Parts 1-33 | Unmasking the Life and Death of Byron Jamal.

Parts 1-33 | Unmasking the Life and Death of Byron Jamal.

On October 8, Byron Jamal Leach was arrested on allegations that he was an adult offender of a minor child. He died by an apparent unaliving, while in police custody, only hours after being arrested. We will never know how he would have answered these charges in court. Some say that his actions at the end said it all; they believe he couldn’t face all that he had done and what his life and reputation would have looked like in the aftermath of this public story. Only Byron knows what he took with him as he left this realm. All we really have with which to build our understanding of who he was and who he wanted to be, is what he created from his soul, that he left behind: his voice, his writings, his teachings and the memories he left in the hearts and minds of those who have and always will love him.

Those who truly knew him, or thought we somewhat knew him, or knew parts of him, are left to reconcile his words with his works. This is a process of fitting together whatever pieces you have. Many of us are left with more questions than answers. Here’s what I think I do know, so far, from where I sit.

On October 1, 2025, Case No. 25CR428360-890, the State of North Carolina vs. Byron Jamal Leach, was filed in Union District Court, charging five counts of felony sexual act by a government/private institution employee, a violation of state statute 14-27.31(B). The complainant was a minor male patient at Anderson Health Services in Marshville, where Byron Jamal Leach was employed. One count is alleged to have occurred on July 29, two counts are alleged on July 30, and two additional counts of felony sexual act by a government/private institution employee are alleged to have occurred on September 15, 2025, according to the arrest warrant, which was obtained from the Mecklenburg County Clerk of Superior Court Office Online Portal.

The Marshville Police Department (MPD) had been investigating Byron Jamal Leach for some time prior to his death, on allegations of child sexual assault. The town of Marshville is in Union County, North Carolina, part of the Charlotte metropolitan area. Anderson Health Services is a youth mental health facility for adolescent males, ages 10-17. On a warrant obtained by the MPD, U.S. Marshals executed Byron’s arrest on October 8, at a residence in Charlotte, one week after the case was filed with the Court, who authorized the use of electronic warrants. According to the Union County Sheriff’s Office’s news release, Byron tried to evade arrest by jumping off a balcony, injuring his arm in the fall. Law enforcement reports transporting Byron to a local hospital, where he was treated and released back into policy custody. He was booked at Union County jail just before 7 p.m. on October 8.

According to the Conditions of Release and Release Order, which was obtained from the Mecklenburg County Clerk of Superior Court Office Online Portal, on October 8, the day Byron Jamal Leach was arrested, a secured bond of $500,000 was ordered and, upon conditions being met, Byron was to be released, after submitting to fingerprinting and providing his DNA sample.

Just after midnight, at 12:33 a.m. on October 9, hours after being arrested, booked and placed in an isolated cell, police report that, as officers walked their rounds, Byron Jamal Leach was found unresponsive in his single cell. Lifesaving efforts began, according to Union County law enforcement. EMS soon arrived to take over from detention medical staff. Byron’s pulse was restored before being transported from Union County jail to a local hospital. In the late morning of October 9, North Carolina’s Union County Sheriff’s Office posts that Byron “succumbed to injuries sustained during the s***ide attempt earlier this morning.”

Byron Jamal Leach was 41. The North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation currently has the case. It could take weeks or months for any additional information to be made public.

A woman in the comments section of the Union County Sheriff’s Office’s October 15 news release posted to Facebook identified herself as the mother of the 16-year-old boy who was allegedly assaulted. More on that to come.

Byron Jamal was the published author of multiple books, and marketed himself as a former pastor, relationship coach, motivational speaker and, in his later years, as The Love Guru. His government name was Byron Jamal Leach. For 14 of his 41 years, I knew him as Byron Jamal. While we had a number of offline conversations and even more text messaging between us, our paths never crossed in person. Only on the podcast. I knew him as a brother. In the Spirit. A Gen X’er from the 60s, I had 17 years on Byron, who was born in 1983, a Millennial, so he was the younger brother from another generation. We got to know one another, mostly, through his teaching appearances on our BlogTalkRadio podcast over the years, dating back to 2011. (Rest in Peace BlogTalkRadio. And thank you for oh-so-many good Saturday morning memories.) Our podcast premiered on Saturday, February 6, 2010. Byron first appeared on show #83: Iron Sharpens Iron,” on September 3, 2011.

