USA Today investigative reporter Gina Barton shows discrepancies in the way cases of missing white and Black girls are handled by media and police.
Author: Yasmeen Qureshi, Andrea Kramar and Bill Schulz, USA TODAY
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.