Missing Girl Found Dead After Two Weeks
In Chicago, an astounding 20,000 people go missing every year. (Image from Wikimedia.org)
Jameshia Conner was the missing 12-year-old girl who recently was found dead in a South Side alley near her home in Chicago. Police authorities have ruled her death a homicide. Her body was found beaten and battered. Police believe Jameshia had passed away just one day before her body was found, although she had been missing for two weeks.
Chicago Police Dept. Under Scrutiny
The tragic story of Jameshia Conner has brought out many concerns over police’s tactics on reported missing children. Now her family is reportedly criticizing police, accusing them for not taking the appropriate actions within the immediate moments after the young girl was reported missing. Like instant cash loans, full immediate action must be carried out as soon as a child is reported missing.
The family, along with other members of the community, said that had police given Jameshia’s case the attention it required, she may still be alive today. They claim authorities mistakenly marked the case as a run-away, instead of a missing endangered child. However, Chicago police are standing their grounds and defending their investigating procedures.
“You can’t fault the police for the investigation that they conducted over these last two weeks. It clearly shows over 20 reports that were submitted, flyers that were handed out, leads messages that were created,” said Deputy Superintendent Steve Peterson of the Chicago Police Department. “There’s nothing that needs to be change in the investigative process in the Chicago Police Department.”
A recent investigation conducted by the Chicago Sun-Times, however, showed that “not all missing-persons cases are investigated equally, with race and age often playing a role in the level of urgency.” The report also shows that Chicago police considers missing-persons cases a priority if the child is under the age of 10, an elderly, “and those deemed ‘endangered,’ like mentally ill.”
Even Elected Officials Are Talking
On Tuesday night, a grieving crowd gathered in the alley where Jameshia Conner’s body was found. Rep. Bobby Rush was also present at the Tuesday night vigil. “Why did the Chicago Police Department classify this child as a runaway despite the pleas of the family that she did not match that profile?” he asked. “If police had taken this case more seriously, might Jahmeshia be alive today? Why wasn’t an Amber Alert issued? Had her case received the same amount of publicity that missing children from other communities receive, might she be alive today?”
Like instant cash loans for people in need of immediate funds, did police respond fast enough in the case of Jameshia Conner? Did they take the case as serious as they should have? What do you think?
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I agree it is a shame that this happened but the police are not the ones to blame. I have read this story on about 6 different sites to gather as many facts that I could. Seems to me that the Mother and the Aunt(especially) are the ones to blame!!! The Aunt let a 12 yr old get on a public transit bus at 8pm which is bad enough, but then never called the mom to tell her!!! WTF, who would do that. Now that was sunday night, the mom does not call the police till 5pm on Monday??? Are you kidding me!!! If my kid was at some one else's house over night I would damn well know what the plan was for when he(my son) was going to get there and leave. Now I understand if they do not have a car to pick her up but I would of taken the bus over to where my child was staying and rode the bus home with him. Who lets a 12 yr old girl ride the bus by themselves at 8pm at night!! And then to say she thought she was at school?? I would not assume some thing that serious, I would know for sure where my kid was! I say if either one of them were responesable then this situation would of never happened and her daughter would be at home right now. I hate to have to say this because losing your child is to me the worst and I really feel for the family. But that is no excuse to blame the police and start yelling racism, they don't deserve it and in this case it's not true. And I think the dad feels the same and that is why he thanked the cops. Cause I can only imagine the discussions that are going on in that house right now! The mom can blame the cops all she wants but she knows who is really at fault and it sucks that she is taking it out on the usual scape-goat, the police!!
Too often children of color go unnoticed until they are killed. And even then only their community mourns the loss. Media attention is given to white children even when events are suspicious. Things must get better for all children and we the American people have to make it happen by stepping up to violence against women and children. god Bless this child's family in their time of pain and sorrow. I pray the animal that did this is caught but even moreso I hope we learn that each life is precious and needs to be fought for.