White Women Aren’t the Only Ones Going Missing

White Women Aren’t the Only Ones Going MissingTop of Mind with Julie Rose • Season 1, Episode 1704, Segment 2

Oct 7, 2021 • 18m

The tragic case of Gabby Petito has gripped the nation. Her disappearance received a frenzy of media coverage and turned some into amateur sleuths, digging through social media to find clues as to what happened to her. But hundreds of thousands of people go missing in the US every year – we scarcely hear about them. Carol Liebler, a professor of communications at Syracuse University, discusses "missing white woman syndrome." (Segment produced by James Hoopes) (The Moab Police Department via AP)

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