Missing Black Lives Matter

There has been an ongoing discussion on my Tumblr blog about how cases of missing black men, woman and children do not receive equal attention from both detectives and the media. Studies have shown that recovery efforts for missing people increases if there is a larger amount of media coverage on the missing person. However, studies also show that there is a clear racial bias in the media when it comes to covering cases of missing persons--and numerous findings have confirmed that cases of missing white people receive more media coverage than cases of missing people of color. (source)

In an effort to spread awareness about missing black women, men, and children, I have compiled a (growing) list of unsolved cases in the US involving missing black people that have been covered on this blog. Links to full write-ups and active GoFundMe pages, petitions, Facebook pages and/or flyers connected to the cases are provided as well. Please share, sign the petitions, and/or donate to the GoFundMe pages if you can. The lives of these missing black individuals and their families MATTER! They deserve justice and answers. Feel free to send me other cases that you would like to have added to the list. 

• Latrice Armstead, 38: vanished in July 2012. Last seen by her husband, even though she had an order of protection against him. Car was later found abandoned in Clarksdale, Mississippi. (full case write-up | link to shareable missing persons' flyer)
  
• Brandon Bankhead, 19: vanished after leaving a funeral in St. Louis, Missouri during May 2016. (full case write-up | link to shareable missing persons' flyer)
  
• Shaniece Briggs, 26: kidnapped from her home in Columbus, Ohio during June 2013. (full case write-up | link to shareable missing persons' flyer)
  
• Diamond Bynum, 21 and King Walker, 2: aunt and nephew vanished together in Gary, Indiana in July 2015. (full case write-up | fundraiser for private investigator)
  
• Aliyah Boomer, 27: vanished in Brooklyn, New York in August 2015.  (full case write-up | case Facebook page)
  
• Danica Childs, 17: vanished in Federal Way, Washington during 2007, after it was discovered that she had been trafficked. (full case write-up | case Facebook page)
  
• Jared Chavis, 19: vanished after getting into an argument in Houston, Texas during January 2018. (full case write-up | link to shareable missing persons' flyer)

• Kierra Coles, 27: vanished while three months pregnant in Chicago, Illinois during October 2018. (full case write-up | petition for more thorough investigation)
  
• Athena Curry, 20: vanished from Atlanta, Georgia in the midst of an abusive relationship during May 2011.  (full case write-up | case Facebook page)
  
• Nahendra Davis, 35: vanished from Baton Rouge, Indiana in December 2018. (full case write-up | link to shareable missing persons flyer)
  
• LeShay Dungey, 18: vanished while walking to a friend's house in Columbus, Ohio during January 2018. (full case write-up | link to shareable missing persons' flyer)
  
• Robin Ellis, 37: vanished while delivering pizzas in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania during December 2003. (full case write-up | link to shareable missing persons' flyer)
  
• Keiosha Felix, 15: vanished from Duson, Louisiana in April 2012. Charges against family members believed to be involved have been dropped. (full case write-up | case Facebook page)
  
• Najah Ferrell, 30: vanished in Avon, Indiana in March 2019. Her severed foot was found over 100 miles away. (full case write up | fundraiser to support her two sons)
  
• Arianna Fitts, 2: vanished in Oakland, California during 2016 while under the care of babysitters. Her mother, Nicole Fitts, was found murdered in April 2016. (full case write-up | fundraiser for search efforts | petition for thorough search and justice)
  
• Kianna Galvin, 17: vanished from South Elgin, Illinois in May 2016. Foul play suspected. (full case write-up | case Facebook page)
  
• Ebony Giddens, 27: vanished in Columbus, Georgia during March 2018. (full case write-up | link to shareable missing persons' flyer)
  
• Lakira Goldsmith, 20: vanished from Montgomery, Alabama in November 2018. (full case write-up | fundraiser for private investigator)
  
• Bianca Green, 24: vanished in Inkster, Michigan during March 2011. She was 4 months pregnant at the time. (full case write-up | link to shareable missing persons' flyer)
  
• Ivory Green, 17: vanished in Utica, New York during March 2004. (full case write-up | link to shareable missing persons' flyer)
  
• Bilial Hammette, 18: vanished from his family's home in Beloit, Wisconsin during August 2011. (full case write-up | link to shareable missing persons' flyer)
  
• Darian Hudson, 23: vanished in Stillwater, Oklahoma during October 2017. (full case write-up | link to shareable missing persons' flyer)
  
• Erica Hunt, 20: vanished in Opelousas, Louisiana during July 2016. (full case write-up | case Facebook page)
  
• Taalibah Islam, 20: vanished in Fort Worth, Texas in January 2006. Was last seen by her boyfriend, who later was convicted for kidnapping another girlfriend in 2012. (full case write-up | case Facebook page)
  
• Keir Johnson, 34, and Chloe Johnson, 8 mos: mother and daughter vanished from Hampton, Virginia in April 2017. (full case write-up | case Facebook page)
  
• Jerrica Laws, 24: vanished in Park Forest, Illinois during August 2015. (full case write-up | link to shareable missing persons flyer)
  
