The year was 1987 when R&B fans were first introduced to the voice of the woman singing “Make It Last Forever” alongside the legendary Keith Sweat. She had women everywhere belting out the lyrics, “Let me tell ya’ how much I love ya’/let me tell ya’ boy I really NEED YOU Baby, baby, bay-bay, let me make it alri-ight…” Her is Jacci McGhee and her identity was largely unknown, but in 2015, we introduced our ILOSM fam’ to her in a prior article. Unfortunately, two years later -30 years after that classic hit was released- she was introduced to a terrifying heartache no parent wants to feel.
Her Son Went Missing
In 2017, Jacci revealed that her eldest son, Kyle (23), had gone missing for over a MONTH and she had to file a police report to try to locate him. In an online post, she explained exactly what happened and the painful journey to find him at that time.
“THE MODERN DAY MIRACLE GOD SHOWED ME….. MY OLDEST SON WAS MISSING FROM JAN 3rd 2017 UNTIL GOD RETURNED HIM TO ME FEB 2nd 2017,” Jacci McGhee wrote. “EVERYTHING CRAZY RAN THROUGH MY MIND BCUZ THE ENEMY WAS TRYING TO BREAK ME!!! …I CALLED ON GOD IN THE NAME OF YESHUA & SAID “I GAVE MY BABIES TO U FROM BIRTH TAKE THIS BURDEN OFF OF MY HEART GOD ITS TOO HEAVY”. THE DETECTIVE THAT WAS ON THE CASE WAS TRULY A GOD SEND BUT WAS STUCK & EVERYBODY WAS PRAYING. GOD TOLD ME ONE DAY REMEMBER THE STORY OF ABRAHAM OF HOW HE WALKED IN FAITH TRUSTING ME.”
She then described what happened when the detective who’d been working on the case to find Kyle, called her with some better news on February 1, 2018:
“THE DT CALLED & SAID YUR SON WAS USING HIS CARD IN DOWNTOWN PHILLY & HE RAN OUT OF MONEY ON THE 16TH… MY HEART DROPPED BCUZ I KNEW HE DIDNT HAVE MUCH FROM THE BEGINNING,” confessed McGhee. “WELL I SAID ‘GOD U SENT YUR ANGELS THROUGH PEOPLE TO GIVE ME YUR MESSAGE THAT U WERE COVERING HIM & U PUT THAT ON MY HEART TAKE ME TO MY BABY!'”
After finding out her son was still alive and hopefully well at that time, Jacci conjured up a team of close loved ones to search for Kyle on their own, using the info the detective had given her. They finally found Kyle walking down the street near the location the detective said he last was spotted:
“WHEN WE GOT TO DOWNTOWN PHILLY I SAID GOD SEND YUR ANGELS YUR WARRIORS TO GUIDE ME I CAN’T DO THIS WITHOUT U. WE STOPPED @ THE 7-ELEVEN WERE HE WAS USING HIS CARD THE OWNER LET ME SEE THE FOOTAGE FROM THE NIGHT B4 BUT IT WASNT HIM. I WAS STILL HOPEFUL SO I GOT BACK IN THE TRUCK HEADING TO THE TRAIN STATION… […] I WAS CALLING GRAMMY (grandmother) TO UPDATE HER WHEN I SAW MY SON WALKING DOWN THE STREET. WE STARTED SCREAMING BUT DIDNT WANNA SCARE HIM. I ROLLED THE WINDOW DOWN & WE CALLED HIS NAME. HE LOOKED UP & I SAID DONT RUN MOMMY JUST WANNA TALK TO U. HE SAID HOW DID YOU FIND ME & I SAID GOD!!!!!”
Jacci’s Message To Parents
“MOMS,DADS,GRANDMA & GRANDPA’S LISTEN TO YUR BABIES!! HE DID ALL OF THIS TO B ON HIS OWN WITHOUT JUDGEMENT. LIFT YUR BABIES UP. EVEN IF THEY R QUIET THAT IS OK AS LONG AS THEY R NOT HURTING THEMSELVES OR ANYBODY. MY SON IS VERRY ANNIONTED & HE WANTED TO FIND HIS OWN WAY. GOD TOOK GREAT CARE OF HIM IN THE COLD. A CHURCH SHELTER … IN DOWNTOWN PHILLY TOOK CARE OF HIM.” -Jacci McGhee
Today Jacci and son, Kyle, are in a great space. She oftentimes shares photos of him online and expresses how proud she is of how far he’s come. Her message that parents to listen to what our kids are really in need of, is a very necessary one indeed.
