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August 04, 2005
The Question some of us are still asking...

I went looking for Latoyia Figueroa coverage tonight on Technorati, and found 300+ Post. The effort to help find this missing mother is still going strong in some quarters, but pales in comparison with the nearly 5000 on Natalee Holloway.

This post from Rob's Blog sort of says it all for me:

We hear all about Laci Peterson, we get daily updates on Natalee Holloway, back before her body was found we got inundated with news about Chandra Levy.

Ever heard of Latoyia Figueroa? Probably not. Seems she doesn't fit the mainstream media's "this will sell papers and get people to watch us on the tube" model.

From Wired, we learn of a blogger effort to raise awareness of the pregnant mother of one who has been missing since mid-July. While any missing persons case is sad, it's interesting what cases get big national attention...what made Holloway so special that her case gets coverage on par with the death of kings and the war in Iraq, while Latoyia gets "section B" coverage?

So what are we going to do. Will the search for Latoyia just turn into a momentary fad? I hope not. I pray daily for Natalee Holloway, and hope that by the grace of God she is found safely, but there is room out there for another story about a missing woman, a mother... And we should not lose site of this.

Posted by David A at August 4, 2005 01:44 AM
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Doesn't anyone realize that the reason we all know so much about Natalee and not some other cases is that Natalee mom has put herself out there. She made sure to talk to every reporter and news show. I am sure it wasn't easy and that she wanted to climb in bed and hide but she didn't. She made sure everyone of us knew of Natalee and that we won't forget her. I think the parents that won't/can't come forward and ask for privacy from the media don't get as much attention. Beth Twitty kept us involved and frankly I still can't get enough of the news of Natalee. Until this murder/missing persons investigation is solved. I will keep following it. If Laytoia's family or friends kept talking to the media we would all know about her whole case too. So perhaps you are making this a racial thing and it's actually just that certain people, like Natalee's family and Elizabeth Smarts family never gave up and never pushed the media away. If you hide from the reporters how can they keep talking about you? Beth Twitty never hid! Good for her!

Posted by: ruby at March 13, 2006 09:23 AM

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