In the wake of his death, I have been going back through the podcast archives, more deeply this time, listening again to the voice, the stories and the teachings of a young man that I had many recorded conversations with, on a wide range of spiritual questions, over my time knowing him. Our last conversation, in 2018, was, perhaps, our most in-depth and revealing, as Byron powerfully and poignantly took the deep-dive into his childhood and the depression, isolation, loneliness that was so much a part of it, and the ongoing struggle to reconcile his spirituality and sexuality, that were his constant companions, growing up as an adopted only child in a household of two parents and an extended family of grandparents who loved, nurtured and accepted him as one of their own.

What do I hear now that I did not hear then? What I realize much more deeply now, in his absence, is that Byron trusted me with his story. Someone he had never met in person. There would be yearly text messages from Byron thereafter. On my birthday. It surprised me that he remembered the day. And it made me smile. Not another phone call. In the seven years leading up to his death, I witnessed the evolution of Byron Jamal from a social media distance. I reached out a few years back to request an interview on his 2020 book, The 7 Steps to Ultimate Self-Love: How to Love Yourself the Way You Deserve. He agreed. I never circled back to schedule it. Prior to our last interview and in preparation for it, Byron sent me a copy of his 2018 book, The Call Path: Volume 1: A Journey Into Love. We’ll get to that shortly.

In our last dialogue, I proposed creating with him a body of work, loosely based upon “We Wear the Mask,” a poem by Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872-1906). It is from this very exchange that we take our title for this ongoing work of “Unmasking the Life and Death of Byron Jamal.” As the story and this journey continues, let us build even further context.

Byron Jamal appeared on our 83rd show, back in 2011. The very next week, we did show #84 called “No More Masks,” with Brother Andrew, who reached out to share his powerful story of shedding a major mask in front of his church congregation, out in Long Beach, California. Four years later, in 2015, I would see this same scenario play out again while shooting a few episodes of Iyanla, Fix My Life for OWN, on locations in Kentucky and Virginia. We used Paul Laurence Dunbar’s poem, “We Wear the Mask,” as part of our healing plan for the gay pastors featured in those shows.

“We wear the mask that grins and lies…” wrote poet Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872-1906). “It hides our cheeks and shades our eyes…”

So, before we move forward with further unmasking the life and death of Brother Byron, let us briefly revisit Brother Andrew’s “No More Masks,” the story that we aired the week after Byron Jamal, back in 2011. In a podcast that aired on September 10, 2011, Brother Andrew talks openly and honestly about his struggles with obesity, loneliness, church hurt and thoughts of unaliving himself. Different characters. Same story. Silent agreements. Depression. Denial. Deception. In his lifetime, Byron Jamal wrestled with all of these. Brother Andrew, in his message, “No More Masks,” reveals that some of these same spirits visited him, growing up in Long Beach. Two men, both living in the shadows of their true selves.

“Why should the world be over-wise, in counting all our tears and sighs? Nay, let them only see us, while we wear the mask…” wrote poet Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872-1906).

Like Byron Jamal and so many others, Brother Andrew had to find his way within the Christian Church that he so loved. Having left a place of worship where he did not feel at home, Brother Andrew soon found refuge and solace in a new sanctuary. As a seasoned speaker with an extensive history of church leadership, he was quickly offered an opportunity to preach. In his quiet time, Brother Andrew heard that still small voice within say, “Tell your story.” And one Sunday morning, he faced the entire church and did just that.

In his lifetime, Byron Jamal talked about the mask handed to him by the Christian Church, that he was to wear while he was churching, in and out of the building. In the wake of his death, we are left to unmask what we can of his life, his words and his teachings. (To Be Continued) #byronjamal

Part 1 | Unmasking the Life and Death of Byron Jamal.

One recent Saturday, while posting to Threads, I first read of Byron Jamal’s death; reportedly, as I would learn later, by suicide while in police custody. According to news reports, on October 8, Byron was apprehended in Charlotte, North Carolina, by U.S. Marshals, on an arrest warrant for five counts of felony sexual act by a government/private institution employee.

Brother Byron has been on the podcast several times over the years, going back to 2011. This appearance was on May 5, 2012, and the conversation was called, “The Purpose of Your Past.” Here’s a few unedited minutes from that talk we had 13 years ago. Take a listen. (To Be Continued) #byronjamal

Part 2 | Unmasking the Life and Death of Byron Jamal.

