Found Alive MD - JB, 12, Nottingham, 11 November 2014 *Arrest*

[Peppery]

I don't know how to copy a specific tweet, but WBAL tweets:

RT @WBALettis: Update: @BACOPoliceFire believe #JB has an iPod touch with her but no charger.

https://mobile.twitter.com/wbaltv11

 

[southsleuth]

I'm an old fogie, grown daughters, and am so thankful SM wasn't available while raising them. Somehow I had a gut feeling that SM was involved. These young girls/women have no idea of the dangerous freaks who are ready to take advantage of them. WS opened my eyes big time! Hopefully, J will be fine and reunited with her parents. Quickly!

 

[MissSunshine]

Police are aware of reports of an unfamiliar blue pickup truck seen near J's home in the 4200 block of Soth Ave., 21236. Detectives are investigating these reports, as well as several reports of other unfamiliar vehicles in the area. Contrary to unconfirmed reports, detectives say they have no evidence that J has been abducted.

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Detectives say J engaged in texting and live chat through the Xbox, which she also used to play games. She is known to strike up conversations with people she meets while playing games, as well as with other people.

J used the social messenger app "Kik." That is the only social media platform that detectives have been able to confirm Jused, though they believe there are others.

The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children has conducted a review of J's social media profile to see if she had additional social media user names. The Center did not find any additional user names for J.

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=330162523854115&id=146221808914855


I haven't seen a facebook, twitter, or IG for J so I am not sure if she has any of those. Maybe her communication just happened through Xbox and then on to Kik.

My 11 yr old daughter isn't allowed any SM like fb and IG but I did allow her to play Steam on the PC. From there she apparently met a 16 yr old girl that she was using Kik to message with on her phone that wasn't turned on but could still connect to the wifi. The girl was sending her pics and my daughter was sending pics back..I found out but not until they were chatting for about a week. I don't really believe the person was a 16 yr old girl. Kids that age just don't get it...

 

[Ragamuffin]

It makes me want to cry My kids play Minecraft but only on a private server created by one of their friend's fathers specifically for their little group, and monitored at any time. No xbox live, no nothing live, and a phone that can call and text only. Parental blocks on the laptop. Yes, I know they are more tech savvy than me, but so far - I hope - they have been fine with that.

I DO NOT blame her parents. I've heard the school Deputy lecture the parents and the kids several times about social media, but I'm well aware that kids can and will adapt to new tech much more than we can. I had never heard of Kik until it was mentioned on another case. I didn't know that ipods can be used on wifi - mine is an original music player!

J is only 12, happily chatting away and perhaps getting her perfectly normal 12 year old gripes and moans "heard" by "friends" online.

I hope she is found alive, but I do fear the worst. Innocence can be so easily manipulated. I hope whoever took her - or, if she is a runaway, is sheltering her - is caught and Jasmine found asap.

Sorry for the negative. Just...not feeling good about this.

 

[SheWalksInBeauty]

Baltimore Co police say they have followed up on more than 50 tips in the search for missing 12-year-old JB. According to police the young girl has a "history of communicating with men" but has never before been reported missing --- and left home without a phone, charger, or extra clothing.

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?st...99:mf_story_key.6689324109293952618&__tn__=*s

Someone identifying themselves as a family friend commented on that article saying she doesn't have a cell phone nor a facebook account. I'm just wondering what the police could mean by saying she has a great social media presence and has communicated with men. Not speculating anything about this innocent child, just wondering about the little info out there so far.
Beautiful girl, hoping and praying for her and her loved ones.

 

[SheWalksInBeauty]

http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/ma...md-co-missing-girl-search-20141113-story.html

Hmm, well children are often in school on Veteran's Day, but of course some adults don't have work and it wouldn't be unusual for them to be driving to places they don't normally go on a regular weekday. It seemed significant to me that this happened on a holiday as opposed to a regular weekday.

