she and her long term boyfriend, antonio wheeler, were living at a shelter when her only daughter relisha went missing. she loved art projects and going to school. >> what i knew about her is her good smart brain. i've never seen a nine-year-old speak so many big words. >> reporter: but in early 2014 the girl who loved school started showing up. her multiple absences from class more than 30 days tipped off a social worker that something was wrong. but it was already too late. a police report showed it was three weeks since she saw relisha. it wasn't unusual for her mother to leave her with family members. shamica hasn't had an easy life. she feels abandoned. she remembers the day when she learned relisha wasn't coming home. >> did you think she would be found right away? >> honestly yes i did. yes did i. all i could say about that is: hmm they ain't do a good enough job for me. >> police discovered the last known person to see relisha alive was the man in this surveillance video the janitor at the shelter khalil taiil tatum. he bought relisha a kindle. he might have been posing as a docto