News reports say that before Byron was taken into custody on October 8, he attempted fleeing arrest by jumping off a balcony, sustaining an injury to his arm in the fall to the ground. Police then report that Byron was taken to a local hospital, in Charlotte, where he was treated and released back into police custody.

Here are a few more unedited moments from May 5, 2012, where Byron is talking about being in an abusive relationship. Take a listen. (To Be Continued) #byronjamal

Part 3 | Unmasking the Life and Death of Byron Jamal.

Just after midnight, at 12:33 a.m. on October 9, hours after being placed in an isolated cell due to the nature of his crime, police report that Byron was found inside, unresponsive, as officers walked their rounds. Lifesaving efforts began, according to Union County law enforcement. EMS soon arrived to take over from detention medical staff. Byron’s pulse was restored before being transported from the jail to the hospital.

Here’s an unedited phone call that Byron made to the live podcast on February 4, 2012, during our “Living Sexually Responsible” conversation. Take a listen. (To Be Continued) #byronjamal

Part 4 | Unmasking the Life and Death of Byron Jamal.

In the late morning of October 9, North Carolina’s Union County Sheriff’s Office posts that Byron “succumbed to injuries sustained during the suicide attempt earlier this morning.” Byron Jamal Leach was 41.

Here are a few unedited minutes from a podcast conversation we had on February 11, 2012, on a show called “Keeping Commitments.” Take a listen. (To Be Continued) #byronjamal

Part 5 | Unmasking the Life and Death of Byron Jamal.

I knew him as Byron Jamal. His government name was Byron Jamal Leach. While we had a number of offline conversations and even more text messaging between us, our paths never crossed in person. Only on the podcast.

Here are a few more unedited moments from a show we did called “Keeping Commitments,” on February 11, 2012. Take a listen. (To Be Continued) #byronjamal

Part 6 | Unmasking the Life and Death of Byron Jamal.

The more I research, the more I learn. Byron’s age at the time of his death (by an apparent suicide) is also being reported as 36; if true, that would put his birth somewhere around 1989. I first read age 41. All eyes are currently on the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation, who has taken over the in-custody death case of Byron Jamal Leach.

Here are a few more unedited minutes from “Keeping Commitments,” a podcast conversation we had on February 11, 2012. Take a listen. (To Be Continued) #byronjamal

Part 7 | Unmasking the Life and Death of Byron Jamal.

We await reports from the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation regarding the apparent in-custody unaliving of Byron Jamal Leach.

I knew him as a brother. In the Spirit. In this clip, Byron wraps up his thoughts on “Keeping Commitments,” from February 11, 2012. Take a listen. (To Be Continued) #byronjamal

Part 8 | Unmasking the Life and Death of Byron Jamal.

The North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation currently has the case of the in-custody death by apparent unaliving of Byron Jamal Leach, which law enforcement says occurred only hours after his being arrested on October 8 by U.S. Marshals in Charlotte on five counts of felony sexual act by a government/private institution employee.

Five years passed between interviews. Here are a few unedited minutes of Byron tuning up for our podcast conversation called “Manageable Challenges,” on October 14, 2017. Take a listen. (To Be Continued) #byronjamal

Part 9 | Unmasking the Life and Death of Byron Jamal.

The NCSBI’s investigation into the in-custody death by apparent suicide of Byron Jamal Leach on October 9 is currently underway.

Here are a few unedited minutes of Byron teaching on “Manageable Challenges,” from our October 14, 2017 podcast conversation. Normally, I would edit out all the cross talk, but I want you to hear all of these interviews in their raw form. Take a listen. (To Be Continued) #byronjamal

Part 10 | Unmasking the Life and Death of Byron Jamal.

Waiting on the NCSBI. It could take weeks or months for the release of any additional information regarding the in-custody death of Byron Jamal Leach, who died on October 9 by an apparent unaliving, after being arrested on five counts of felony sexual act by a government/private institution employee.

In this unedited clip, Byron continues his teaching on “Manageable Challenges,” from our podcast conversation on October 14, 2017. Take a listen. (To Be Continued) #byronjamal

Part 11 | Unmasking the Life and Death of Byron Jamal.

Byron Jamal Leach died on October 9 by an apparent unaliving while in police custody, only hours after being arrested on five counts of felony sexual act by a government/private institution employee. The North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation has the case, which remains active.