 

[Ragamuffin]

Someone identifying themselves as a family friend commented on that article saying she doesn't have a cell phone nor a facebook account. I'm just wondering what the police could mean by saying she has a great social media presence and has communicated with men. Not speculating anything about this innocent child, just wondering about the little info out there so far.
Beautiful girl, hoping and praying for her and her loved ones.

If she was playing Xbox Live and/or had a new or fairly new ipod, she could have been communicating via those media. She would not need facebook, or a phone, or even a computer, to chat live online.

 

[marylandmissing]

If she was playing Xbox Live and/or had a new or fairly new ipod, she could have been communicating via those media. She would not need facebook, or a phone, or even a computer, to chat live online.

She very well may have had a facebook account. One thing I've seen over and over is this: Kids often have two facebooks. One setup to fool their parents, and one setup that they actually use.

Sally J will set one up. Add Mom, Dad, Grandmom, a couple cousins, couple friends, maybe some people from church, and someone from the human society. They'll post on it daily with silly pictures, complaining about homework, and discuss the latest songs.

Meanwhile, they'll have another facebook page. A whole different name, different city, different school, even put up a different picture. All their friends will do the same thing, but have the same city and school. There they won't be little saints.

 

[Ontario Mom]

This is not really O/T because it's been mentioned several times in this case re: social media and how she's been using it...

What every parent needs to understand is this: if you have a teen or a pre-teen, they already most likely know more about SM than you do, or ever will (unless you go all obsessive over it tomorrow and take a crash course in learning more than they do - and you need to). They know how to download them, hide them, and find the ones that are specifically created to stay hidden on their devices, because they know parents will not approve of them. It takes less than 5 minutes to hear at school "OMG, get *app name here* it's a hidden app that has like a cartoon kitty as an icon but it's really a chat site!" (they don't use that kind of language, but that's the gist of the conversation.)

They download it, login, adjust the settings and off they go. Mom & dad (who are usually too busy with other mom & dad stuff) don't check the device as often as they should anyway, and have no idea their kids are using this app, or even what it does. It's not that kids are just devious little boogers these days, it's that they are TOTALLY drawn to tech like moths to a flame. It's fun, the apps are cool colors, and tends to feed that "notice me!" thing a lot of teens have going on. When I was growing up in the 60's and 70's, being on the phone *constantly* was the thing for most teenage girls. Now, it's the internet, and apps. The one HUGE difference of course is, back in the day, girls only called their friends, people they actually knew in person (generally, other teenage girls and guys). Now, the vehicles available that feed girl's needs to be chatty cathy make it possible to connect with total strangers, and share image files (that even further feed the "notice me!" thing teen girls have going on).

I'm sure many of you already know this but many don't, but there are apps out there that are *specifically* designed to fool parents, wives, etc. From hidden photo albums to chat apps, video apps and more. These devs (developers) purposely created these apps so that parents and/or wives can't just pick up the device and go "whoa, look, there's I'm A Pervert Trolling for your Child app - or the I'm Secretly Downloading app". The apps are created to look like notepads or music players or other, boring apps that most parents or wives won't even click on or suspect is being misused in some way. Let that really sink in for a moment. There are *tons* of app devs out there that are enticing your loved ones into high risk conduct online, knowing full well how dangerous & destructive it is for them, and not caring ONE bit. As long as their app is being used to do it. To them, all that matters is more subscriber revenue or ad revenue, if it's a free app.

As overwhelming as this all sounds, it's not at all uncontrollable. You just have to know how to fight fire with fire, so to speak. A lot of child safety experts will tell you to check your kids devices regularly and while that's good advice it's not very realistic for a lot of parents. Parents are busy, they forget that stuff and that's understandable. There are however other apps out that that actually do it FOR you, and report everything back to YOU via email. I probably can't name any of them here but unfortunately we have one of those risk-taker teens (despite all the lectures and talks and warnings) and we use an app just like this on her phone.

