She Didn’t Come Home: Remembering and Advocating for Women Lost While Walking and Running
Honoring the lives of women who didn’t come home from a run or walk—and demanding the justice they deserve.
She Didn’t Come Home is a project started in February 2024 by Christal Griffith, a freelance writer and advocate, dedicated to memorializing women who went missing or were murdered while walking, jogging, or running. The blog compiles cases into categories—Missing, Murdered, Unsolved—and shares in-depth narratives of each woman, highlighting years-long neglect in investigations and little public awareness.
What you should know:
Griffith created this deeply persona project to ensure these women are seen, their stories told, and their names remembered—not as statistics, but as lives cut short by violence and neglect.
The blog includes carefully researched narratives of women whose disappearances and deaths reveal patterns of inaction, underreporting, and lack of justice.
Beyond storytelling, the project advocates for improved investigative processes, especially around DNA testing and media coverage. It has sparked collaborations across advocacy, tech, and public safety communities.
As her storytelling has gained visibility, so has the demand for action, with various media outlets, advocacy groups, businesses and safety organizations recognizing the potential of Griffith’s work to catalyze change.
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