Does The Media Care About Missing Black Boys?

COLUMBIA, S.C. -- Despite detectives' pleas to national media, the disappearance of an 18-month-old black boy with the wide smile has yet to grab the widespread attention given to other missing children's cases. Some advocates say the reason why may be as simple as the toddler's gender – and his race.

From the still-unsolved slaying of 6-year-old JonBenet Ramsey more than 15 years ago to the disappearance and killing of 2-year-old Caylee Anthony, the public has watched with rapt attention as many cases involving young children unfolded, often over many months. Yet Amir Jennings, the little boy who hasn't been seen since he was captured on surveillance video with his mother in South Carolina nearly a year ago, has registered as scarcely a blip on the nation's consciousness.

"Media has always leaned toward the cute little kids," said Monica Caison of the Wilmington, N.C.-based CUE Center for Missing Persons. "And unfortunately, a lot of times they think cute little kids are white."

Amir's mother, Zinah Jennings, was convicted Friday on a charge related to his disappearance and sentenced to 10 years in prison. The 23-year-old woman has been jailed since December, and police arrested her after she told them false, misleading stories about the boy's whereabouts. Jennings has maintained that she left the boy somewhere safe, but prosecution witnesses said the young mother claimed she was stressed and pondered selling or giving away the boy.

Jennings' mother says she last saw her wide-eyed, giggly grandson early on the morning of Nov. 28, 2011. He went to a bank with his mother the next day but has not been seen since. A store owner has testified she saw the boy and his mother a month later, but prosecutors challenged that assertion, and there was no surveillance video to back up the claim.

In the months since he disappeared, Amir's grandmother has celebrated his second birthday. His mother has given birth to a second child. And the national spotlight that initially shone on the case has waned.

One of the reasons could be as simple as Amir being a boy. While federal officials say the numbers of the missing are roughly split when it comes to gender, Caison said pedophiles tend to seek out girls, while missing boys often are taken by a parent or other relative.

And in her searches for adult males, Caison said, she has an even harder time getting anyone to pay attention.

"People want to think that missing males are OK and safe," she said. "I still sit back every day and scratch my head and say, `Why can't you pick these cases up?'"

Amir's story has gotten nowhere near the attention of cases like that of Caylee Anthony, a 2-year-old white Orlando girl whose body was found a month after she was reported missing in 2008. Anthony's mother was arrested and charged with murder after telling a string of lies to the police.

The case captivated the nation for months and culminated with the trial of the girl's mother, Casey Anthony. Radio shows enlisted attorneys to provide analysis during the morning commute, while cable television networks covered every moment in the courtroom.

People camped outside the courthouse to make sure they could sit in the gallery the next morning. Protests erupted when Casey Anthony was acquitted of a murder charge; her attorneys devised an elaborate plan to shake the media when she was whisked away from jail.

In the Ramsey case, water-cooler speculation swirled for years about who killed the child beauty pageant queen in 1996 and who wrote the ransom note found at the murder scene. Her parents, John and Patsy Ramsey, were demonized by the public for years until prosecutors apologized and said DNA evidence excluded them as suspects. No one was ever charged in her death.

So why are some cases elevated in the public sphere, while others are not?

Jacqueline Fish, a former law officer and current criminal justice professor at Charleston Southern University, said law enforcement ideally takes each case seriously, and each case has had police and prosecutors who have spoken publicly about the need for justice. But inherently, Fish said, every case is still somewhat subjective. Columbia Police Chief Randy Scott is black, and surmised he might have seen something of one of his own children in Amir – and pushed initially to publicize the case.

After Jennings' arrest, Scott reached out to the media to ask for help finding the missing boy. Yellow flyers began popping up around Columbia. Groups organized vigils to pray for Amir's safe return.

"I want someone to call us and say, `We just saw this on the news, we have Amir, we're sorry, we didn't realize this was going on,'" Scott said at a January news conference announcing that a tip line had been set up. "Her stories are so across the board."

In his investigation's early days, Scott also appeared on several national cable news shows, saying that Jennings continued to change her story when pressed for information about her son. Jennings' mother also made appeals for help, asking at a news conference for any information about the boy she called "Mir Mir" and "AJ." She sat down several times with The Associated Press, describing her conflicting emotions of concern for her grandson and support for her daughter.

