147: The Missing Women of Pinellas County, Pt 2: Margaret Dash, Retha Hiers, and Donyelle Johnson

She Goes by Jane: A True Crime Podcast · Aug 11, 2026 · 35m

He was finally caught. Just not for the women.

For years, Cleveland Hill Jr. was connected to the disappearances of Margaret Dash, Retha Hiers, and Donyelle Johnson, three women who vanished from Pinellas County, Florida between 1974 and 1989.

Warnings had been made. Allegations had accumulated. Investigators had reason to suspect Hill. But no charges ever came for the three missing women.

Then, in the 1990s, federal investigators came for Hill for something else.

An unusual undercover operation involving cocaine, Coca-Cola, and a federal sting would finally put him behind bars, but it would…