Snoopster
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Yes, but Kyron is getting nationwide attention in spite of the fact that no one saw or heard from his family before yesterday, so theory does not hold up. It is the media who decides what is "interesting" to the majority of Americans, and unfortunately, IMO, upper or middle class white kids take the lead most often and hold it longer. I have never heard of Mackenzie other than on this forum and heard very little about Lindsey Baum, if anything, other than here. Kayleah got a bit of the national spotlight, but more after she was found dead. Some parents in other cases try desperately to get media interested and just can't. We all know the key words that make media turn away...i.e. runaway possibility, drugs, depression, family issues...family has to be so careful to get the media interested they practically have to edit everything they say and some are not so media-savvy. Very sad, but it has been this way for a long time, IMO.
I also wonder what is taking so long from CSI...and for Phuong Lee as well...
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It is so sad that one person's life is "worth more" than another's to our society based on some of these characteristics (at least as far as media attention). I think in Kayleah's case, she falls into the "possible runaway, not-so-innocent, seems-very-mature-for-her-age, not-from-an-ideal-family-that-I-can-empathise-with" category. Heck, she was just a young middle school aged girl! How unfair. All of society has a responsibility to look after those that can easily be taken advantage of.
I am heartened to see that there are so many caring people here on WS that cared deeply about Kayleah.
[Off soapbox now!]