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2naSalit

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9. Extra fly in the ointment...

Sat Sep 18, 2021, 09:36 PM

Sep 2021

Is that if he did dump her body in this region, bears and other scavengers may discover her body and feed on it, cats and bears will cache the remains and makes it much harder to find her body if that is the case.

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If Gabby Petito were black, she wouldn't be all over the news [View all] Sabrielo Sep 2021 OP

I think you have to be a young and attractive white woman spooky3 Sep 2021 #1

I think it might have more to do with her social media presence womanofthehills Sep 2021 #13

not every missing white woman gets attention, but almost every person that gets attention is young Demovictory9 Sep 2021 #35

Agree, and the research shows a pattern, too. Nt spooky3 Sep 2021 #61

No one should doubt this is true. madaboutharry Sep 2021 #2

This nt XanaDUer2 Sep 2021 #8

Yup Lemon Lyman Sep 2021 #16

yup.. you are so right about the class part of the equation. Demovictory9 Sep 2021 #36

heavy discussion markie Sep 2021 #3

If this was a transgender black person there'd be crickets. hunter Sep 2021 #4

We wouldn't have even heard about it. 🤬 a kennedy Sep 2021 #10

Exactly vercetti2021 Sep 2021 #26

When something happens to a transgender person here, it usually gets a bit of air time. LeftInTX Sep 2021 #28

Trans panic vercetti2021 Sep 2021 #29

Yes and it's a hate crime LeftInTX Sep 2021 #30

It terrifies me vercetti2021 Sep 2021 #31

Me too, and if I wasn't so old I would look into moving to another country raccoon Sep 2021 #40

Truth walked into this thread without flinching. Duncan Grant Sep 2021 #52

how do we know? treestar Sep 2021 #59

Having watched ID.channel, its obvious police.get more invested in the Demovictory9 Sep 2021 #67

+1 MustLoveBeagles Sep 2021 #68

No question about it. choie Sep 2021 #5

Absolutely ... jimlup Sep 2021 #6

This case has clues. LeftInTX Sep 2021 #7

Extra fly in the ointment... 2naSalit Sep 2021 #9

The attractive white girl missing stories get national attention . The one you mention isn't JI7 Sep 2021 #15

The one I showed did get national attention. LeftInTX Sep 2021 #17

That's not what I mean by national attention . You know what I mean and the amount of attention JI7 Sep 2021 #19

I no longer have cable TV to watch every blip that's out there. LeftInTX Sep 2021 #20

It's not just cable news. It's local news also that covers it which is where I hear most of it from JI7 Sep 2021 #21

I heard one sentence on local news about this case LeftInTX Sep 2021 #22

As I said one sentence about the missing girl and that was it. LeftInTX Sep 2021 #23

It's gotten far more attention than that where I am . And everyone knows attractive white females JI7 Sep 2021 #24

Well, then complain about it!!!!! Write your local paper. LeftInTX Sep 2021 #25

Why does it bother me that the "news" media treats people differently based on appearance ? JI7 Sep 2021 #27

not every missing/killed white woman gets attention, but almost every missing/killed person who DOES Demovictory9 Sep 2021 #37

Vanessa Guillen got lots of attention LeftInTX Sep 2021 #42

a rareity Demovictory9 Sep 2021 #54

Native American women would be even lower alittlelark Sep 2021 #11

Thank you for adding this reminder to the thread. Duncan Grant Sep 2021 #56

Yep. 710 Native Americans missing from that area over the past decade. GoCubsGo Sep 2021 #66

Follow up stats greenjar_01 Sep 2021 #75

I wonder bobnicewander Sep 2021 #12

BET (black entertainment channel) had a show called "find our missing" that focused on Demovictory9 Sep 2021 #38

Where are those stories then? treestar Sep 2021 #14

Prove the point nt bobnicewander Sep 2021 #18

Understand the sentiment Patton French Sep 2021 #32

it's more than a sentiment, it's a fact. the amount of police resources put on a missing young Demovictory9 Sep 2021 #39

Much as I understand the 'sentiment' of gravity... LanternWaste Sep 2021 #44

'Twas brillig and the slithy toves did gyre and gimble in the wabe. Treefrog Sep 2021 #48

Lol!!! Nt XanaDUer2 Sep 2021 #51

... Treefrog Sep 2021 #53

I did not intend to be dismissive Patton French Sep 2021 #50

Did you forget about Vanessa Guillen? LeftInTX Sep 2021 #33

Thank you. Treefrog Sep 2021 #45

Maybe. Either way it's a tragedy. Patton French Sep 2021 #34

Total agreement. LiberatedUSA Sep 2021 #41

I think it's more being young and pretty and having a case that is complicated and confusing... honest.abe Sep 2021 #43

I don't know, this whole story is so bizarre, so many twists and turns... Treefrog Sep 2021 #46

They would have been arrested and booked dclarston13 Sep 2021 #47

Maybe she would, if she were Upper-Middle Class maxsolomon Sep 2021 #49

Editors think that missing hot white chicks will draw a bigger audience Klaralven Sep 2021 #55

Yeah, I was thinking about this yesterday. electric_blue68 Sep 2021 #57

In every post about this, there is something along these lines treestar Sep 2021 #58

Apparently it is to some onenote Sep 2021 #60

I hate it obamanut2012 Sep 2021 #62

I think it is frustration that her story is everywhere, constant Bettie Sep 2021 #63

Well said. Someone posted on twitter. How about missing indigenous women. Demovictory9 Sep 2021 #65

The thing is none of them tell us about the treestar Sep 2021 #71

There is.concern for her Demovictory9 Sep 2021 #64

Plenty of other stories that sink in du - due to the demographic. Treefrog Sep 2021 #69

Why is this continually said without pointing to treestar Sep 2021 #72

Hot sexy young white chick goes a long way. It's not all because they care about white women more. boston bean Sep 2021 #73

I do think a sexy, not Latina or Asian, AA treestar Sep 2021 #76

why are we so sure of this? treestar Sep 2021 #74

Agreed greenjar_01 Sep 2021 #70

It's insensitive BradAllison Sep 2021 #77