With these kinds of apps you can monitor ALL social media apps, block downloads & installations, log instant message conversations, block certain numbers, block all toll numbers, turn off the camera (or any other app), get immediate location reporting thru GPS on the device (plus check location history), even turn the device off completely. PLUS, block the child from uninstalling the app itself. As well as, adjust the settings to immediately notify you via email or text message of any violations you've set up on the app (tried to download snap chat, etc.).

I know I probably sound like a creepy infomercial for this kind of tech, but literally for parents in our day it's like having a second (and third and fourth) set of eyes to help us keep our kids safe. THEY don't have the life experience we do to really get it, so we have to do everything we can to do it FOR them, until they're the age/maturity level they don't need us doing that anymore. With some kids it's 12, other's it's much older. Every kid is different, but every one of them is precious and we have to do whatever we can to keep them safe without just locking them down.

I know this was long-winded but I hope it's benefited someone. I just had to say it.

 

[Ontario Mom]

If she was playing Xbox Live and/or had a new or fairly new ipod, she could have been communicating via those media. She would not need facebook, or a phone, or even a computer, to chat live online.

My 14 yr old son has FB, instagram, twitter, kik, blah blah blah, but his SM of choice is Xbox live. He's on such a rigid schedule for when he can and cannot use xbox and other social media, you'd think we were drill sergeants, lol. The awesome thing is, he's totally okay with it. He rarely uses his other SM accounts but when he's allowed on xbox live (from friday after school to Sunday at dinner time) that's where he is.

I know boys and girls use SM in vastly different ways, but there are LOTS of girl gamers (our oldest is 30+ and she's a veteran "girl gamer") who use xbox live almost exclusively to interact socially. I know this seems overwhelming to many parents but they really need to know the different avenues out there for SM.

 

[Kaliste]

Police are aware of reports of an unfamiliar blue pickup truck seen near J's home in the 4200 block of Soth Ave., 21236. Detectives are investigating these reports, as well as several reports of other unfamiliar vehicles in the area. Contrary to unconfirmed reports, detectives say they have no evidence that Jasmine has been abducted.

snip

Detectives say J engaged in texting and live chat through the Xbox, which she also used to play games. She is known to strike up conversations with people she meets while playing games, as well as with other people.

J used the social messenger app "Kik." That is the only social media platform that detectives have been able to confirm J used, though they believe there are others.

The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children has conducted a review of J's social media profile to see if she had additional social media user names. The Center did not find any additional user names for Jasmine.

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=330162523854115&id=146221808914855


I haven't seen a facebook, twitter, or IG for J so I am not sure if she has any of those. Maybe her communication just happened through Xbox and then on to Kik.

My 11 yr old daughter isn't allowed any SM like fb and IG but I did allow her to play Steam on the PC. From there she apparently met a 16 yr old girl that she was using Kik to message with on her phone that wasn't turned on but could still connect to the wifi. The girl was sending her pics and my daughter was sending pics back..I found out but not until they were chatting for about a week. I don't really believe the person was a 16 yr old girl. Kids that age just don't get it...

Good for you for being so vigilant! My girls are still very young (Kindergarten and infant) but SM is a big concern of mine. I remember how sneaky I was as a teen and have no doubt my girls will push limits and hide things from me. I'm going to have to start the "people aren't always who they claim to be" chat much earlier than I would like! Terrifying that predators posing as young teens are literally a click away.

 

[Kaliste]

This is not really O/T because it's been mentioned several times in this case re: social media and how she's been using it...

What every parent needs to understand is this: if you have a teen or a pre-teen, they already most likely know more about SM than you do, or ever will (unless you go all obsessive over it tomorrow and take a crash course in learning more than they do - and you need to). They know how to download them, hide them, and find the ones that are specifically created to stay hidden on their devices, because they know parents will not approve of them. It takes less than 5 minutes to hear at school "OMG, get *app name here* it's a hidden app that has like a cartoon kitty as an icon but it's really a chat site!" (they don't use that kind of language, but that's the gist of the conversation.)

