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Wednesday, April 30, 2003
Elizabeth Smart and Danielle Van Dam
You've probably heard about both of the above young ladies. You probably know more than you want to know. One made it home safely and the other didn't. The culprits in both cases were caught.
What brings this to mind is a post over at The Rittenhouse Review about Ashleigh Moore.
Savannah police had no new information Saturday on the condition or whereabouts of missing 12-year-old Ashleigh Moore, said police spokesman Bucky Burnsed.
It was the eighth day since the girl's disappearance from her southside home.
Police suspect foul play.
Earlier in the week, investigators scoured the densely wooded, marshy areas of Hutchinson Island following what they said was a credible tip. However, the search yielded no trace of the girl.
Ashleigh was reported missing April 18 by her mother's live-in boyfriend, Bobby Buckner. The girl's glasses were left in her room, though she cannot see without them
Of course, until Jim at Rittenhouse and Atrios mentioned this in their blogs today, I had never heard of her and the fact that she was missing. Jim rightfully points out a glaring point...Ashley is a little black girl. The other more famous girls weren't.
Here's another one you probably haven't heard of: Jahi Turner.
Two-year-old Jahi Turner's stepfather, Tieray Jones, claims he left the child unattended at a sandbox in San Diego's Balboa Park for about 15 minutes at about 2:30pm on April 25, 2002. When he returned, the toddler was gone. The official police search of the area lasted for about three days, and then a team of volunteers -- many of the same people who helped in the search for Danielle van Dam two months earlier (including Brenda van Dam, her mother) -- took over.
Police questioned a woman (with two young children) who had been in the area when Jones said Turner disappeared. She was never considered a witness, and polcie did not reveal what she told them.
Jahi had been living with his maternal grandparents in Maryland until April 21, when he came to live with Tieray and Tameka Jones in Navy housing (Tameka was a sailor assigned to the U.S.S. Rushmore, and was on maneuvers the day of Jahi's disappearance)
Tramane Sampson, Jahi's biological father, has recently been released from prison and lives in Maryland.
If you lived in San Diego during this period, it was all Danielle Van Dam all the time even two months after Danielle's body was found 25 days after she disappeared (of course the fact that Danielle's parents were dope-smoking suburban swingers added to the titillation factor). By that time the police had picked up David Westerfield and the local tabloidization of TV was in full swing. But Jahi Turner? After a few weeks, the local media got tired of it. Too Danielle'd out I suppose. Besides, Jahi was just a little black boy, and it's not like it's rare when little black children go missing.
Just ask Florida.
Five days ago there was a mention about the one year anniversary of the disappearance of Jahi Turner in the local paper.
A website called jahimissing.com is no longer operating, but a police hotline set up specifically for the case at (619) 235-8477 continues to function.
We can all go back to sleep now.
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