For 14 of his 41 years, I knew him as Byron Jamal. While his surname never came up in our conversations, Byron did share with me that he was adopted. In this unedited clip from October 14, 2017, we are sharpening our irons on the idea of “Manageable Challenges.” Take a listen. (To Be Continued) #byronjamal

Part 12 | Unmasking the Life and Death of Byron Jamal.

On October 8, Byron Jamal Leach was arrested on five counts of felony sexual act by a government/private institution employee. We will never know how he would have answered those charges in court, as he died by apparently unaliving himself while in police custody, only hours after being arrested, booked and housed. We await further details from the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation, whose deep-dive is ongoing.

From 2011 till the time of his death, I knew Byron Jamal as a brother. In the Spirit. Our paths never crossed in person. We got to know one another, mostly, through his teaching appearances on the podcast over the years. In this final unedited clip from October 14, 2017, Byron wraps up his thoughts on “Manageable Challenges.” Take a listen.

Our next podcast conversation would be our last. (To Be Continued) #byronjamal

Part 13 | Unmasking the Life and Death of Byron Jamal.

Byron Jamal was a published author who marketed himself as The Love Guru. He died by an apparent unaliving on October 9 while in police custody, hours after being arrested by U.S. Marshals on five counts of felony sexual act by a government/private institution employee.

I knew Byron Jamal before he evolved into The Love Guru. This unedited clip is the beginning of our last podcast conversation together, from February 10, 2018. Take a listen. (To Be Continued) #byronjamal

Part 14 | Unmasking the Life and Death of Byron Jamal.

One week ago, I learned of the in-custody death by apparent unaliving of Byron Jamal Leach. North Carolina state law enforcement authorities are currently investigating the case.

While we wait for answers to our too many questions, I have been going through the podcast archives, listening again to the voice, stories and teachings of a young man that I had many recorded conversations with, on a wide range of spiritual questions, over the 14 years that I knew him. What do I hear now that I didn’t hear then? In this unedited clip, from our last podcast conversation together, on February 10, 2018, we are sharpening our irons on Man’s timing versus God’s timing. Take a listen. (To Be Continued) #byronjamal

Part 15 | Unmasking the Life and Death of Byron Jamal.

Byron Jamal Leach was found unresponsive in police custody, in the early hours of October 9, after being caught allegedly fleeing arrest by jumping off a balcony and injuring his arm, in an attempt to evade U.S. Marshals. He was captured, transported, booked and housed in a detention center in Charlotte, North Carolina, charged with five counts of felony sexual act by a government/private institution employee. Hours later, he was pronounced dead at a local hospital, the victim of an apparent unaliving. The North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation currently has the case.

“How would you describe your childhood? What was growing up like for you?” That’s where we begin, in this unedited clip from our last podcast conversation, on February 10, 2018. Here’s where Byron and I wade into the deeper waters of his childhood depression, loneliness, his first sexual experiences and his early years growing up as an adopted only child in a loving family who accepted him as one of their own. Take a listen. (To Be Continued) #byronjamal

Part 16 | Unmasking the Life and Death of Byron Jamal.

Byron Jamal Leach died on October 9 by apparently unaliving himself while in police custody in Charlotte, NC. The North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation is currently conducting their inquiry into his death, which reportedly occurred only hours after Byron was arrested by U.S. Marshals on five counts of felony sexual act by a government/private institution employee.

In this unedited clip from our last podcast conversation on February 10, 2018, over seven years ago, Byron talked openly about his lifelong struggle reconciling his spirituality with his sexuality, and how childhood depression led to teenage obesity. Take a listen. (To Be Continued) #byronjamal

Part 17 | Unmasking the Life and Death of Byron Jamal.

Byron Jamal left this realm on October 9. His government name was Byron Jamal Leach. I knew him as Byron Jamal. According to North Carolina law enforcement, Byron Jamal Leach was arrested by U.S. Marshals on October 8. Early the next morning, he was pronounced dead at a local hospital. The North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation has the case.

In this unedited clip, from our last podcast conversation on February 10, 2018, Byron remembers a moment of screaming on the edge of the railing of a two-story motel balcony, while on a school choir trip to Disney World, when he was 14, and how lonely and depressed he felt, like an outsider amongst his classmates. Take a listen. (To Be Continued) #byronjamal

Part 18 | Unmasking the Life and Death of Byron Jamal.