They download it, login, adjust the settings and off they go. Mom & dad (who are usually too busy with other mom & dad stuff) don't check the device as often as they should anyway, and have no idea their kids are using this app, or even what it does. It's not that kids are just devious little boogers these days, it's that they are TOTALLY drawn to tech like moths to a flame. It's fun, the apps are cool colors, and tends to feed that "notice me!" thing a lot of teens have going on. When I was growing up in the 60's and 70's, being on the phone *constantly* was the thing for most teenage girls. Now, it's the internet, and apps. The one HUGE difference of course is, back in the day, girls only called their friends, people they actually knew in person (generally, other teenage girls and guys). Now, the vehicles available that feed girl's needs to be chatty cathy make it possible to connect with total strangers, and share image files (that even further feed the "notice me!" thing teen girls have going on).

I'm sure many of you already know this but many don't, but there are apps out there that are *specifically* designed to fool parents, wives, etc. From hidden photo albums to chat apps, video apps and more. These devs (developers) purposely created these apps so that parents and/or wives can't just pick up the device and go "whoa, look, there's I'm A Pervert Trolling for your Child app - or the I'm Secretly Downloading app". The apps are created to look like notepads or music players or other, boring apps that most parents or wives won't even click on or suspect is being misused in some way. Let that really sink in for a moment. There are *tons* of app devs out there that are enticing your loved ones into high risk conduct online, knowing full well how dangerous & destructive it is for them, and not caring ONE bit. As long as their app is being used to do it. To them, all that matters is more subscriber revenue or ad revenue, if it's a free app.

As overwhelming as this all sounds, it's not at all uncontrollable. You just have to know how to fight fire with fire, so to speak. A lot of child safety experts will tell you to check your kids devices regularly and while that's good advice it's not very realistic for a lot of parents. Parents are busy, they forget that stuff and that's understandable. There are however other apps out that that actually do it FOR you, and report everything back to YOU via email. I probably can't name any of them here but unfortunately we have one of those risk-taker teens (despite all the lectures and talks and warnings) and we use an app just like this on her phone.

With these kinds of apps you can monitor ALL social media apps, block downloads & installations, log instant message conversations, block certain numbers, block all toll numbers, turn off the camera (or any other app), get immediate location reporting thru GPS on the device (plus check location history), even turn the device off completely. PLUS, block the child from uninstalling the app itself. As well as, adjust the settings to immediately notify you via email or text message of any violations you've set up on the app (tried to download snap chat, etc.).

I know I probably sound like a creepy infomercial for this kind of tech, but literally for parents in our day it's like having a second (and third and fourth) set of eyes to help us keep our kids safe. THEY don't have the life experience we do to really get it, so we have to do everything we can to do it FOR them, until they're the age/maturity level they don't need us doing that anymore. With some kids it's 12, other's it's much older. Every kid is different, but every one of them is precious and we have to do whatever we can to keep them safe without just locking them down.

I know this was long-winded but I hope it's benefited someone. I just had to say it.

It certainly benefitted me! The thanks button wasn't enough. Great post.

 

[SCHMAE]

I wonder if her history of talking with men online was her intent or like accidentally talking to men after thinking they were her age. We all know this happens over and over and they befriend a ' peer' age kid or friend of a friend, only to find out later that it's an adult posing as a kid.
Either way, this is very scary. She does look much older. She reminds me of Maria in Germany , who looked 20 when she was 12.
lease: be safe little one

 

[eileenhawkeye]

I can tell you in 15 years of tracking cases in MD, this case is getting a lot of attention. I've seen many cases where there's no press attention at all such as the two boys missing from Elkton. Other cases struggle to stay in the news like the Hoggle children.

