his take that crime in the U.S. is worse than ever and feel crime is obviously still an issue- just not one that's gotten worse and has actually gotten better recently. That's not to say there's not work to do- and I've stated there will always be a need for AMW In Pursuit or a show like it- this country is too large for crime to just go away- but we can do our best to mitigate it and progressively make this a safer world.

But I love everyone at In Pursuit and honestly speaking I still think although AMW improved this year- In Pursuit is still the better show (AMW is more accessible and easier to get captures off of but quality wise I like In Pursuit better). I hope I'm cut some slack since this was the first time in five years that I think I've said anything this critical- and although I didn't care for the political undertones- it was well produced and very emotional.

There apparently won't be a show on next week, which sucks for me since it means I'll miss the finale on June 19th but we'll worry about when the time comes (just no one nag me why isn't the episode guide updated- capture directory etc... updated- that will have to wait until the start of July for anything related to the June 19th episode lol).

Anyway, I will post the Beamon and Thomas cases and update the 15 SOS and missing cases when I get a chance tomorrow or whenever this week as my polite rant went on a bit too long and I need to go to bed now lol.

I’ll go one step further and say I loved Chicago when I visited and the streets were amazingly clean compared to New York and I never felt unsafe- as it seems the crime is mainly concentrated to specific neighborhoods such as the South Side. So to be fair I was in the more touristy parts but I probably felt safer there than even nyc and the only reason I can’t move to Chicago (besides needing a well paying enough job lol) is I can’t stand cold weather and I was freezing there in April like it was February lol

But yeah I’m not going to pretend Chicago is utopia and doesn’t have issues with crime, but like you said - crime is not Chicago specific

Anyway glad it’s not just me and I have confirmation

But yeah in summary to anyone at In Pursuit- we still love you and hope there can actually be more seasons- just please don’t do a segment like that again lol

And now Steven Oboite has been captured. The absolute worst case scenario from an airing perspective- not from a justice perspective of course- is when a fugitive gets captured before In Pursuit has a chance to air them since this is a filmed way in advance on a lesser budget show and they don’t have the ability to just replace a fugitive as a breaking news show like AMW- and this affects them even more than usual since there are only six episodes. Of course I’d rather Oboite be caught than not caught- just disappointed it couldn’t have happened sooner so a still at large fugitive could have been aired instead. Hopefully we can still get a capture out of this season. Also in fairness the publicity that Oboite was going to be on In Pursuit (Dejuane Anderson as well) may have helped contribute to his capture.