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Hissyspit

(45,788 posts)
Sat Oct 18, 2014, 06:02 PM Oct 2014

Remains Found in Search for Missing UVA Student Hannah Graham

Last edited Sat Oct 18, 2014, 07:17 PM - Edit history (1)

Source: Associated Press

@AP: BREAKING: Police say they've found human remains that could be those of UVa. student missing since Sept.

Remains Found in Search for Missing UVA Student Hannah Graham

Human remains were found Saturday on an abandoned property during the search for University of Virginia student Hannah Graham, who has been missing for more than a month, authorities said. The remains were found around noon near Old Lynchburg Road in Albemarle County, said Charlottesville Police Chief Timothy Longo. The area is less than 10 miles from where Graham, 18, was last seen. Longo said he “made a very difficult phone call” to Graham’s parents to share the discovery with them, but forensic tests need to be conducted to determine the identity of the remains.

Search coordinator Mark Eggeman appealed to anyone who lives near Old Lynchburg Road to report anything suspicious they might have seen the night Graham went missing. Eggeman said that investigators had canvassed the area where the remains were found for any evidence related to the case.

Read more: http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/remains-found-search-missing-uva-student-hannah-graham-n228901

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Remains Found in Search for Missing UVA Student Hannah Graham (Original Post) Hissyspit Oct 2014 OP
Aww crap. Raine1967 Oct 2014 #1
Local news reporting it was a body found. Not identified but Raine1967 Oct 2014 #2
So sad. 840high Oct 2014 #25
Dammit. theHandpuppet Oct 2014 #3
How awful for the family. My heart breaks for them. greatlaurel Oct 2014 #4
NBC has a link and a bit more now. herding cats Oct 2014 #5
Missing White Woman Syndrome gerogie2 Oct 2014 #6
What is this reaction? oberliner Oct 2014 #7
The media use an attractive missing white woman that go missing to increase clicks or ratings gerogie2 Oct 2014 #11
Just so you'll know theHandpuppet Oct 2014 #12
Just so you know Hissyspit Oct 2014 #13
Yes, I know that. theHandpuppet Oct 2014 #15
Wasn't angry. Hissyspit Oct 2014 #20
None here, either. theHandpuppet Oct 2014 #21
I think what had made this case of note Mike Daniels Oct 2014 #23
Doesn't make it any less of a tragedy though. bigworld Oct 2014 #14
True shenmue Oct 2014 #19
I can see your heart is 840high Oct 2014 #26
Really? You must not have any kids. Lochloosa Oct 2014 #9
Of course. There's a big election coming up. Can't fill the news with that. nt valerief Oct 2014 #10
Another disgusting post. The murdered body of a young woman is found, Nye Bevan Oct 2014 #28
Well THAT didnt take long. Thats all you see? Disgusting. 7962 Oct 2014 #24
Wow. The murdered body of a young woman is found and that is your reaction? Nye Bevan Oct 2014 #27
Why don't you do some reading by social scientists and journalists gerogie2 Oct 2014 #36
Seen your posting history elsewhere in this thread. Nye Bevan Oct 2014 #37
That's a really crappy comment. NaturalHigh Oct 2014 #29
That is a twisted comment. During the search for Flight MH370 did you also happen to post... xocet Oct 2014 #30
Publishing Amber Alerts to a political message board is gerogie2 Oct 2014 #31
Been here less than a year, and full of opinions about what liberals should post about. IdaBriggs Oct 2014 #32
Let's find out if you're telling the truth brentspeak Oct 2014 #33
Sorry that is not allowed here gerogie2 Oct 2014 #35
Post removed Post removed Oct 2014 #38
This message was self-deleted by its author gerogie2 Oct 2014 #40
For starters, I agree with brentspeak. Please substantiate your claim about your city. n/t xocet Oct 2014 #34
There has been an young African-American woman and a transgender person missing from Central Va. JPZenger Oct 2014 #39
Very sad oberliner Oct 2014 #8
It's all over my FB news feed. ileus Oct 2014 #16
Lord have mercy shenmue Oct 2014 #17
Sad. There was an incredible community effort to find her. JPZenger Oct 2014 #18
Had it not been for the camera footage Mike Daniels Oct 2014 #22

Raine1967

(11,589 posts)
2. Local news reporting it was a body found. Not identified but
Sat Oct 18, 2014, 06:12 PM
Oct 2014

The local police have contacted her parents.