But as the weeks dragged on, and no credible tips moved the case forward, the national news outlets stopped calling. Scott said his officers continued their investigation, but no bombshells came.

According to the U.S. Department of Justice, about 800,000 children are reported missing in the United States a year, and nearly all reported missing to the police – almost 99 percent – are returned home alive. More than half of those are white, while about 150,000 are black, and 164,000 are Hispanic.

Amir's body has not been found, although police have said from the beginning that they feared foul play had been involved in his disappearance. But it's the uncertainty of his fate, Fish said, that could play a role in the lack of widespread attention.

"Someone needs to be brought to justice," Fish said. "In Amir's case, they can't be out for justice because we don't know what happened to him."

Officials with the Black and Missing Foundation, Inc., an organization that focuses on finding missing minorities, said they struggle to get and maintain news coverage of minority missing persons cases.

"We are making some headway, but there are still challenges," said co-founder Natalie Wilson, who said she sometimes gets pushback when pitching a story to media outlets.

Noting she has had some recent successes pitching missing minority cases to media outlets, Wilson said she's often told that editors and producers can't promise coverage and don't have the time to run a big piece. In one instance, a plea for help to find a young missing black girl was bumped to report the news that Paris Hilton had been released from jail.

"How does that supersede someone's life?" Wilson asked. "Can you imagine how her parents would feel?"

Attention on a missing child case should be the same – intense – regardless of gender or race," Caison said.

"It's not an excuse," Caison said. "A child missing should be aired because of the fact that they're a child, that they're away from safe haven, and that there's foul play or other concerns involved."

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Search Intensifies For Missing College Student

The search will resume on Friday for California college student Linnea Lomax, who has been missing since June.

"The KlaasKids Foundation is coming back to complete searching areas along the Sacramento River -- areas they previously wanted to search," Lomax family spokeswoman Amanda Ernst told The Huffington Post.

Brad Dennis, director of search operations for KlaasKids, is asking volunteers to report to 2440 Glendale Lane in Sacramento between 7 a.m. and 5 p.m. on Sept. 7, 8, and 9. Dennis and his associates will be leading a massive ground search for clues in the case.

Lomax, a 19-year-old student at the University of California, Davis, was last seen at an outpatient clinic on Howe Ave. in Sacramento on June 26. She was at the clinic for an all-day visit, but she walked out for lunch and never came back, Lomax's friend, Heidi Hutchison, told The Huffington Post.

According to Hutchison, Lomax recently suffered a mental breakdown while studying for finals. The young woman spent more than a week at a treatment facility, but was released for outpatient therapy after she showed progress.

Lomax, a 2011 graduate of El Dorado High School in Placerville, Calif., had just completed her freshman year at UC Davis in June. She has a 4.0 grade point average and is studying human development, with the intent of pursuing a degree in nursing.

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Linnea Lomax, a 19-year-old student at the University of California, Davis, was last seen in Sacramento, Calif. on June 26.

Search teams have been concentrating in a five-mile radius near Discovery Park and the surrounding river areas in Sacramento, Calif.

Authorities do not suspect foul play in Linnea Lomax's disappearance but do consider her at-risk.

"Linnea is an angel. She is very smart. She is very sweet and caring. She is normally a very self-confident, self-assured and well-adjusted young woman. She has a bright future, a loving, supportive family and a heck of a lot of friends," Lomax family spokesperson Heidi Hutchison told The Huffington Post.

Linnea Lomax is a white female, 5'2" tall and weighing approximately 100 pounds. She has long blonde hair and blue eyes, and was last seen wearing green pants and a dark blue hooded sweatshirt that says "Sweden" in red. Anyone who spots Linnea Lomax is asked not to approach her, but to contact the Sacramento Sheriff's Department at 916-874-5115. Those interested in helping search for the missing teen can find information at www.facebook.com/HelpFindLinnea.

Lomax's parents operate Rock-N-Water Christian camp in Northern California. According to the organization's website, the purpose of the camp is to "experience the joy of God's living word through adventures in the outdoors." Lomax has worked at the camp for the past several summers as a counselor for teens.

Multiple searches have been conducted for Lomax, and late last month authorities received their first solid lead when a notebook belonging to her was found near the American River bike trail. The location is not far from the medical center where she was receiving treatment, police said.

Craig Lomax, Lienna Lomax's father, confirmed that the notebook belonged to his daughter.

