Athena Joy Curry was 20 and a college student when she disappeared from Atlanta in the early morning hours of May 27, 2011. She had been staying with the father of her 16-month-old son, Yusef Ibn Mujahid, on Beecher Street. Mujahid says the couple fought after Athena found texts from another woman and that she left his home on foot about 3:00 a.m. wearing only a tank top and shorts. She left behind her son, her purse, and her phone, and she did not own a car.

Family members describe Athena as a devoted mother who would not have willingly abandoned her child. The couple’s relationship was described as volatile, with prior allegations of domestic violence and a past arrest of Mujahid for allegedly striking her; there were also claims he threatened her with a stun gun when she gave birth. Mujahid was the last person to see her and has been treated as a person of interest, but no charges have been filed. Her sister, Aisha Magee, later became legal guardian of Athena’s son and reported her missing after being contacted by Mujahid several days later.

What can readers in Atlanta remember about Beecher Street or that neighborhood the night Athena vanished?