It is now a death investigation.

herding cats

(19,549 posts)
5. NBC has a link and a bit more now.
Sat Oct 18, 2014, 06:33 PM
Oct 2014
Remains Found in Search for Missing UVA Student Hannah Graham

Human remains were found Saturday on an abandoned property during the search for University of Virginia student Hannah Graham, who has been missing for more than a month, authorities said. The remains were found around noon near Old Lynchburg Road in Albemarle County, said Charlottesville Police Chief Timothy Longo. The area is less than 10 miles from where Graham, 18, was last seen. Longo said he “made a very difficult phone call” to Graham’s parents to share the discovery with them, but forensic tests need to be conducted to determine the identity of the remains.

Search coordinator Mark Eggeman appealed to anyone who lives near Old Lynchburg Road to report anything suspicious they might have seen the night Graham went missing. Eggeman said that investigators had canvassed the area where the remains were found for any evidence related to the case.

http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/remains-found-search-missing-uva-student-hannah-graham-n228901


Her poor parents.
 

gerogie2

(450 posts)
11. The media use an attractive missing white woman that go missing to increase clicks or ratings
Sat Oct 18, 2014, 07:11 PM
Oct 2014

A minority woman will get no coverage if she is murdered or goes missing.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missing_white_woman_syndrome



theHandpuppet

(19,964 posts)
12. Just so you'll know
Sat Oct 18, 2014, 07:17 PM
Oct 2014

One of the reasons her case has gotten a lot of coverage is that her death may be the work of a local serial killer.

Hissyspit

(45,788 posts)
13. Just so you know
Sat Oct 18, 2014, 07:19 PM
Oct 2014

The deaths of young black women that may be the work of a serial killer are often ignored by the media.

theHandpuppet

(19,964 posts)
15. Yes, I know that.
Sat Oct 18, 2014, 07:23 PM
Oct 2014

I was just providing more information for those unfamiliar with the case. No need to get pithy with me, Hissyspit. I've spoken out about missing white woman syndrome before and just made some posts to LGBT about the disproportionate violence and police harassment against black women in the transgender community. Your anger is misplaced.

Mike Daniels

(5,842 posts)
23. I think what had made this case of note
Sat Oct 18, 2014, 09:21 PM
Oct 2014

Is that people saw the beginning of the end game occur on video. Had it not been for that footage her likely killer could still be on the streets.

Nye Bevan

(25,406 posts)
28. Another disgusting post. The murdered body of a young woman is found,
Sat Oct 18, 2014, 11:09 PM
Oct 2014

and your reaction is to bemoan the implications for the upcoming election? Talk about twisted priorities.

Nye Bevan

(25,406 posts)
27. Wow. The murdered body of a young woman is found and that is your reaction?
Sat Oct 18, 2014, 11:07 PM
Oct 2014

To bang your head against a wall based on the media coverage, her race, and her sex?

I have to say your priorities are seriously and alarmingly screwed up.

 

gerogie2

(450 posts)
36. Why don't you do some reading by social scientists and journalists
Sun Oct 19, 2014, 06:16 PM
Oct 2014

about the hyped media coverage over a missing or dead white woman in comparison to coverage for minority women that are crime victims. That is what I'm discussing here. You are a great example of why the media does this. They do it for ratings and web clicks.

Nye Bevan

(25,406 posts)
37. Seen your posting history elsewhere in this thread.
Sun Oct 19, 2014, 06:37 PM
Oct 2014

I don't think there's any point in continuing this discussion.

NaturalHigh

(12,778 posts)
29. That's a really crappy comment.
Sun Oct 19, 2014, 12:49 AM
Oct 2014

I hope you never have to know the pain that this family is experiencing.

xocet

(3,870 posts)
30. That is a twisted comment. During the search for Flight MH370 did you also happen to post...
Sun Oct 19, 2014, 03:55 AM
Oct 2014
gerogie2

Missing Malaysian Airliner Syndrome
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After all, the airliner probably got more airtime on CNN than all missing persons in the last several years collectively received.