Some cases dominate the news not because they are petite blonds, but it has a lot to do with two things. One, who gets behind the case (advocates). The Lacey Peterson case got so much attention not cause she was pregnant and missing. Maryland has one of those, Brittany Decker, and it's hardly gotten any news over the years. What made this case get attention was two powerhouses that got behind her. Lacey was from the town that Chandra Levy's family was from. There also a large missing person organization called the Carol Sund Foundation that got behind this. It wouldn't have made much news if they hadn't of. You'll find that a good bit of the petite blond cases have families that rallied behind them non-stop.

Hannah Graham wasn't a petite blond female. It got so much attention cause the students and university got behind it. Within a day or so, it had a $100,000 reward up, volunteers coming out by the 1000s, and non-stop news coverage. At the very same time, there were two toddlers missing (and still are) from Maryland. They got attention for a week, family hardly got any donations, and I can tell you cause I've been involved with this, the searchers were almost down to nothing within two weeks. I believe the news pull would have been much greater had it not coincided with Hannah's disappearance, and a break in another local case. The second misfortune was the break in the Lyon sisters case. Unfortunately, the toddler case was up against a notorious disappearance.

I've seen tons of bias over the years. I've picked up the Washington Post and have seen missing person cases 1,000 miles away spread out on the front page and not one mention of a local missing person. The biggest bias I've ever seen was in Virginia. A white teenager from a wealthy area in Northern Virginia wrecked her Dad's car and took off. Within hours, this case was all over the news and stayed in the news for weeks. Even America's Most Wanted ran a segment by the end of the weekend. At the very same time, there was an active Amber alert for a boy missing an hour away in Frederickburg. Barely an mentions in the news. Even the Fredericksburg post was reporting about the girl's disappearance constantly and barely mentioning the boys. He was 11, from an impoverished area, and had no advocates while the girl had the whole community behind her. When she was found, it was all over the news. When he was? A couple blurbs on the news.

Phylicia Barnes was a black female who disappeared in Baltimore who is one of the most well-known names in Maryland when it comes to missing children. Her case got a lot of attention cause her family made damn sure her case was covered to the max, even sat outside news stations at times.

The other thing that will guarantee press coverage is a scandal. Lacey's case would have stayed in the news with that. Chandra Levy's case wouldn't have been much had it not been a chance for the media to slam a Congressman. Emily Cagal and Robyn Gardner got a ton of media attention because of their lifestyles. Unfortunately, you'll find that the media will report on someone's drug addiction, mental problems, divorce, criminal record, much more than they will cover the actual disappearance. If you doubt that, just google the Hoggle children and you'll see almost every article will discuss more about the mother's mental illness than the children. And unfortunately, a lot of families won't advocate cause they don't want their loved ones slammed in the news.

The most high-profile missing/murdered girls and women cases of the past 20 years are JonBenet Ramsey, Elizabeth Smart, Natalee Holloway, Laci Peterson, Caylee Anthony, and Madeleine McCann. All of those cases got national attention and are still well-known today. I don't think it is a coincidence that all of those victims are pretty white girls and women from middle class and upper class families. The parents may have started a big campaign to get coverage (which is a lot easier to do when you have money and connections) but why deny that looks do play a part? In your post, you say that Phylicia Barnes' parents were camped outside news stations...why didn't her case get as much coverage as the ones I mentioned? Her case was definitely not covered to the max. JonBenet's parents have never had to beg for coverage.

Your post says that it has to do with how much effort the parents and community put into it. How many parents can afford to travel around Europe like Madeleine McCann's parents? How many parents know someone who will let them borrow a private jet to charter back and forth to Aruba like Natalee Holloway's mother? Elizabeth Smart's parents hired a PR firm. The more money you have, the more education you have, the bigger media campaign you are going to be able to start. If you live in a wealthy community, of course you are going to get more donations. So I have to disagree strongly that the victim's appearance and demographics don't play a part. The circumstances are important too, and they usually relate back to socioeconomic status, like JonBenet being murdered and Elizabeth going missing from huge homes.