"I saw the handwriting on the notebook. It was Linnea's," he said at an Aug. 19 press conference.

According to Ernst, authorities still have the notebook.

"They are still processing it," she said. "They have not said what, if anything, was found in it."

Individuals who would like to participate in the next search must be at least 18 years old and must bring a photo ID. It is recommended that volunteers wear sturdy shoes, long pants and long sleeves. Volunteers should also bring gloves, walking sticks and backpacks to carry water.

Linnea Lomax is white, 5 foot 2 inches tall and weighs approximately 100 pounds. She has long blond hair and blue eyes and was last seen wearing green pants and a dark blue hooded sweatshirt that says "Sweden" in red letters.

A $10,000 reward is being offered to anyone who provides information that directly leads to the safe return of Lomax to her family or to the custody of law enforcement. Anyone with information is asked to contact the Sacramento Sheriff's Department at 916-564-2215 or by calling 916-905-HELP. Those interested in helping search for the missing teen can find information at Facebook.com/HelpFindLinnea or at HelpFindLinnea.org.

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Body Of Missing Student Found

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LAFAYETTE, La. -- Police in Louisiana say a body found this week has been identified as that of a college student who had been missing since May.

Lafayette police say the body was that of Michaela "Mickey" Shunick. She had been last seen riding her bicycle from a friend's house early May 19, days before her 22nd birthday. Eight days later, the bike was found partially submerged in a swampy area under a highway bridge.

Her decomposed remains were found Tuesday near a cemetery north of Lafayette. Police have said a "credible witness" led them to the spot.

Authorities have not said whether that witness is 33-year-old Brandon Lavergne, a registered sex offender who is charged with first-degree murder and aggravated kidnapping in Shunick's death. He has pleaded not guilty and is being held without bond.

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We sentence criminals based on the expectation that incarceration is somehow going to rehabilitate them. Whatever we're trying to do to rehab them sure isn't working. Since we have 5% of the world's population and 25% of its prisoners, we've got to be doing a lot wrong. Time to start checking out what other countries do. If rehabilitation isn't possible, then we need to find a way to keep ourselves safe from them.MHT73: Sad, sad story. May this lovely child rest in peace.http://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/MHT73/michaela-shunick-body-fou_n_1769143_177053441.htmlHistory |Permalink |Share it Gardoglee23 Fans 2 hours ago ( 7:11 PM)Experience shows that rehab works for some, and works far more often for some types of offenders than for others. Unfortunately, the recidivism rate is very, very high for sex offenders, and they are the least likely to not re-offend. 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But I'dhttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/reviewingthesituation/michaela-shunick-body-fou_n_1769143_177104686.htmlHistory |Permalink |Share itThis comment has been down-ranked into oblivion. View comment You have not right to carry out this operation or Error this operation. Loading comments…This comment has been down-ranked into oblivion. View comment You have not right to carry out this operation or Error this operation. Loading comments…This comment has been down-ranked into oblivion. View comment You have not right to carry out this operation or Error this operation. Loading comments… SkreetGil1United States of Corporate America2594 Fans 5 hours ago ( 4:20 PM)You know Bernie Madoff got 150 years in jail for sealing rich peoples money. Just money.

But sex offenders, child molesters and child rapists, get nothing and get put back into our neighborhood to prey on us.

Somethings got to change.SkreetGil1: You know Bernie Madoff got 150 years in jail forhttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/SkreetGil1/michaela-shunick-body-fou_n_1769143_177023321.htmlHistory |Permalink |Share it MRstoner2udude187 Fans   5 hours ago ( 4:38 PM)That is a very good point.MRstoner2udude: That is a very good point.http://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/MRstoner2udude/michaela-shunick-body-fou_n_1769143_177029541.htmlHistory |Permalink |Share itThis comment has been down-ranked into oblivion. View comment You have not right to carry out this operation or Error this operation. Loading comments… sdna8v21 Fans 5 hours ago ( 4:50 PM)banks stole billions for stealing regular folks money and property and no one went to jail....the only reason Bernie got the jail time is because it was rich folk from whom he was stealing.sdna8v: banks stole billions for stealing regular folks money and propertyhttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/sdna8v/michaela-shunick-body-fou_n_1769143_177033955.htmlHistory |Permalink |Share itThis comment has been down-ranked into oblivion. View comment You have not right to carry out this operation or Error this operation. There are More Comments on this Thread. Click Here To See them AllLoading comments… Loading comments… Loading comments…This comment has been down-ranked into oblivion. View comment You have not right to carry out this operation or Error this operation. Loading comments… apoyoMicro-bio? Sounds serious.346 Fans 6 hours ago ( 3:53 PM)I hate reading about things like this.
The only positive thing about it is that her family finally knows where she is.
It must be terrible to live your life not knowing what happened to your child.

