PRECIOUS DOE-READ HER STORY, SEE THE LACK OF MEDIA EXPOSURE!
I have a few links that speak about Precious Doe...I couldn't fit anymore on my signature so here's the whole story...Let me know what you think...I feel that the media is extremely biased because this little girl doesn't even have an identity and there have been people in Kansas City (where the incident happened) that didn't even hear about this story....if she was rich and white, I'm sure this case would have been solved....Keep in mind this happend over 2 years ago. There was some media exposure but not much compared to Elizabeth Smart....Here's her story:
Identity of beheaded child still remains a mystery one year later...KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- It was April 28, 2001 when police officers working on an unrelated case made the gruesome discovery: the headless body of a girl just 3 or 4 years old. Three days later, a volunteer searching the wooded area discovered her head, wrapped in a trash bag and wedged between an old tire and a rock. Despite national media exposure, a $33,000 reward and a relentless push by community activists, the case continues to baffle police and the FBI. The girl remains unidentified, as does her killer. "I feel like I`m no closer (to solving the case) than a year ago," said police Sgt. Dave Bernard, the lead homicide investigator in the case. "It`s frustrating." The girl -- dubbed Precious Doe by community activists -- was found April 28 across from a small park in a residential area about five miles southeast of downtown. Investigators think she had been dead a day or two. She is described as black and about 3 feet tall and 41 pounds, with a small, brown, crescent-shaped birthmark on her shoulder. Investigators believe that she was killed before she was beheaded and that the crime happened somewhere else. Police will not say how she was killed or whether she was sexually assaulted. To date, police have received 811 leads, including calls and letters from around the country, Bernard said. Of those, 231 leads remain active. The FBI has been helping by pursuing about 200 leads outside the Kansas City area. All have turned up nothing. "The age of the child and the fact that someone so young could be victimized without anyone reporting it, is very bothersome," said FBI spokesman Jeff Lanza. Investigators have said the longer Precious Doe goes unidentified, the more likely it is that she is not from the Kansas City area. There was intense media coverage in the days followingthe discovery, and authorities contacted area schools and day-care centers.The mystery has been featured on television`s "America`s Most Wanted," the "Today" show, and news articles have appeared in national publications such as USA Today. Police have combed countless missing-persons reports. The biggest obstacle in the investigation has been that the girl`s identity is unknown, Bernard said. "I have no place to start," he said. "In most murder investigations, you know the ID of victim or the family. That`s the starting point of the investigation." Composite pictures of Precious Doe hang on the walls of the police department`s homicide unit, anda bust of her head also is on display. "Every day we see her picture," Bernard said. "I don`t think a day has gone by that we don`t think about her ... and you take it home with you. It`s not just a 9 to 5 type of investigation." The killing is still fresh on the minds of many in the Kansas City area, including community activist Alonzo Washington. "Her killing touched a cord that crossed racial, ethnic and social lines," said Washington, who during the past year has lead prayer vigils near the discovery site. "People are still talking about it. This is one of those cases that people just don`t forget about." Hundreds volunteered to answer witness hot lines and pass out fliers with the child`s picture in the days following the discovery of her body. An advertising company donated 20 billboards displaying the picture and the words "Who Am I?". Area companies donated a casket and other funeral-related services for a December funeral and burial the community organized. Community leaders have held events all month to recognize the anniversary of the discovery and urging anyone with information about the killing to come forward. T-shirts, bumper stickers and flyers with the child`s picture were passed out on city streets. There`s a well-kept makeshift memorial in the park across from the woods where the body was found. Poems, teddy bears andflowers surround a poster bearing a composite picture ofthe child. "No one knows who this child belongs to. She was just cast away like trash, like something no one wanted," Washington said. "That compelled people to come together and claim her as the community`s child."
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