FCC Rolls Out Alert System For Missing Indigenous People
The Federal Communications Commission is launching a new nationwide alert code for missing and endangered Indigenous people who do not...
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Jun 71 min
Demonstrators in Chicago: ‘Stop and Listen, Our Girls Are Missing’
A few hundred people marched in Chicago on Thursday in the “We Walk for Her” demonstration, a youth-led walk to demand justice for...
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Crime and Justice News
May 142 min
Why Did It Take Four Years To Find Body Of Missing Buffalo Youth?
After nearly four years of searching for Jaylen Griffin in upstate New York, his family was given 90 minutes to prepare for a press...
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Crime and Justice News
May 62 min
DOJ Vows To 'Double Down' On Missing Indigenous Persons Crisis
The Justice Department joined its partners across the federal government, as well as people throughout American Indian and Alaska Native...
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Crime and Justice News
Nov 28, 20232 min
A Mother’s Search For Her Son In 1995 Led To A Mass Grave And Changed Laws
One evening in the fall of 1995, 21-year-old LaMont Dottin didn't come home. He was a freshman at Queens College and was living with...
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Crime and Justice News
Oct 12, 20232 min
California Starting 'Ebony Alerts' To Seek Missing Black Women, Kids
Tens of thousands of Black youth and women go missing across the U.S. each year. Their cases rarely grab national headlines, let alone...
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Crime and Justice News
Aug 29, 20232 min
AK Catalogues Disappearances in New Database
In a first-of-its-kind effort to publicly release data on missing Alaska Native and American Indian people, a new state database reveals...
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Crime and Justice News
Jul 7, 20232 min
TX Man Reported Missing in 2015 Found Alive; Was He Truly Missing?
Rudy Farias, the Texas man who was found alive more than eight years after he was reported missing as a Houston teenager, was living with...
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Crime and Justice News
May 30, 20232 min
Minnesota Opens Office Of Missing, Murdered Black Women And Girls
Minnesota has created the U.S.’s first Office of Missing and Murdered African American Women and Girls, reports NPR. The office will...
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Crime and Justice News
Jan 12, 20231 min
MA Walshe Disappearance A Case Of 'Missing White Woman Syndrome'
The case of Ana Walshe in Cohasset, Ma., is reviving the conversation about whether news outlets devote too much time to covering the...
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Crime and Justice News
Jan 10, 20232 min
MA Man On Probation Arrested In Disappearance Of His Wife
Police investigating the disappearance of Ana Walshe, a Massachusetts woman last seen on New Year's Day discovered a bloody knife in the...
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Crime and Justice News
Jan 5, 20231 min
Colorado Starts Missing Indigenous Person Alert System
After community members searched for Wanbli Vigil in knee-deep snow and brush in Denver, authorities activated a statewide alert system...
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Crime and Justice News
Dec 5, 20222 min
New Database Establishes Racial Bias in Missing Persons Cases
Thousands of people are reported missing in the United States each year. While not every missing person case will get widespread media...
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