Certain people should never be allowed to go free.
Not every person in custody can be rehabilitated.
A waste of a life. Sad.apoyo: I hate reading about things like this. The only positivehttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/apoyo/michaela-shunick-body-fou_n_1769143_177014233.htmlHistory |Permalink |Share it Djay0252American First, Second, and ALWAYS810 Fans 5 hours ago ( 4:37 PM)When it comes to sex offenders there is no rehabilitation!Djay0252: When it comes to sex offenders there is no rehabilitation!http://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/Djay0252/michaela-shunick-body-fou_n_1769143_177029266.htmlHistory |Permalink |Share it bigbluemich17First Watergate--now it's BainGate.703 Fans 4 hours ago ( 5:20 PM)Pretty much none. I don't know what the statics are, but I assume they are in the low single digits for rehabilitation, if even that much.bigbluemich17: Pretty much none. I don't know what the statics are,http://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/bigbluemich17/michaela-shunick-body-fou_n_1769143_177043937.htmlHistory |Permalink |Share itThis comment has been down-ranked into oblivion. View comment You have not right to carry out this operation or Error this operation. There are More Comments on this Thread. Click Here To See them AllLoading comments… peppermint patti4 Fans 1 second ago ( 9:24 PM)Took the words right out of my mouth.peppermint_patti: Took the words right out of my mouth.http://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/peppermint_patti/michaela-shunick-body-fou_n_1769143_177113567.htmlHistory |Permalink |Share itThis comment has been down-ranked into oblivion. View comment You have not right to carry out this operation or Error this operation. Loading comments…This comment has been down-ranked into oblivion. View comment You have not right to carry out this operation or Error this operation. Loading comments… bigbluemich17First Watergate--now it's BainGate.703 Fans 4 hours ago ( 5:18 PM)Now a proper funeral and burial can be carried out for her. That is so much better for the parents, than having to wonder where her body it, that's not a nice thought for them. Now they can give her a final resting place, and say goodbye in the way that they would like.bigbluemich17: Now a proper funeral and burial can be carried outhttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/bigbluemich17/michaela-shunick-body-fou_n_1769143_177043515.htmlHistory |Permalink |Share itThis comment has been down-ranked into oblivion. View comment You have not right to carry out this operation or Error this operation. Loading comments…This comment has been down-ranked into oblivion. View comment You have not right to carry out this operation or Error this operation. Loading comments… AslanRulesA S L A N Rules511 Fans 6 hours ago ( 3:24 PM)Condolences to her loved ones.

