Absent from the media

[AlCzervik]

A few months before Laci Peterson became a household name, the decapitated torso of 24-year-old Evelyn Hernandez was found in the same San Francisco Bay where Peterson's body was later found. Hernandez was nine months pregnant when she disappeared.

In 2003, 23-year-old graduate student Ardena Carter disappeared while walking to a library in Georgia. She, too, was pregnant. Her remains and those of her fetus were found two months later in the woods. On Wednesday, a former boyfriend was charged in the crime.

Last June, 24-year-old Tamika Huston never returned to her home in Spartanburg, S.C. Authorities suspect foul play.

The disappearances of these three women - all minorities - received spotty local media coverage. None ever made the national news.

more at link
http://www.sacbee.com/content/news/crime/story/13142889p-13986876c.html

[whistle]

1. Does this suggest a pattern serial killer roaming the country....

...looking for young pregnant vulnerable women? Or are you saying that because Lacy Peterson was white, her case was selectively given MSM coverage and that was what got a conviction of her husband Scott?

[AlCzervik]

2. it's not just about pregnant women, the article contains more

another snip

"When the media calls us for a story about missing people, they want someone who fits" a certain criterion, Bruno said. "Natalee Holloway fits that right now. The numbers of missing minority women and even men are astounding. But you don't hear about those cases as often.

"Reporters are looking for someone they can identify with. Unfortunately, we are kind of seeing a pattern here."