Damn! I guess that you essentially did:


gerogie2 (342 posts) | Mon Mar 10, 2014, 02:15 AM

Why do so many people in the USA get upset about a plane crash..
[hr]
when every day in the USA 44 people are murdered and about 90 are killed in car crashes?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10024637781


If these data points are coupled to your apparent aversion to publicizing Amber Alerts...


gerogie2 (342 posts) | Wed Feb 12, 2014, 05:15 AM

3. Posting this here is silly
[hr]
There is no way some one random reader is going to read this and just happen to see the missing kid.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10024484473#post3


...


gerogie2 (342 posts) | Wed Feb 12, 2014, 07:10 AM

5. Oh we don't need these at DU
[hr]

It a waste of bandwidth.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10024484473#post5



...one wonders what your bizarre and contradictory preferences for publicizing missing persons actually mean.





 

gerogie2

(450 posts)
31. Publishing Amber Alerts to a political message board is
Sun Oct 19, 2014, 04:40 AM
Oct 2014

silly. I just find it odd that the media, police and the press will get all excited about a missing white woman with press conferences and endless stories, but if a black or latina woman goes missing there is a dead silence. In my own city five female minority teenagers where reported missing on the police blotter over the last two months. When one teenage white girl went missing her picture was posted on the local online newspaper's front page and the TV media did a story about her.

Do you find that odd at the very least? I do.

 

IdaBriggs

(10,559 posts)
32. Been here less than a year, and full of opinions about what liberals should post about.
Sun Oct 19, 2014, 07:21 AM
Oct 2014

I think the post you responded to ought to generate some soul searching.

While it is nice to care about the election, all politics are local and people will vote on how they feel criminals should be pursued/punished, the effectiveness of government in doing those things, and how the media portrays events/people involved.

Comments about "missing white woman" syndrome should generate discussions about accountability; if your town has five missing women, presumed dead, and "the powers in charge" think that is good, organize a freaking protest - it seems to be getting attention in Ferguson.

But this is a discussion board; people whine about all kinds of things here: politics, media, dead teenagers, and even other posters. At the end of the day, each of us gets to determine whether this is a place of entertaining diversion or inspiration.

My opinion, of course. Your mileage may vary.

brentspeak

(18,290 posts)
33. Let's find out if you're telling the truth
Sun Oct 19, 2014, 11:34 AM
Oct 2014

What city are you referring to, and what the names of the missing teenage girls?

 

gerogie2

(450 posts)
35. Sorry that is not allowed here
Sun Oct 19, 2014, 05:01 PM
Oct 2014
Respect people's privacy.

Do not post or link to any private/personal information about any person, even if it is publicly available elsewhere on the Internet.

Here is some reading material about the racism in the US media which is most likely driven by ratings or web clicks.

http://journalismcenter.org/when-a-child-dies/missing-white-girl.html

Response to gerogie2 (Reply #35)

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JPZenger

(6,819 posts)
39. There has been an young African-American woman and a transgender person missing from Central Va.
Sun Oct 19, 2014, 08:55 PM
Oct 2014

There has been little attention focused on a young African-American woman and a transgender woman who have been missing for over a year from Central Va. However, that discussion is for another time and place.

JPZenger

(6,819 posts)
18. Sad. There was an incredible community effort to find her.
Sat Oct 18, 2014, 07:35 PM
Oct 2014

Thousands of people were searching the countryside Realtors were searching vacant properties. Va. Tech provided two drones with high tech sensors. And Yes, I wish the same level of attention was paid to all missing people, not just the ones that Nancy Grace pretends to care about. One of the missing people from the Cville area is transgender.

Mike Daniels

(5,842 posts)
22. Had it not been for the camera footage
Sat Oct 18, 2014, 09:16 PM
Oct 2014

Of her being stalked by Matthews a likely killer could still be on the streets.

Yes, Matthews is owed the presumption of innocence but given his past history if it looks like a duck and sounds like a duck...:

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