This is tragic.AslanRules: Condolences to her loved ones. This is tragic.http://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/AslanRules/michaela-shunick-body-fou_n_1769143_177004476.htmlHistory |Permalink |Share itThis comment has been down-ranked into oblivion. View comment You have not right to carry out this operation or Error this operation. Loading comments… democlesswords-r-us675 Fans 6 hours ago ( 3:23 PM)first offense one leg, second offense the other leg and a cart to scoot around in. That solves that.democles: first offense one leg, second offense the other leg andhttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/democles/michaela-shunick-body-fou_n_1769143_177004097.htmlHistory |Permalink |Share it HUFFPOST COMMUNITY MODERATORroostertatooI want a President who banks in the USA1004 Fans 5 hours ago ( 3:55 PM)I agree 100%roostertatoo: I agree 100%http://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/roostertatoo/michaela-shunick-body-fou_n_1769143_177014687.htmlHistory |Permalink |Share it Gardoglee23 Fans 2 hours ago ( 7:28 PM)Not so. Like suggesting castration for offenders, the crime is about violence, control, and violation, so crippling the offender will not stop them. The mind of a person who wants to hurt someone in that particular way can find ways around things like amputation. For example, when castration has been used, the rapist typically substitutes some other object, but still with fatal results.Gardoglee: Not so. Like suggesting castration for offenders, the crime ishttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/Gardoglee/michaela-shunick-body-fou_n_1769143_177082654.htmlHistory |Permalink |Share itThis comment has been down-ranked into oblivion. View comment You have not right to carry out this operation or Error this operation. Loading comments…This comment has been down-ranked into oblivion. View comment You have not right to carry out this operation or Error this operation. Loading comments… bigbluemich17First Watergate--now it's BainGate.703 Fans 4 hours ago ( 5:22 PM)How about first offense, you will be taken to a place like Devils' Island, and you will stay there forever, and never leave. You will live in a hut, and raise a garden like that in the movie Pappilion. I think this would be fair and just for our society.bigbluemich17: How about first offense, you will be taken to ahttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/bigbluemich17/michaela-shunick-body-fou_n_1769143_177044870.htmlHistory |Permalink |Share itThis comment has been down-ranked into oblivion. View comment You have not right to carry out this operation or Error this operation. Loading comments…This comment has been down-ranked into oblivion. View comment You have not right to carry out this operation or Error this operation. Loading comments… Swazijam36 Fans 6 hours ago ( 3:18 PM)Certain sex offenders (rapist, child molesters) who are released should not only be registered but be forced to wear colored arm bracelets and ankle monitors for the rest of their lives. These perverts should not be allowed to roam free without the world keeping an eye on them. May God give Michaela's family peace and comfort during this difficult time and for the years to come.Swazijam: Certain sex offenders (rapist, child molesters) who are released shouldhttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/Swazijam/michaela-shunick-body-fou_n_1769143_177002591.htmlHistory |Permalink |Share it HUFFPOST COMMUNITY MODERATORroostertatooI want a President who banks in the USA1004 Fans 5 hours ago ( 3:56 PM)castration could end the urgeroostertatoo: castration could end the urgehttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/roostertatoo/michaela-shunick-body-fou_n_1769143_177015132.htmlHistory |Permalink |Share it This user has chosen to opt out of the Badges program KnowbetterMy Hovercraft is Full of Eels!1334 Fans 5 hours ago ( 4:14 PM)No it won't.Knowbetter: No it won't.http://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/Knowbetter/michaela-shunick-body-fou_n_1769143_177021180.htmlHistory |Permalink |Share itThis comment has been down-ranked into oblivion. View comment You have not right to carry out this operation or Error this operation. Loading comments… HUFFPOST SUPER USERendunagazi97 Fans 4 hours ago ( 5:10 PM)The problem is in the brain.endunagazi: The problem is in the brain.http://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/endunagazi/michaela-shunick-body-fou_n_1769143_177040864.htmlHistory |Permalink |Share itThis comment has been down-ranked into oblivion. View comment You have not right to carry out this operation or Error this operation. There are More Comments on this Thread. Click Here To See them AllThere are More Comments on this Thread. Click Here To See them AllLoading comments… Loading comments… Loading comments…This comment has been down-ranked into oblivion. View comment You have not right to carry out this operation or Error this operation. Loading comments… This user has chosen to opt out of the Badges program enderM586 Fans 5 hours ago ( 4:13 PM)well said.enderM: well said.http://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/enderM/michaela-shunick-body-fou_n_1769143_177020705.htmlHistory |Permalink |Share itThis comment has been down-ranked into oblivion. View comment You have not right to carry out this operation or Error this operation. There are More Comments on this Thread. Click Here To See them AllLoading comments… Loading comments…This comment has been down-ranked into oblivion. View comment You have not right to carry out this operation or Error this operation. 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And that this was a simple base plea deal where he offered to lead them to her body for the family, so they could have closure, but of course only if the authorities promise him not to seek the death penalty.
Would not surprise me in the least to hear that. And that is unfortunate.JJR60616: Sadly, I suspect that the "witness" was probably also thehttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/JJR60616/michaela-shunick-body-fou_n_1769143_177047526.htmlHistory |Permalink |Share itThis comment has been down-ranked into oblivion. View comment You have not right to carry out this operation or Error this operation. Loading comments…This comment has been down-ranked into oblivion. View comment You have not right to carry out this operation or Error this operation. Loading comments…    Page: 1 2 3 Next › Last » (3 total) new comment(s) on this entry — Click to refreshLoading comments… FOLLOW US Connect with your friends Check out stories you might like,
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