Life Why missing Black children are more likely to be considered ‘runaways’ than white children August 24, 2022August 26, 2022 Yasmeen Qureshi, Andrea Kramar and Bill Schulz, USA TODAY Comments Off on Why missing Black children are more likely to be considered ‘runaways’ than white children In 2002, seven-year-old Alexis Patterson didn't come home from school. Alexis' mother Ayanna explains why she believes the police mishandled the case.