Jenna Hospedales was returned home safely on Tuesday night after she went missing for almost a week.
, Natalie Wilson, co-founder of the Black and Missing Foundation told CNN. Because investigators believe the child left voluntarily, often Amber Alerts are not issued and media attention fades quickly if it picks up the story at all.
According to a study published in the Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology, only 20% of missing person cases in the United States involving a black person are covered by the news. The FBI's database's most recent data lists 424,066 missing children under 18. About 37% of those children are Black.
"There's a sense of distrust between law enforcement and the minority community," Wilson told CNN. But, Wilson and other leaders who have spoken out on the crisis of feel that speaking out and sharing stories is the most important first step to stopping what could easily turn into an epidemic.in St. Louis, MO. According to Shemika's mother, Paula Cosey Hill, on December 28, 2008, Shemika's spent the evening watching movies with her cousins. When everyone awoke the next morning, Shemika was gone. Police were called, but they quickly dismissed the case.
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