This is an excellent piece:

Latoyia Figueroa is far from a blond, blue-eyed belle of the Bible Belt south. Nor is she a petite housewife from a California suburb. But like Natalee Holloway, the Alabama teenager last seen in Aruba over Memorial Day weekend, Figueroa has apparently vanished without a trace, and like Laci Peterson, Figueroa's loved ones are as concerned about her whereabouts as they are for the unborn child she is carrying.

It's been two weeks since Figueroa went missing, yet her story hasn't garnered nearly half of the national spotlight captured by Holloway, Peterson, Lori Hacking or Jennifer Milbanks in the days following their respective disappearances. A story about Figueroa, a 24-year-old mother from Philadelphia, appeared on CNN for the first time nearly 10 days after she was reported missing. A recent check of transcripts of the cable network's "Larry King Live" talk show found at least 10 episodes in which Holloway was the primary story, an average of one night a week since the girl's May 30 disappearance.

Read the whole thing.. The most compelling comment for me was:

"Relatives became worried when Figueroa, a good and caring mother by all accounts, failed to pick up her daughter, Izhanae, from daycare. The next day, she didn't show up for work at a T.G.I. Friday's restaurant, where she is a waitress. Police say her cell phone and credit cards have not been used since July 18, the day she was last seen."

Kind of puts to rest the image of her being presented by some folks doesnt it?

Hat Tip All Spin Zone!

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