'Diarra From Detroit': The Mystery of Deonte: Diarra's Quest for Sleep Leads to Dark Secrets
Posted on AllSides March 21st, 2024
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We open on a news segment on TV about the 1995 disappearance of young Deonte Brooks. As we pull back, there's blood on the floor, along with a machine gun and someone tied up in a chair. Our heroine escapes from a window. How did she get here? Flashback to a month ago… Diarra Brickland is a Detroit schoolteacher on the brink of divorce. She's anxious and hasn't had a full eight hours of sleep in months. Just after moving back to her family home, she's nearly the victim of...