JMO.

 

[KaylynnCouture]

The most high-profile missing/murdered girls and women cases of the past 20 years are JonBenet Ramsey, Elizabeth Smart, Natalee Holloway, Laci Peterson, Caylee Anthony, and Madeleine McCann. All of those cases got national attention and are still well-known today. I don't think it is a coincidence that all of those victims are pretty white girls and women from middle class and upper class families. The parents may have started a big campaign to get coverage (which is a lot easier to do when you have money and connections) but why deny that looks do play a part? In your post, you say that Phylicia Barnes' parents were camped outside news stations...why didn't her case get as much coverage as the ones I mentioned? Her case was definitely not covered to the max. JonBenet's parents have never had to beg for coverage.

Your post says that it has to do with how much effort the parents and community put into it. How many parents can afford to travel around Europe like Madeleine McCann's parents? How many parents know someone who will let them borrow a private jet to charter back and forth to Aruba like Natalee Holloway's mother? Elizabeth Smart's parents hired a PR firm. The more money you have, the more education you have, the bigger media campaign you are going to be able to start. If you live in a wealthy community, of course you are going to get more donations. So I have to disagree strongly that the victim's appearance and demographics don't play a part. The circumstances are important too, and they usually relate back to socioeconomic status, like JonBenet being murdered and Elizabeth going missing from huge homes.

JMO.

I agree with you to an extent, but I also think the circumstances play a much bigger role than you are mentioning, and not because of the socioeconomic status.

IMO, if Elizabeth Smart would have been thought to have been a runaway (packed a bag, snuck out an open window, police found evidence she was talking to boys online..something like that) then she would have not gotten near the amount of media attention she did. She definitely would have gotten some, no doubt, but IMO she garnered the attention of the media because of the circumstances of the case. She went missing, in the middle of the night, in a VERY safe area of Salt Lake City while her younger sister slept right beside her. Police seemed to know, from the very beginning, that it was an abduction, and any parent's worst nightmare (your child is abducted from their bed in the middle of the night). Her case was scary, and almost unthinkable, to so many parents..not because of her race or wealth.

In JonBenet's case, there was so much more to it than just the fact her family had money, or her race. There were a lot of twists and turns, such as the ransom note, the way her body was found, the sexual abuse allegations - those would have captivated the media's attention in any case because they're shocking. Plain and simple.

Also, loook at the Sandra Cantu case.
Sandra Cantu wasn't blonde and from wealth, yet her case captured the media's attention because of the circumstances. She was abducted by a woman while walking home. That's not only rare, but scary.

And the Isabel Celis case. For a long time her case was featured on every national media outlet you can think of, and she wasn't from money (and I believe she is half-hispanic but don't remember for certain). She was allegedly abducted from her bedroom while her parents were away at a siblings sporting event and she was never found. IMO, the only reason the media attention went down in this case over the years is because it went cold.

I do agree with most of your post, I just think it's important to point out that circumstances play a huge role - maybe even a larger role than race and money.

 

[marylandmissing]

The most high-profile missing/murdered girls and women cases of the past 20 years are JonBenet Ramsey, Elizabeth Smart, Natalee Holloway, Laci Peterson, Caylee Anthony, and Madeleine McCann. All of those cases got national attention and are still well-known today. I don't think it is a coincidence that all of those victims are pretty white girls and women from middle class and upper class families. The parents may have started a big campaign to get coverage (which is a lot easier to do when you have money and connections) but why deny that looks do play a part? In your post, you say that Phylicia Barnes' parents were camped outside news stations...why didn't her case get as much coverage as the ones I mentioned? Her case was definitely not covered to the max. JonBenet's parents have never had to beg for coverage.

