Petito case renews call to spotlight missing people of colour

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The disappearance of Gabby Petito, a white 22-year-old woman who went missing in Wyoming last month during a cross-country trip with her boyfriend, has drawn a frenzy of coverage on traditional and social media, bringing new attention to a phenomenon known as 'missing white woman syndrome.'

SALT LAKE CITY -- In the three months since 62-year-old Navajo rug weaver Ella Mae Begay vanished, the haunting unanswered questions sometimes threaten to overwhelm her niece.

"I would have liked that swift rush, push to find my aunt faster. That's all I wish for," said Warren, who lives in Utah, one of several states Petito and boyfriend Brian Laundrie passed through. While authorities haven't confirmed the video led to the discovery, the vast open spaces of the American West can bedevil search parties for years and anything that narrows the search grid is welcome. Public pressure can also ensure authorities prioritize a case.

Friends of Jennifer Caridad, a 24-year-old day care worker of Mexican descent, have taken to social media to draw attention to her case out of Sunnyside, Washington, after it received little notice in August. Just as in Petito's case, Caridad was last believed to have been with her boyfriend. He was arrested on carjacking and attempted murder charges after shooting at police during a pursuit following her disappearance.

"Not knowing is what kills us -- not knowing if she is alive or if she was hurt by that man," Caridad said.

 

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How the nations come together to solve this case is beautiful and if we could do that for everyone this could be a movement that will make Gabby’s death not in vain.

Pathetic the news outlets are using this homicide case to promote more racism BS. Media should be ashamed of themselves.

A missing Phoenix geologist’s SUV was found on it side a few miles from the remote West Valley jobsite he was last seen leaving nearly a month ago

More vile divisive politics in every article. Police are not you Progressives. They are not liberal party members. They don't care what a victim looks like.

These activists are the blatant racists. They cannot hide their disdain for white people & have to crowbar themselves & their 'everything is racist according to me' screeching into every topic or headline. Gabby's social media 'celebrity' is why it was covered more not her race!

Ah yes, took longer than I had expected to make this a racial issue. I was getting concerned

She looks pretty white to me...

wow, we cant even have 5 minutes to talk about a murdered white woman.

She is a colour! Caucasian people are also a race and colour. Be more specific? 🙄

🙄 The media hype up a story about a missing white woman then blame the people for reading their stories & try to make us feel bad about it. Here’s a hint most Canadians don’t care as this is someone in the US that has nothing to do with us. Haven’t read a word about it.

It's unrealistic to believe the media can cover every single missing person case. This woman's case was covered because she was a popular social media influencer documenting her travels. Stop pulling the race card on everything. Nothing to do with race.

This is the best photo you could find to highlight the unnoticed missing people of colour?

Gabby was documenting her cross country trip and had a large following on social media (teens/adults) could that be the reason for the attention her case received?

More anti-white racist nonsense.

The ball is literally in your court. Oh look, a picture of petito.

Its the Media Driving the White girl volume who is dead ! Its not the public or gov or white people. If not for the Media we would never know. Media itself puts on the screen buy its choice Media Sham. Lie Toxic.

One at a time.

You can be damn sure Netflix is going to release a 6 part mini series about this

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