ozazure
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Err...as a Melbournian, I think I should defend us a bit here.
Jill Meagher was reported missing quickly and the killer identified quickly.
The whole thing was a week in the making.
Bung was missing, nothing suggested she had/has been killed.
In fact they were even suggesting that she had been kidnapped and taken overseas at one stage. It wasn't a murder case.
As for people not sighing.
I live in Bayswater, the next suburb along from where Bung when missing and let me assure you, nobody is sighing.
I am a Melbournian and I can tell you that across town people are at best vaguely aware she is missing. Your local coverage may have been better but it was far from a big story. The initial response to Jill being missing was massive in comparison. I personally only heard about Bung 4 months after she was gone and no one I knew had heard.
Now I understand that Jill's case was heard immensely because of her media connections - the ABC was on it and the heavy lifting was done for the other news media. And then the CCTV was compelling viewing and people had a reason to watch to identify the guy. But there is no way that the reaction to Bung being missing has been in anyway proportional even given those huge boosts to Jill's coverage.
You don't have to defend Melburnians, you obviously care and are here wanting information - most people care when they actually hear about it - but the media interest and subsequent public interest just isn't there in the same way and I personally find it very sad.