Your post says that it has to do with how much effort the parents and community put into it. How many parents can afford to travel around Europe like Madeleine McCann's parents? How many parents know someone who will let them borrow a private jet to charter back and forth to Aruba like Natalee Holloway's mother? Elizabeth Smart's parents hired a PR firm. The more money you have, the more education you have, the bigger media campaign you are going to be able to start. If you live in a wealthy community, of course you are going to get more donations. So I have to disagree strongly that the victim's appearance and demographics don't play a part. The circumstances are important too, and they usually relate back to socioeconomic status, like JonBenet being murdered and Elizabeth going missing from huge homes.

JMO.

I'm sorry, but for every JonBenet, Elizabeth, Natalie, Laci, Caylee, Madeline, you have ten more attractive females from similar backgrounds, many who are from upper class backgrounds, and they aren't getting tons of press coverage. Here's a list of very attractive missing women who haven't gotten a lot of press attention: Cassie Compton, Christina Morris, Heather Hodges, Angela Hudson, Crystal Morrison-Prentice, Kate Markham, Karen Swift, Paige Johnson, Rachel Brewer, Alexis Clarkson, Abigail Strong, Jamie Fraley, April Kline, Stacy Lester, Rachel Conger, Shelley Mook, Becky Marzo, Melissa Darling, Megan Nichols, Bailee Plant, Chelsea Bruck, Megan Nichols, Tiffany Whitton, Melinda Denny, Alexandria New, Emily Kohlmeier, Brooklyn Farthing, Brenna Machus, Holly Fischer, Amy Ahonen, Jessica Heeringa, Kira Trevino, Peyton Riekhof, Sarah Townsend

There's also many missing people who have gotten a tremendous amount of press coverage and they weren't in your categories for one reason or another. In fact, several of these cases received just as much attention as Jon Benet, Caylee, Natalie, etc. Here's a laundry list of people who are either:

Non-White
Not female
From an impoverished background
Not highly attractive

Hannah Graham
Jonathan Luna
Relisha Rudd
Chandra Levy
Teleka Patrick
Jessica Lunsford
Steven Stayner
Kyron Horman
Etan Patz
Adam Walsh
Johnny Gosch
Amber Hagerman
Mitrice Richardson
Ashley Pond & Miranda Gaddis
Megan Kanka
Trenton Duckett
Michelle McMullen
Somer Thompson
Samantha Runnion
Erica Pratt
Elizabeth Shoaf
Bianca Lebron
Ray Gricar
Jimmy Ryce
Cherish Perrywinkle
Katie Beers
Alexis Murphy
Shasta Groene
Jennifer Wilbanks
Rilya Wilson
Alexis Patterson
Shawn Hornbeck
Susan Cox Powell
Gina Dejseus
Jahi Turner
Polly Klaas
Amanda Berry
Stacy Peterson
Abigail Hernadez
Skylar Neese
Tabitha Tuders
Katelyn Beard
Karla Rodriquez
Carlesha Freeland-Gaither
Samantha Burns
Joseph Wetterling

Most of the most publicized Maryland disappearances don't involve white, wealthy, or attractive females.

Michelle Rust
Sabrina Aisenburg (parents were from Maryland and there was lots of press attention here on the case)
George Burdynski
William McQuain
Stacy Hoffmaster
Jahi Turner (although this happened in San Diego, it received a lot of press locally)
Susan Hurley
Michelle Dorr
Laura Houghteling
Stephanie Watson
Stephanie Roper
Teresa Lentz
Kate & Sheila Lyon
Christopher Austerman
Destiny and Richie Spicknall
Phylicia Barnes
Marciana Ringo
Josh Ford and Martha Crutchley
Jonathan Luna
Turner Nelson
Nancy Riggins
Alicia Reynolds
Emily Cagal
Robyn Gardner
Christine Sheddy
Sarah Foxwell
Doris Lentz
Shaquita Bell
Alison Thresher
Adam and Jason Shannon
Tracey Tetso

Even in the cases you mentioned, there's reasons why they got so much publicity and it's not necessarily to do with white privilege. All of the cases were unique, and remove a few of the factors and they wouldn't have gotten attention. There's a ton of attractive white women missing, often from upper class backgrounds, who don't make much news cause their case aren't unique. Usually they involve a jealous boyfriend and nothing more.