Byron Jamal was a published author, son, friend, encourager to many, known as The Love Guru to perhaps even more. He died on October 9 in police custody, reportedly by unaliving himself after being charged with five counts of felony sexual act by a government/private institution employee.

In this unedited clip, from our last podcast conversation on February 10, 2018, Byron delves even deeper into his teenage years of obesity, depression and loneliness. Take a listen. (To Be Continued) #byronjamal

Part 19 | Unmasking the Life and Death of Byron Jamal.

Byron Jamal Leach died on October 9 and his apparent in-custody unaliving is currently being investigated by the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation.

While we await further details from law enforcement, I have been going back through the podcast archives, to the seven years of recorded conversations I had with Byron Jamal, dating back to 2011, when our paths first crossed on social media. We never met in person. While his government name is Byron Jamal Leach, I knew him as Byron Jamal.

“And when you were in the church, doing church work, learning church things, what is it that that space, the substance of what you got there, what did that do for you at that time, in the midst of all these unpleasant things that were happening to you in your life?” That’s where Byron and I continue in this unedited clip from our last recorded conversation, on February 10, 2018. Byron also mentions writing his first book, titled The Alter Boy Versus The Altar Boy, centering on the duality of reconciling his sexuality with his spirituality. Take a listen. (To Be Continued) #byronjamal

Part 20 | Unmasking the Life and Death of Byron Jamal.

The Marshville Police Department (MPD) had been investigating Byron Jamal Leach for some time prior to his death, on allegations of child sexual assault. On a warrant obtained by the MPD, U.S. Marshals executed the arrest of Byron Jamal Leach on October 8, in Charlotte, NC. Reportedly, he was booked just before 7 p.m. In the very early hours of the next day, reportedly 5.5 hours after booking, Byron Jamal Leach was pronounced dead by an apparent unaliving. The North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation currently has the case.

In this unedited clip, we continue our last recorded conversation, on February 10, 2018. Byron talks about his teenage years in the Christian Church, where he says he learned to mask his divided self through doing good deeds for others. He says the Church “affirmed” his “significance,” even as he managed a growing awareness of his own bisexuality, while watching that same struggle play out amongst pastors and teachers inside the Church walls. Take a listen. (To Be Continued) #byronjamal

Part 21 | Unmasking the Life and Death of Byron Jamal.

The town of Marshville is in Union County, North Carolina. On October 9, after being arrested by U.S. Marshals, Byron Jamal Leach died by an apparent unaliving while in police custody at the Union County jail. He at one time worked in Marshville, at a youth mental health facility for adolescent males, ages 10-17. On October 15, at 11:24 am EDT, WSOCTV.com News Staff reported: “The arrest warrant says Leach was previously employed at a NCDHHS facility. He was charged with five counts of felony sexual act by a government institution employee.” The North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation currently has the case.

In this clip, from February 10, 2018, our last recorded conversation together, Byron talks about how his grandmother walked in on his cousin touching him in the bedroom of his childhood home, and of the shame he was made to feel by her because of what she saw happening between the two boys. Take a listen. (To Be Continued) #byronjamal

Part 22 | Unmasking the Life and Death of Byron Jamal.

On October 15, the Union County Sheriff’s Office issued a news release that was posted to Facebook, some six days after the in-custody death by apparent unaliving of Byron Jamal Leach, reporting: “Leach had been arrested the previous day (10/8/2025), at a residence in Charlotte by members of a U.S. Marshals Task Force serving warrants obtained during an ongoing child sexual assault investigation by the Marshville Police Department.” A woman in the comments section of that post identified herself as the mother of the 16-year-old boy who was allegedly assaulted. More on that to come.

Seven years before he died, Byron Jamal and I recorded our last podcast conversation together, on February 10, 2018. While our paths never crossed in person, Byron was a frequent guest on the program over the years, dating back to 2011. In this unedited clip, Byron begins talking about how church doctrine informed his personal relationship with God, in the midst of the ongoing touching incidents he was having amongst his teenage peers and with much older church people. Take a listen. (To Be Continued) #byronjamal

Part 23 | Unmasking the Life and Death of Byron Jamal.

Byron Jamal Leach reportedly took his own life in the early hours of October 9, after being arrested by U.S. Marshals in Charlotte, NC, on five counts of felony sexual act by a government/private institution employee.

