Why Haven’t Other Missing People Gotten the Attention Gabby Petito Did?

The case of Gabby Petito, a missing 22-year-old travel blogger who was found dead last weekend, is gripping the nation, with over 800 million hits about the case on TikTok alone. But now, many are asking why other missing persons cases are not being given similar attention. “The answer actually has a name: ‘missing white woman syndrome,’” MSNBC’s Joy Reid said. It calls attention to how the nation and media obsess over cases of missing white women, but not over missing Black and brown people.