• Kalisha Madden, 26: vanished after leaving her job with 3 unidentified men during November 2011. (full case write-up | link to shareable missing persons' flyer)
  
• Marlaquinta 'Marla' McGhee, 25: vanished from Memphis, Tennessee in May 2015. (full case write-up | link to shareable missing persons' flyer)
  
• Jasmine Moody, 18: vanished in Detroit, Michigan after getting into an argument with her girlfriend during December 2014. (full case write-up | link to shareable missing persons' flyer)
  
• Michael McClain, 29: vanished in Nashua, New Hampshire in April 2019. (full case write-up | fundraiser for billboards and a private investigator)
  
• Christian Muse, 19: vanished from Oxon Hill, Maryland in July 2012. (full case write-up | fundraiser for reward money)
  
• Arionna Parham, 18:  vanished from Dickinson, Texas in May 2018. (full case write-up | case Facebook page)
  
• Natanalie Perez, 19: vanished in Miami, Florida in June 2012. Believed to be a victim of sex trafficking. (full case write-up | link to shareable missing persons' flyer)
  
• Demakia Phinizee, 26: vanished in Tupelo, Mississippi during October 2007. (full case write-up | link to shareable missing persons' flyer)
  
• April Pickens, 29: vanished in Asheville, North Carolina during December 2011. (full case write-up | link to shareable missing persons' flyer)
  
• Priti 'Ashley' Porter, 22: vanished from her family's home in Gastonia, North Carolina during April 2009. (full case write-up | link to shareable missing persons' flyer)
  
• Timeka Pridgen, 16: kidnapped from her home in La Grange, North Carolina in May 2001. (full case write-up | link to shareable missing persons' flyer)
  
• Sophie Reeder, 15: vanished in Fort Lauderdale, Florida in May 2017. Believed to be a victim of child trafficking. (full case write up | case Facebook page)
  
• Jalesa Reynolds, 18: vanished in Scotland Neck, North Carolina in February 2010. (full case write-up | link to shareable missing persons' flyer)
  
• LaQuanta Riley, 18: vanished in Montgomery, Alabama during December 2003. (full case write-up | link to shareable missing persons' flyer)
  
• Brittany Robinson, 14: kidnapped by her non-custodial father in Mobile, Alabama during June 2012. (full case write-up | case Facebook page)
  
• Jasmine Robinson, 23: vanished in Archer, Florida in February 2019. (full case write-up | link to shareable missing persons' flyer)
  
• Relisha Rudd, 8: vanished in Washington, DC in February 2014. (full case write up | petition to increase reward money in her case)
  
• Logan Schiendelman, 19: vanished from Tumwater, Washington in May 2016. (full write-up on case | fundraiser for reward money)
  
• Alexis Scott, 20: vanished from Peoria, Illinois in September 2017. (full case write-up | fundraiser for search efforts & support for her young son)
  
• Jasmaine Smith, 22: vanished from Warren, Ohio in June 2015. (full case write-up | fundraiser for reward money)
  
• Sage Smith, 19: vanished from Charlottesville, Virginia during November 2012 after coming out as transgender. (full case write-up | case Facebook page)
  
• Tammyetta Spaudling, 37: vanished in Jackson, Mississippi during September 2016. (full case write-up | link to shareable missing persons' flyer)
  
• Ebonee Spears, 30: vanished from Wilmington, North Carolina during January 2016. (full case write-up | case Facebook page)
  
• Ciara Stacho, 16: vanished in Inkster, Michigan during August 2015. (full case write-up | link to shareable missing persons' flyer)
  
• Calandra Stallworth, 29: vanished in Crestview, Florida during March 2017. (full case write-up |  link to shareable missing persons' flyer)
  
• Lashaya Stine, 16: vanished in Aurora, Colorado during July 2016. Believed to be forced into trafficking. (full case write-up | link to shareable missing persons' flyer)
  
• Keshia Sylvester, 29: vanished in Breaux Bridge, Louisiana during September 2017. (full case write-up | link to shareable missing persons' flyer)
  
• Mercedes Toliver, 18: vanished in Prescott, Arkansas in December 2016. (full case write-up | link to shareable missing persons' flyer)
  
• Nefertiri Trader, 33: kidnapped from her home in New Castle, Delaware during June 2014. (full case write-up | link to shareable missing persons' flyer)
  
• Christina Voltaire, 22: vanished from her apartment in Winter Haven, Florida during January 2011. (full case write-up | link to shareable missing persons' flyer)
  
• Delecia Waddy, 24: vanished after being spotted in Richmond, Virginia in March 2017. (full case write-up | case Facebook page)
  
• DeNeka Walker, 30: vanished from Muskegon, Michigan in August 2010. (full case write-up | case Wordpress site | link to shareable missing persons' flyer)
  
• Tamala Wells, 33: vanished in Detroit, Michigan during August 2012. (full case write-up | case Facebook page)
  
• Caleta White, 18: vanished after taking a bus to Tukwila, Washington in August 2006. (full case write-up | case Facebook page)