In this clip, from our last recorded conversation, some seven years before his death, Byron talks about his process of finally coming to a place in his soul and spirit where he could publicly proclaim his bisexuality. Take a listen. (To Be Continued) #byronjamal

Part 24 | Unmasking the Life and Death of Byron Jamal.

One week after the case was filed with the Court, who authorized electronic warrants, Byron Jamal Leach was arrested by U.S. Marshals and booked into the Union County jail. Five-and-a-half hours later, he was pronounced dead by an apparent unaliving. The North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation currently has the case.

Byron Jamal was the published author of multiple books, and marketed himself as a relationship coach and motivational speaker. The bios on his socials refer to him as a former pastor. While his government name was Byron Jamal Leach, I knew him as Byron Jamal. For the last 14 of his 41 years, we kept in touch online, which is where we met back in 2011. Over a period of 7 years, we recorded many podcast conversations together on a wide range of spiritual topics. We never met in person. In this clip, from February 10, 2018, we begin wrapping up our last on air conversation together with a discussion on the distinction between love and sexuality. Take a listen. (To Be Continued) #byronjamal

Part 25 | Unmasking the Life and Death of Byron Jamal.

According to the Conditions of Release and Release Order, which was obtained from the Mecklenburg County Clerk of Superior Court Office Online Portal, on October 8, the day Byron Jamal Leach was arrested, a hearing on the charges was scheduled for December 29 at 9:30 A.M. A judicial official, W.P. Osborn, administered a secured bond of $500,000 and ordered that Byron be released, after submitting to fingerprinting and providing his DNA sample. Byron died in custody by apparent unaliving only hours after these terms and conditions were set. The North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation currently has the case.

In this clip, from our last recorded conversation, on February 10, 2018, some seven years before his death, Byron talks about the intra-community social stigma faced by bisexuals, with many LGBTQ people believing that bisexuality is not really a thing, that to be bi is, really, to somehow still be in the closet. Take a listen. (To Be Continued) #byronjamal

Part 26 | Unmasking the Life and Death of Byron Jamal.

Byron Jamal Leach left this realm on October 9 by an apparent unaliving while in police custody in Charlotte, NC, only hours after being arrested by U.S. Marshals on warrants for five counts of felony sexual act by a government/private institution employee, as part of an ongoing investigation by the Marshville Police Department. The North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation currently has the case.

In this clip, from February 10, 2018, Byron gives his final thoughts of the interview, sharing on the quality of his life and heart since coming out publicly as bisexual. We talk about working in the podcast space together again in the future. It never happened. This was to be our last recorded conversation. Take a listen. (To Be Continued) #byronjamal

Part 27 | Unmasking the Life and Death of Byron Jamal.

In the wake of the death of Byron Jamal on October 9, by an apparent unaliving while in police custody, I have been going back through the podcast archives, to our years of recorded conversations, and listening again. More deeply this time. What do I hear now that I did not hear then? Having reached the final minutes of our last dialogue, on February 10, 2018, some seven years before his death, what I realize much more deeply now, in his absence, is that Byron trusted me with his story. Someone he had never met in person. We were brothers. In the Spirit. A Gen X’er from the 60s, I had 17 years on Byron, who was born in 1983, a Millennial, so he was the younger brother from another generation.

In this clip, Byron talks about the walk and the work in the world of the Wounded Healer, and of how to unmask your life and live with more transparency. We wrap up our conversation by talking about the gift of clarity given by God and the responsibility that comes along with it to produce spiritual fruit within our sphere of influence. Take a listen. (To Be Continued) #byronjamal

Part 28 | Unmasking the Life and Death of Byron Jamal.

The North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation currently has the case of the in-custody death by apparent unaliving of Byron Jamal Leach on October 9, in the Union County jail in Charlotte.

I didn’t know him by his government name. I knew him as Byron Jamal. And these are the last moments of our final dialogue, on February 10, 2018. Take a listen. There would be yearly text messages from Byron thereafter. On my birthday. It surprised me that he remembered the day. And it made me smile. Not another phone call. In the seven years leading up to his death, I witnessed the evolution of Byron Jamal from a social media distance. I reached out a few years back to request an interview on his 2020 book, The 7 Steps to Ultimate Self-Love: How to Love Yourself the Way You Deserve. He agreed. I never circled back to schedule it. Prior to this last interview, Byron sent me a copy of his 2018 book, The Call Path: Volume 1: A Journey Into Love. We’ll get to that next. (To Be Continued) #byronjamal