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LeftInTX

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30. Much of true crime is tabloid fodder

Sun Sep 19, 2021, 11:54 PM

Sep 2021

It's happening to someone else in a different part of the country
It's like a Law and Order episode only it's real etc.

Look at OJ..

The media likes cases that can be "wrapped up".
Consumers like to feel that the "bad person got punished".

I know the case of missing Haleigh Cummings dragged on and on with a cast of Florida redneck, drug using inbreds, then it just got depressing and coverage stopped. Haleigh was a 5 year old girl who disappeared from bedroom in 2009. She has never been found. Her dad was at work and his 16 yo GF was babysitting her in their rural Florida trailer.

Both dad and GF are currently in prison for drugs.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7639051/New-evidence-released-decade-long-search-Haleigh-Cummings.html

When a case can't be solved consumers lose interest.

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They may have found Gabby Petito [View all] Dreampuff Sep 2021 OP

Now where's the boyfriend? gldstwmn Sep 2021 #1

Probably working on his self defense trial strategy with his attorney. PTWB Sep 2021 #2

Yes, considering he has police witnesses to her confessing she hit him I would expect that PoliticAverse Sep 2021 #10

Meanwhile the Laundrie family released this statment.. honest.abe Sep 2021 #16

skipped the country or offed himself. Thomas Hurt Sep 2021 #3

They are talking about it on CNN. nt chowder66 Sep 2021 #4

I hope they find him. Treefrog Sep 2021 #5

What do you think his hometown police should have done differently? nt. Mariana Sep 2021 #25

If this is her, I am very sorry that she became wnylib Sep 2021 #6

+1 2naSalit Sep 2021 #7

I understand what you are saying Dreampuff Sep 2021 #12

Much of true crime is tabloid fodder LeftInTX Sep 2021 #30

I'm also looking into the disappearance of an African-American man which occurred right near me. LeftInTX Sep 2021 #32

This raises a lot of questions. Why the delay wnylib Sep 2021 #34

Oh wow. I found a Dateline article about him. LeftInTX Sep 2021 #42

Yes, I know that all cities, towns, and rural wnylib Sep 2021 #49

We have numerous children murdered here in the 90s LeftInTX Sep 2021 #50

Sounds like you follow these cases closely. wnylib Sep 2021 #51

I follow them and discuss them, but that's about it LeftInTX Sep 2021 #52

I should pay closer attention wnylib Sep 2021 #53

Good. Now, maybe they can start covering the 710 indigenous people who have been reported missing GoCubsGo Sep 2021 #8

Good? They found her and she is dead. That's all anyone should care about? boston bean Sep 2021 #27

No, as I pointed out in my post,we should care about all the others who are missing, GoCubsGo Sep 2021 #38

Who is ignoring them? Me? boston bean Sep 2021 #40

Most people are ignring them. GoCubsGo Sep 2021 #41

Yes that is true. But why do you think attractive young blond women boston bean Sep 2021 #43

I think you know why. GoCubsGo Sep 2021 #44

I,do know why. I am wondering what your thoughts are? boston bean Sep 2021 #45

My original post sums up my thoughts on the matter. GoCubsGo Sep 2021 #46

It doesn't really explain. Why do you think they focus on young attractive blond women? boston bean Sep 2021 #47

I know you didn't mean that the way it sounded. EndlessWire Sep 2021 #31

I didn't get the impression that the poster wnylib Sep 2021 #35

Yes, thank you. GoCubsGo Sep 2021 #39

They don't know about Native issues wnylib Sep 2021 #48

Of course i didn't mean it that way. GoCubsGo Sep 2021 #37

Nobody has lectured you. EndlessWire Sep 2021 #54

FBI: Remains found in Wyoming fit the description struggle4progress Sep 2021 #9

This is so tragic. I was hoping she was found alive. jimfields33 Sep 2021 #20

Boyfriend refuses to talk with police and flees into hiding seems a big red flag struggle4progress Sep 2021 #23

Oh for sure. He's guilty. jimfields33 Sep 2021 #24

i'm thinking her boyfriend bluestarone Sep 2021 #11

Too bad law enforcement could not figure out a way to charge the guy prior to his fleeing. honest.abe Sep 2021 #14

What could they have charged him with? Mariana Sep 2021 #26

They could have at least surveilled him 24/7. Progressive Lawyer Sep 2021 #28

Have they police actually said they don't know where he is? nt. Mariana Sep 2021 #29

Stealing her van? honest.abe Sep 2021 #36

Doubt it. Seems pretty entitled. Narcissistic. Maru Kitteh Sep 2021 #17

Very very sad. honest.abe Sep 2021 #13

In the meantime, an average of three women a day are killed by their partners. WhiskeyGrinder Sep 2021 #15

they don't count unless they are young and white and blonde, WhiskeyGrinder Skittles Sep 2021 #22

Was really hoping this would turn out diffrently. Xolodno Sep 2021 #18

This was at least their second cross-country trip Dreampuff Sep 2021 #19

My wife learned the hard way when it came to mental health and meds. Xolodno Sep 2021 #21

I was thinking this was just a publicity stunt gone wrong when I first heard of it... Lancero Sep 2021 #33