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136. Why people of color get less attention than whites when they go missing

Tue Jan 26, 2021, 08:52 PM

Jan 2021

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Why people of color get less attention than whites when they go missing
By Jessica Hill | Cape Cod Times

When friends and family failed to hear from Jalajhia Finklea a day after she went missing, they contacted police and media outlets — anybody who could help spread the word and help them find her.

Finklea, a pregnant 18-year-old member of the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe, was last seen on Oct. 20, getting into a car with Luis Zaragoza on Coggeshall Street in New Bedford.

After more than a month of interstate investigations, by police in New Bedford, Mashpee and Florida, Finklea's body, with two shotgun wounds, was found in a field off Route 95 in Fellsmere, Florida. Her death was ruled a homicide, and Zaragoza, her suspected killer, died in a police shootout.

Finklea's story, although heart-wrenching, offered closure so her family, friends and the tribal community could begin to heal.

But her case is the exception, not the rule.

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https://www.capecodtimes.com/story/news/2021/01/26/jalajhia-finklea-missing-persons-african-americans-indigenous-people/6419505002/
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