JonBenet had the elements of a fiction novel. Pageant queen, ransom note, pictures of a child that were way too adult in nature that outraged the public, horrific murder, suspicion of the parents involvement.

Laci Peterson did not get attention cause she was an attractive white female. She got attention cause she happened to live in the town where Chandra Levy's parents, and Chandra's family got a very active missing person organizion involved called the Carol Sund Foundation. The Carol Sund foundation had a number of publicists working for them as volunteers. The case also had some unique qualities about it: pregnant, Christmas time, husband that was caught by the media lying.

Natalie Holloway case got big for the same reason Laci's did. The Carol Sund foundation. There was also other factors: Honor roll student takes off drunk with guys she doesn't know, exotic country, irresponsible chaperones. That doesn't happen every day.

Caylee got attention cause of her mother's antics and lies. Same with the OJ Simpson case.

Elizabeth's Smart case was unique. Most abductions don't involve strangers, and there's very few that ever involve breaking into a house and kidnapping the person and it had the media immediately bringing back the Jon Benet case. It's not every day you have someone doing this at a million dollar home, taken to a canyon and married by a mentally ill person. Nor is it very common for a missing person to be in the public eye under disguise. The family was wealthy, and Elizabeth was pretty, but that wasn't why she got publicity. Had she been abducted on a street by an ex-boyfriend, it wouldn't have made much news.

There's various reasons why some cases get more attention than others.
- Suspicion is on the parents
- Motley Crue put up a huge amount of money and contacted the news about a disappearance
- Serial Killing
- Violent Ex-Convict that was released early
- Child Pedophile victims
- Washington Post Editor
- Sister wrote a book about the murder
- Political reasons such as
Case was used to argue for tougher penalties for child molesters
One in MD became famous years after she died. It was used to fight for mandatory life sentences for murders (at the time murderers were getting 15 year sentences)
Case was used to start the Amber Alert
Case was used to start Sex Offender Registry
Case was used to bring about domestic violence changes
- Killer received dealth penalty
- Attorney who disappeared
- Person made it up
- Child escaped an abductors
- Parents became activists
- Foster Children System Coverup
- Case was horrific
- Involved Sex Trafficking
- Escaped Convicts committed act
- Life Insurance was involved
- Killer never caught
- Marriage Infidelity
- Victim was involved in the sex industry
- Involved International kidnapping

 

[Dushi]

Not much news on JB
Hoping she gets home safe

 

[sarx]

Not much news on JB
Hoping she gets home safe

Not nearly enough news on J. It is certainly sounding like she many have been picked up by someone she met online. That is bad bad news if so, and she needs to be found, yesterday. I am hoping that the reason there is next to no info. is because LE knows exactly who this person is and they are right on their heels. We have seen several cases recently where LE has put out lots of info. and it was the public who helped to locate the abductor/child/vehicle. Always makes me nervous when the days pass by and they aren't using the public to help find the child. The public and social media really can be a useful tool if used properly.

 

[swanniee11]

not sure if this was posted yet. http://baltimore.cbslocal.com/2014/11/13/police-fbi-continue-to-search-for-missing-12-year-old-girl/

nothing really new. Prayers for this beautiful child

 

[marylandmissing]

not sure if this was posted yet. http://baltimore.cbslocal.com/2014/11/13/police-fbi-continue-to-search-for-missing-12-year-old-girl/

nothing really new. Prayers for this beautiful child

Never know if something is related or not...She's missing out of Carroll County...http://www.carrollcountytimes.com/news/local/ph-cc-missing-juvenille-1114-20141114,0,6244226.story