HELP: Pregnant Woman Gone Missing…(Remember Laci?)

Note: The following article is posted as part of a blogosphere campaign to seek justice for this missing woman and highlight the profound media bias against covering crimes in America involving non-white victims. (Especially since coverage about some white guy from Connecticut who went missing off his cruise ship in the Mediterranean now threatens to take up the slack from the media’s obsession with Natalee Holloway.) The campaign is the inspired idea of the author of the All Spin Zone blog, Richard Cranium . If you have any information about her disappearance, please call the Philadelphia police at 215-686-3183.

TO: Ms. Nancy Grace, Headline News / CNN Host

Dear Ms. Grace,

Latoyia Figueroa is still missing after 8 days. And as tragic as the Natalee Holloway case might be, Natalee doesn’t have a seven year old child wondering where she is, nor was Natalee (to the best of our knowledge) 5 months pregnant.

Here’s an overview of the important details in this “missing woman” case:

1) Latoyia (we should only use her first name) is not white.
2) She does not have blonde hair.
3) She was not scheduled to get married last weekend.
4) She’s from West Philadelphia.
5) There may actually be a lead or two in her case.
6) HER UNBORN BABY, HER UNBORN BABY, HER UNBORN BABY.
7) To the best of our knowledge, no one from Texas has yet offered to bring in cadaver dogs to search for Latoyia, nor have forensic dive teams volunteered to scour the Schuylkill or Delaware rivers.
8) Also to the best of our knowledge, the FBI hasn’t been requested to participate in the investigation (even though Philly actually is in the US of A), nor have any DNA samples been rushed to Washington, DC.
9) HER UNBORN BABY, HER UNBORN BABY, HER UNBORN BABY.

I hope this enough for you to run with – certainly, the crackerjack CNN research team available to you can fill in any speculative details or obscure leads of prurient interest. While it’s doubtful that Latoyia’s family can offer $100 reward, much less $1 million (as has Natalee’s), I’m sure they’d still have an undying gratitude for any of your viewers who could turn up a lead on Latoyia.

Oh, and here’s a picture of Latoyia, in case you need one when you run your full hour show devoted to Latoyia. I’m sure her family can provide more.

Lastly, I note that “Natalee Holloway” rates “about 5600” Google News hits, while “Latoyia Figueroa” rates two. Here’s hoping your show and CNN’s website can contribute another hit for Latoyia.

I look forward to watching the show!

Sincerely,

Richard

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