Leads in Missing Detroit Dancer Case Go Nowhere

DETROIT (WJBK) -- A Detroit family gets some devastating news. Their daughter has been missing since November, and Tuesday they were told by police that, so far, the tips are leading nowhere.

Since those tips are leading nowhere, Kalisha Madden's mother said a detective told her that the case is now being pushed to the backburner. That is the last thing she wants to hear, and she is determined to make sure that does not happen.

"I love my daughter, unconditionally. I don't care what she did. I don't care if she was an escort. I don't care if she was a drug addict. I don't care what she did. She still is my child," said Pam Johnson.

Her child is missing. 26-year-old Kalisha Madden was last seen November 28th at the Vegas Strip Club in Detroit.

"Witnesses state that she was seen leaving with a gentleman named Benny. They say he walks on crutches. There was a tall guy that had individual braids. My daughter had partied with them all night. She was comfortable," Johnson explained.

Madden hasn't been seen since.

"I knew instantly the next day when she didn't pick her children up that there was something wrong," Johnson said.

DPD detectives have been working this case from the beginning. Johnson said detectives used cadaver dogs to search an area where a tipster claimed Madden's body was buried, but they didn't find her.

"I was really told today that basically they've exhausted a lot of the leads and that she would not be a priority anymore," Johnson told us. "It breaks my heart to look at her children and they ask me and I don't have an answer."

Johnson said she won't let police give up on her daughter. She told us there are still leads that needs to be followed, and she's determined to make sure nothing is overlooked.

"If we don't help to get him off the streets, he's going to keep doing what he's doing and he's going to keep thinking it's alright. Somebody has to come forward. Somebody has to stop him," Johnson said.

Until that person is caught, Johnson wants local dancers and escorts to remember one thing.

"There's somebody out there preying on you. It's like you're being hunted," she said.

Detroit Police told us that this is still an open and active missing persons case and they will follow every lead.

Anyone that has any information is asked to come forward.