Authorities Searched Exhaustively for Gabrielle Petito. What About Others?
The news media was fascinated with the disappearance of Gabrielle Petito. But the families of many women who go missing, especially women of color, struggle for attention.
Danette Mitchell: The Petito case and missing people of color
Founders and sisters-in-law Natalie Wilson and Derrica Wilson of the Black and Missing Foundation recently released a statement acknowledging the power of how national media coverage can galvanize a community in helping find a missing person.
Missing Black geologist’s family say cops lack urgency to solve his case
Daniel Robinson, 24, went missing from a job site in the Arizona desert on June 23. The Buckeye Police Department said they are devoted to finding him, but the family is pushing for more to be done.
Missing Black People Don’t Receive Widespread Media Coverage. Two DC Women Are Trying to Change That.
Their nonprofit, Black and Missing Foundation, submits missing persons reports to media outlets and shares them online.
Gabby Petito’s disappearance highlights racial disparity in media coverage of people who go missing
Derrica Wilson, co-founder of Black and Missing Foundation, joins “CBS Mornings.” She discusses the importance of giving just as much attention to cases of missing people of color as cases of missing White people.
The Black and Missing Foundation notes disparities in missing persons coverage, calls for change
Gabby Petito's case has captured headlines and been featured on social media feeds for weeks, and one organization is saying missing people of color often don't receive the same information.
Petito case renews call to spotlight missing people of color
In the three months since 62-year-old Navajo rug weaver Ella Mae Begay vanished, the haunting unanswered questions sometimes threaten to overwhelm her niece.
Indianapolis woman speaks about search for mother, says more needs to be done to help find missing people of color
42-year-old Chenell Gilbert has been missing for more than a year.
Help us find us: Black and Missing Foundation hopes to bring attention to missing minorities
Derrica Wilson is the CEO of the Black and Missing Foundation, a nonprofit organization with the mission to bring awareness to missing persons of color; provide vital resources and tools to missing person’s families and friends and to educate the minority community on personal safety.
Why don’t missing people of color get more attention?
Families of missing indigenous people and missing people of color say the Gabby Petito case highlights the lack of media attention paid to their communities.